Patents Assigned to Herhof Umwelttechnik GmbH
  • Patent number: 7214252
    Abstract: An apparatus for pyrolysis and gasification of organic substances and mixtures thereof is provided with a pyrolysis reactor (1), a fluidized-bed firing (3) for pyrolysis residue, a reaction zone (2) for the pyrolysis gases (13) and circulating fluidized-bed material (35). The pyrolysis reactor (1) has a sluice for introducing application material (10) thereinto. An inlet for the fluidized-bed material (35) is disposed next to the combustion fluidized bed (3). Transport apparatus (14) for mixture of solid pyrolysis residue and circulating fluidized bed material (35) is disposed at or near a bottom of the fluidized bed (3) and lower end of the pyrolysis reactor (1). An overflow is situated at or near the top of the fluidized bed (3) while a heat transfer member is positioned within the reaction zone (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Herhof Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Krumm, Günter Funk, Stefan Hamel
  • Patent number: 6131741
    Abstract: To improve a method for the treatment of waste or residual waste (1), the waste or residual waste (1) is sorted into a fraction (16) with specifically light material and a fraction (18) with specifically heavy material first by sieving and then followed by sorting by density, preferably by a dry-cleaning table (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Herhof Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Bianca-Maria Hagen
  • Patent number: 6113787
    Abstract: A method serves to treat water, in particular condensate and/or seepage water from a biological degradation process. To simplify and improve such a method, the water is alternately put into aerobic and anaerobic states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Herhof Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Czermak, Heiko Bender
  • Patent number: 6093323
    Abstract: A process for the separation of a mixture of waste. In order to improve such a process, the mixture is treated biologically, namely composted and/or stabilized under forced ventilation. The components of the mixture are subsequently separated into a combustible fraction and a non-combustible fraction, whereby the non-combustible fraction contains less than 5% organic substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Herhof Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hofmann
  • Patent number: 5961829
    Abstract: In a sealed container, organic material, more especially biowaste is composted. The exhaust air from the sealed container is purified in an exhaust air cleaning unit. In order to improve the cleaning effect, the condensate water from the exhaust air cleaning unit is supplied to a high performance bioreactor, in which it is brought into contact with atmospheric oxygen and is agitated. The suspension leaving from the bioreactor is caused to flow in a circuit through an ultra-filtration module for purifying the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Herhof Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Schnorr, Markus Claudy
  • Patent number: 5427364
    Abstract: A screw clamp comprises a pillar (5), a backing arm (11) and a clamping arm (12), a clamping part (6) being connected with the backing arm (11) and/or with the clamping arm (12) and a respective thrust plate (7 and 8) being connected with the backing arm (11) and with the clamping arm (12) or, respectively, with the clamping part (6). In order to render it possible to exert forces on surfaces which are not parallel to each other the backing arm thrust plate (8) and/or the clamping arm thrust plate (7) are adjustable in angle, preferably because the backing arm (11) and/or the clamping arm (12) respectively consist of an arm bearing (1 and 2) and an arm shank (3 and 4) able to be turned in relation to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: HerHof-Umwelttechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Zborschil