Patents by Inventor Andreas Hand

Andreas Hand 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).

  • Publication number: 20190154335
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding plant for denitrifying bypass exhaust gases in a cement clinker production plant. Raw meal is sintered in a rotary kiln and deacidified in a calciner. A rotary kiln inlet chamber is connected to the calciner directly or by a riser duct. Bypass exhaust gas is drawn off near the inlet chamber. This exhaust gas is guided into a first mixing chamber, in which the exhaust gas is cooled to between 800 and 950° C., then the exhaust gas is guided through a reaction pipeline segment, wherein the dwell time is between 0.5 and 3 seconds and ammonia, aqueous ammonia solution, or ammonia-releasing substances are injected for denitrification. Then the exhaust gas is guided into a second mixing chamber, in which the exhaust gas is cooled to between 150 to 250° C. Then the exhaust gas is guided to a filter for dust removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Schuermann, Florian Nassenstein, Andreas Hand, Rolf Gussmann
  • Patent number: 10260809
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding plant for denitrifying bypass exhaust gases in a cement clinker production plant. Raw meal is sintered in a rotary kiln and deacidified in a calciner. A rotary kiln inlet chamber is connected to the calciner directly or by a riser duct. Bypass exhaust gas is drawn off near the inlet chamber. This exhaust gas is guided into a first mixing chamber, in which the exhaust gas is cooled to between 800 and 950 degrees C., then the exhaust gas is guided through a reaction pipeline segment, wherein the dwell time is between 0.5 and 3 seconds and ammonia, aqueous ammonia solution, or ammonia-releasing substances are injected for denitrification. Then the exhaust gas is guided into a second mixing chamber, in which the exhaust gas is cooled to between 150 250 degrees C. Then the exhaust gas is guided to a filter for dust removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Schuermann, Florian Nassenstein, Andreas Hand, Rolf Gussmann
  • Publication number: 20180038648
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding plant for denitrifying bypass exhaust gases in a cement clinker production plant. Raw meal is sintered in a rotary kiln and deacidified in a calciner. A rotary kiln inlet chamber is connected to the calciner directly or by a riser duct. Bypass exhaust gas is drawn off near the inlet chamber. This exhaust gas is guided into a first mixing chamber, in which the exhaust gas is cooled to between 800 and 950 degrees C., then the exhaust gas is guided through a reaction pipeline segment, wherein the dwell time is between 0.5 and 3 seconds and ammonia, aqueous ammonia solution, or ammonia-releasing substances are injected for denitrification. Then the exhaust gas is guided into a second mixing chamber, in which the exhaust gas is cooled to between 150 250 degrees C. Then the exhaust gas is guided to a filter for dust removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Schuermann, Florian Nassenstein, Andreas Hand, Rolf Gussmann
  • Patent number: 6855302
    Abstract: In order to provide a comparatively simple and cost-effective method for cement clinker production lines where especially raw materials and/or fuel/secondary fuel containing chlorine compounds and a partial gas extraction with an electrostatic dust collector as waste gas dust remover are used, with which the risk of emitting the waste gas pollutants dioxin and/or furan is eliminated, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the extracted quantity of the partial gas extraction stream, after cooling and electrostatic dust removal, is held lower than the sum of the secondary air drawn through the rotary kiln and the tertiary air drawn past the rotary kiln, and to recirculate the cooled and dedusted partial gas extraction solely into an area of the clinker cooler in which the recuperation air is removed from the clinker cooler, and the dioxins and/or furans of the partial gas extraction are decomposed in the clinker cooler on the hot cement clinker and/or deposited and/or decomposed by the high temper
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag AG
    Inventors: Carsten Eckert, Andreas Hand, Robert Mathai
  • Publication number: 20030105381
    Abstract: In order to provide a comparatively simple and cost-effective method for cement clinker production lines where especially raw materials and/or fuel/secondary fuel containing chlorine compounds and a partial gas extraction with an electrostatic dust collector as waste gas dust remover are used, with which the risk of emitting the waste gas pollutants dioxin and/or furan is eliminated, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the extracted quantity of the partial gas extraction stream, after cooling and electrostatic dust removal, is held lower than the sum of the secondary air drawn through the rotary kiln and the tertiary air drawn past the rotary kiln, and to recirculate the cooled and dedusted partial gas extraction solely into an area of the clinker cooler in which the recuperation air is removed from the clinker cooler, and the dioxins and/or furans of the partial gas extraction are decomposed in the clinker cooler on the hot cement clinker and/or deposited and/or decomposed by the high temper
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Carsten Eckert, Andreas Hand, Robert Mathai
  • Patent number: 6524099
    Abstract: In order to create, for cement clinker production lines, a calcinator that is connected upstream from the rotary tubular kiln and is equipped with two firings, which enables on the one hand a high-grade calcinated raw meal and on the other hand an exhaust gas with very low NOx emissions, as well as a burning that is as complete as possible of remaining CO-containing NOx reduction zones, it is provided that a combustion point with sub-stoichiometric fuel combustion be arranged both in the rotary kiln exhaust gas ascending line and also in the cooler outgoing air line which form a first and section portion, respectively, of the calcinator and that downstream in a flow direction of the suspension, additional combustion air discharges into the calcinator which combustion air is branched off from the tertiary air line coming from the clinker cooler via at least one branch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag AG
    Inventors: Hubert Ramesohl, Michael Brachthäuser, Andreas Hand, Stephan Kuhnke
  • Patent number: 6461153
    Abstract: A system for the manufacture of cement clinker from cement raw meal in which the off-gases of the cement clinker production line not only undergo denitrification but also undergo desulfurization, so that even sulfur-rich raw materials and fuels can be employed without exceeding the prevailing pollutant emission limits. A substream of the oversize material (30) discharged from the mixing chamber (29) of the precalcination stage (16) as solid sorbent may be combined with the off-gas (22) and/or with a partial gas discharge (38) of the rotary kiln off-gas in order to convert the sulfur oxides contained in those off-gases to calcium sulfate (34), which is subsequently separated from the system off-gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag AG
    Inventors: Carsten Eckert, Andreas Hand, Norbert Streit, Stephan Kuhnke
  • Patent number: 6447598
    Abstract: In order to create a process for the economical production of cement clinker in a cement clinker production line with a raw meal preheater, a precalcination stage, a rotary tubular kiln and a clinker cooler, in which the total oxygen excess required for all firing points, i.e., the ratio of total oxygen to total fuel, also designated as &lgr; value, is to lie as low as possible, it is proposed according to the invention, to continuously measure the content of CO and/or (unburned) hydrocarbons and/or other combustion products in the exhaust gas path of the precalcination stage and, in dependence on this measurement value, to perform a regulating intervention on the amount of an oxidation agent and/or catalyst to be injected into the precalcination stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag AG
    Inventors: Stepan Kuhnke, Carsten Eckert, Andreas Hand
  • Publication number: 20020071801
    Abstract: A system for the manufacture of cement clinker from cement raw meal in which the off-gases of the cement clinker production line not only undergo denitrification but also undergo desulfurization, so that even sulfur-rich raw materials and fuels can be employed without exceeding the prevailing pollutant emission limits. A substream of the oversize material (30) discharged from the mixing chamber (29) of the precalcination stage (16) as solid sorbent may be combined with the off-gas (22) and/or with a partial gas discharge (38) of the rotary kiln off-gas in order to convert the sulfur oxides contained in those off-gases to calcium sulfate (34), which is subsequently separated from the system off-gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Carsten Eckert, Andreas Hand, Norbert Streit, Stephan Kuhnke
  • Publication number: 20010038989
    Abstract: In order to create, for cement clinker production lines, a calcinator that is connected upstream from the rotary tubular kiln and is equipped with two firings, which enables on the one hand a high-grade calcinated raw meal and on the other hand an exhaust gas with very low NOx emissions, as well as a burning that is as complete as possible of remaining CO-containing NOx reduction zones, it is provided that a combustion point with sub-stoichiometric fuel combustion be arranged both in the rotary kiln exhaust gas ascending line and also in the cooler outgoing air line which form a first and section portion, respectively, of the calcinator and that downstream in a flow direction of the suspension, additional combustion air discharges into the calcinator which combustion air is branched off from the tertiary air line coming from the clinker cooler via at least one branch line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Hubert Ramesohl, Michael Brachthauser, Andreas Hand, Stephan Kuhnke
  • Patent number: 6287110
    Abstract: In order to create a calcinator preceding the rotary tubular kiln and equipped with secondary firings in which inert fuels that are difficult to ignite or, respectively, difficult to burn (secondary fuels) can be beneficially disposed of by burning for the purpose of calcination of the cement raw meal and a complete burn-out of CO gas strands and other fuel constituents, as well as an exhaust gas with low Nox, are nonetheless assured for cement clinker production lines, the tertiary air channel in the region of the calcination unit is fashioned as a combustion chamber that expands the channel cross-section and through which the suspension flows from bottom to top. Tertiary air having a torsion component as well as an easily ignitable fuel is centrally introduced at the lower end of the combustion chamber, whereby a high-temperature zone that extends centrally from bottom to top and has a hot core flame proceeds from this burning location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag AG
    Inventors: Hubert Ramesohl, Michael Brachthäuser, Andreas Hand, Stephan Kuhnke
  • Publication number: 20010007232
    Abstract: In order to create a process for the economical production of cement clinker in a cement clinker production line with a raw meal preheater, a precalcination stage, a rotary tubular kiln and a clinker cooler, in which the total oxygen excess required for all firing points, i.e., the ratio of total oxygen to total fuel, also designated as &lgr; value, is to lie as low as possible, it is proposed according to the invention, to continuously measure the content of CO and/or (unburned) hydrocarbons and/or other combustion products in the exhaust gas path of the precalcination stage and, in dependence on this measurement value, to perform a regulating intervention on the amount of an oxidation agent and/or catalyst to be injected into the precalcination stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Stepan Kuhnke, Carsten Eckert, Andreas Hand
  • Patent number: 6254382
    Abstract: In order to create, for cement clinker production lines, a calcinator that is connected upstream from the rotary tubular kiln and is equipped with two firings, which enables on the one hand a high-grade calcinated raw meal and on the other hand an exhaust gas with very low NOx emissions, as well as a burning that is as complete as possible of remaining CO-containing NOx reduction zones, it is provided that a combustion point with sub-stoichiometric fuel combustion be arranged both in the rotary kiln exhaust gas ascending line and also in the cooler outgoing air line which form a first and section portion, respectively, of the calcinator and that downstream in a flow direction of the suspension, additional combustion air discharges into the calcinator which combustion air is branched off from the tertiary air line coming from the clinker cooler via at least one branch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag AG
    Inventors: Hubert Ramesohl, Michael Brachthäuser, Andreas Hand, Stephan Kuhnke