Patents by Inventor Andreas KINNER

Andreas KINNER 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: 10618817
    Abstract: A method and device for producing ammonia from a syngas in a heterogeneous gas catalysis process in at least two reaction devices connected in series. Each reaction device includes at least two catalyst beds through which the syngas is conducted and in which an at least partial conversion of the syngas into the product gas is carried out. At least one first heat exchanger is provided in the first reaction device, and the fresh syngas is pre-heated in the first heat exchanger. The syngas exiting the first catalyst bed and which includes the product and non-converted reactants is cooled before entering the second catalyst bed. According to an embodiment of the invention, the pre-heating process is carried out in a first heat exchanger arranged between the first and the second catalyst bed. Thus, synthesis conversion can be increased without substantially increasing the process gas quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Christoph Meissner, Andreas Kinner, Klaus Nölker, Reinhard Heun
  • Publication number: 20190106330
    Abstract: A method and device for producing ammonia from a syngas in a heterogeneous gas catalysis process in at least two reaction devices connected in series. Each reaction device includes at least two catalyst beds through which the syngas is conducted and in which an at least partial conversion of the syngas into the product gas is carried out. At least one first heat exchanger is provided in the first reaction device, and the fresh syngas is pre-heated in the first heat exchanger. The syngas exiting the first catalyst bed and which includes the product and non-converted reactants is cooled before entering the second catalyst bed. According to an embodiment of the invention, the pre-heating process is carried out in a first heat exchanger arranged between the first and the second catalyst bed. Thus, synthesis conversion can be increased without substantially increasing the process gas quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Christoph MEISSNER, Andreas KINNER, Klaus NÖLKER, Reinhard HEUN