Patents by Inventor Alfred Joachim Wilhelm

Alfred Joachim Wilhelm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9568251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchange system comprising:—a single apparatus (N) having an area immersed in a fluid bath (N2) and a free space (N1) at the head in which a vapour phase is accumulated,—at least one interspace (P) open at both ends, situated inside said apparatus and completely immersed in the fluid bath,—one or more heat exchange surface (s) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), said system characterized in that it contains all the heat exchange surfaces in a single apparatus and said surfaces are completely immersed in the fluid bath and are fluidly connected to the hot and cold sources, external to said system, through flows of matter. At least one of the heat exchange surfaces (6, 7, 8) is situated inside the interspace and at least another surface (9, 10, 11) is situated in the space between said interspace and the walls of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Eugenio Basini, Alfred Joachim Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 9453684
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for the cooling of hot gases by means of a cooling fluid includes at least one vertically oriented tank containing a cooling fluid bath and having a collection space of the vapor phase generated above said cooling fluid bath, at least one vertical tubular element inserted inside said tank, and submerged in the bath open at the ends and coaxial to the tank, at least one spiral duct which rotates around the axis of the tank, inserted in the coaxial tubular element, at least one outlet for the vapor phase generated on the head of tank, wherein at least one transfer line is inserted in the lower part of the vertical tank for feeding the hot gases to the tank, the transfer line being open at the two ends, of which one is connected with the vertical tank and the other is free and outside the tank, the transfer line being tubular and protruding laterally outside the exchanger, the transfer line containing at least one central internal duct having an outer jacket in which a cooling fluid circulates,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Joachim Wilhelm, Luca Eugenio Basini
  • Publication number: 20140230438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchange system comprising:—a single apparatus (N) having an area immersed in a fluid bath (N2) and a free space (N1) at the head in which a vapour phase is accumulated,—at least one interspace (P) open at both ends, situated inside said apparatus and completely immersed in the fluid bath,—one or more heat exchange surface (s) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), said system characterized in that it contains all the heat exchange surfaces in a single apparatus and said surfaces are completely immersed in the fluid bath and are fluidly connected to the hot and cold sources, external to said system, through flows of matter. At least one of the heat exchange surfaces (6, 7, 8) is situated inside the interspace and at least another surface (9, 10, 11) is situated in the space between said interspace and the walls of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Eni S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Eugenio Basini, Alfred Joachim Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20130313482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the cooling of hot gases by means of a cooling fluid, said exchanger comprising: at least one vertically oriented tank containing a cooling fluid bath and having a collection space of the vapour phase generated above said cooling fluid bath, at least one vertical tubular element inserted inside said tank, open at the ends and coaxial to said tank, at least one spiral duct which rotates around the axis of the tank, inserted in said coaxial tubular element, at least one outlet for the vapour phase generated on the head of said tank, said exchanger characterized in that at least one transfer line is inserted in the lower part of the vertical tank for feeding the hot gases to said tank, said transfer line being open at the two ends, of which one is connected with the vertical tank and the other is free and outside said tank, said transfer line being tubular and protruding laterally outside said exchanger, said transfer line containing at least one central inte
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Joachim Wilhelm, Luca Eugenio Basini