Patents by Inventor Andreas Schuster
Andreas Schuster 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).
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Publication number: 20250103461Abstract: A method of verifying a program code of a synthesis computer program is disclosed. The synthesis computer program is configured for computer-controlling an automatic synthesizer (114) to automatically synthesize at least one oligonucleotide, the synthesis computer program having a plurality of program cycles for computer-controlling the automatic synthesizer (114) to sequentially synthesize the oligonucleotide by using at least one sequence of synthesis cycles. The method comprises: i. applying an automatic parsing procedure to the program code of the synthesis computer program, the automatic parsing procedure comprising automatically searching for parameter values of parameters of at least one predetermined list of parameters of interest in the program cycles of the synthesis computer program; and ii.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Marek Stanislaw Komisarski, Pascal Mueller, Martin Olbrich, Maxim Popov, Johanna Romano, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 11585231Abstract: A device is provided comprising an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. Also provided is an ORC device comprising the device and a method for operating the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: BITZER KÜHLMASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 11352911Abstract: A device for utilizing the waste heat of a thermo-process device comprising a first heat exchanger for transferring heat from a heat flow of a thermo-process device to a heat transfer medium; a second heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat flow to a heat transfer medium, the second heat exchanger being arranged downstream of the first heat exchanger with respect to the heat flow; a thermodynamic cycle device having a third heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat transfer medium to a working medium of the thermodynamic cycle device and having a fourth heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat transfer medium to the working medium, the fourth heat exchanger being arranged upstream of the second heat exchanger with respect to the flow of the working medium; wherein heat transfer medium cooled in the third heat exchanger can be supplied at least partially to the first heat exchanger for heating and wherein heat transfer medium cooled in the fourth heat exchanger can be supplied atType: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Schuster, Roy Langer, Jens-Patrick Springer, Daniela Walter, Richard Aumann
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Patent number: 11286816Abstract: The invention refers to a system for cooling a process fluid of a heat-producing apparatus, comprising: an outlet of the heat-producing apparatus, the outlet being provided for discharging process fluid to be cooled from the heat-producing apparatus; an inlet of the heat-producing apparatus, the inlet being provided for supplying cooled process fluid to the heat-producing apparatus; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, the thermodynamic cycle device comprising an evaporator having an inlet for supplying the process fluid to be cooled from the outlet of the heat-producing apparatus and having an outlet for discharging the cooled process fluid to the inlet of the heat-producing apparatus, the evaporator being adapted to evaporate a working medium of the thermodynamic cycle device by means of heat from the process fluid; an expansion machine for expanding the evaporated working medium and for producing mechanical and/or electrical energy; a condenser for liquefying the expanded workingType: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Markus Lintl, Roy Langer, Martin Santa-Maria
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Patent number: 11274629Abstract: The invention refers to a system for energy recovery within an arrangement of industrial components. The system comprises a heat source for the arrangement; a thermodynamic circuit processing device, particularly an ORC device, having a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat source to a working medium of the thermodynamic circuit processing device and having an expansion device for expanding the working medium and for generating mechanical or electrical power; and at least one component of the arrangement to be driven, particularly at least one hydraulic or pneumatic machine, which can be driven with the power generated. The invention further refers to a corresponding method for energy recovery within an arrangement of industrial components.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Orean Energy AGInventors: Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
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Publication number: 20210215058Abstract: A device is provided comprising an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. Also provided is an ORC device comprising the device and a method for operating the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: Orcan Energy AG, Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau GmbHInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20210199026Abstract: The invention refers to a system for cooling a process fluid of a heat-producing apparatus, comprising: an outlet of the heat-producing apparatus, the outlet being provided for discharging process fluid to be cooled from the heat-producing apparatus; an inlet of the heat-producing apparatus, the inlet being provided for supplying cooled process fluid to the heat-producing apparatus; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, the thermodynamic cycle device comprising an evaporator having an inlet for supplying the process fluid to be cooled from the outlet of the heat-producing apparatus and having an outlet for discharging the cooled process fluid to the inlet of the heat-producing apparatus, the evaporator being adapted to evaporate a working medium of the thermodynamic cycle device by means of heat from the process fluid; an expansion machine for expanding the evaporated working medium and for producing mechanical and/or electrical energy; a condenser for liquefying the expanded workingType: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Orcan Energy AGInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Markus Lintl, Roy Langer, Martin Santa-Maria
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Patent number: 11035258Abstract: The invention refers to a method for controlling a thermodynamic cycle process apparatus, in particular an ORC apparatus, wherein the thermodynamic cycle process apparatus comprises an evaporator, an expansion machine, a condenser and a feed pump, and the expansion machine is coupled to an external apparatus in normal operation, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: measuring an exhaust steam pressure downstream of the expansion machine; and setting a volume flow of the feed pump in accordance with a computer-implemented control model of the thermodynamic cycle process apparatus according to the measured exhaust steam pressure and a target rotational speed of the expansion machine as input variables of the control model and with the volume flow of the feed pump as an output variable of the control model. The invention further refers to a corresponding thermodynamic cycle process apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Schuster, Roy Langer, Jens-Patrick Springer, Fabian Weigand
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Patent number: 10968766Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising: an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. The invention also relates to an ORC device comprising the device according to the present invention and to a method for operating the device according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: ORCAN ENERGY AG, Bitzer Küühlmaschinenbau GmbHInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20210003039Abstract: A device for utilizing the waste heat of a thermo-process device comprising a first heat exchanger for transferring heat from a heat flow of a thermo-process device to a heat transfer medium; a second heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat flow to a heat transfer medium, the second heat exchanger being arranged downstream of the first heat exchanger with respect to the heat flow; a thermodynamic cycle device having a third heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat transfer medium to a working medium of the thermodynamic cycle device and having a fourth heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat transfer medium to the working medium, the fourth heat exchanger being arranged upstream of the second heat exchanger with respect to the flow of the working medium; wherein heat transfer medium cooled in the third heat exchanger can be supplied at least partially to the first heat exchanger for heating and wherein heat transfer medium cooled in the fourth heat exchanger can be supplied atType: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Orcan Energy AGInventors: Andreas Schuster, Roy Langer, Jens-Patrick Springer, Daniela Walter, Richard Aumann
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Patent number: 10669898Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a preheater for preheating a working medium; an evaporator for evaporating and superheating a first mass flow of the preheated working medium; an expansion machine for expanding the evaporated and superheated first mass flow of the working medium; a condenser for condensing the working medium exiting the expansion machine; a feed pump for pumping condensed working medium to the preheater; and a first supply apparatus for supplying a second mass flow of the preheated working medium to the partially expanded first mass flow of the working medium in the expansion machine. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Richard Aumann, Roy Langer, Fabian Kricke, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 10605532Abstract: The invention relates to a device for condensation of vapour expanded in an expansion machine of a thermal power plant to a condensed liquid, in particular containing oil, comprising: a module for condensation, wherein for condensation the module comprises an inlet and one or more pipelines, for example having substantially horizontally disposed pipes; a liquid separator for separating the condensed liquid; and a liquid collector for collecting the separated, condensed liquid.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Orcan Energy AGInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
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Publication number: 20200095897Abstract: The invention refers to a method for controlling a thermodynamic cycle process apparatus, in particular an ORC apparatus, wherein the thermodynamic cycle process apparatus comprises an evaporator, an expansion machine, a condenser and a feed pump, and the expansion machine is coupled to an external apparatus in normal operation, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: measuring an exhaust steam pressure downstream of the expansion machine; and setting a volume flow of the feed pump in accordance with a computer-implemented control model of the thermodynamic cycle process apparatus according to the measured exhaust steam pressure and a target rotational speed of the expansion machine as input variables of the control model and with the volume flow of the feed pump as an output variable of the control model. The invention further refers to a corresponding thermodynamic cycle process apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Roy Langer, Jens-Patrick Springer, Fabian Kricke
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Patent number: 10577984Abstract: The system according to the invention comprises a heat source and a cooling device for discharging heat from the heat source, the cooling device comprising: a heat exchanger/radiator for transferring heat to a surrounding medium, in particular wherein the radiator is an air cooler and the surrounding medium is air; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a working medium, an evaporator for evaporating the working medium by transferring heat from the heat source to the working medium, an expansion device for generating mechanical energy, and a condenser for condensing the working medium expanded in the expansion device; wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser coolant circuit for discharging heat out of the condenser of the thermodynamic cycle device via the heat exchanger/radiator. The method according to the invention is suitable for discharging heat from a heat source with a cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Richard Aumann, Nicolas Restrepo, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
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Patent number: 10570782Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling ORC stacks with a total number ntot of individually operable ORC modules, said method comprising the following steps: determining the running time remaining until the next servicing time for each operable ORC module respectively; determining a target number nsoll of ORC modules to be operated; comparing said target number nsoll to an actual number nist of currently operated ORC modules; when nsoll>nist, connecting a number nsoll?nist of ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the target number and the actual number, where the ORC modules with the longest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently not being operated are connected; and/or when nsoll<nist, disconnecting a number nist?nsoll of ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the actual number and the target number, where the ORC modules with the shortest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently being operated are disconnected; and/or when nsoll=nistType: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Orcan Energy AGInventors: Markus Lintl, Jens-Patrick Springer, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 10480515Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, during pumping of a liquid, comprising the following steps: fixing a setpoint value of a flow rate of the pump; measuring an inlet pressure of the liquid upstream of the pump and an outlet pressure of the liquid downstream of the pump; determining a setpoint value of a rotational speed of the pump from a performance map of the pump, wherein the fixed setpoint value of the flow rate and a difference between the outlet pressure and the inlet pressure are incorporated into the performance map as input values; and setting the rotational speed of the pump to the setpoint value of the rotational speed. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding device for controlling a pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Jens-Patrick Springer, Andreas Grill, Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20190301398Abstract: The invention refers to a system for energy recovery within an arrangement of industrial components. The system comprises a heat source for the arrangement; a thermodynamic circuit processing device, particularly an ORC device, having a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat source to a working medium of the thermodynamic circuit processing device and having an expansion device for expanding the working medium and for generating mechanical or electrical power; and at least one component of the arrangement to be driven, particularly at least one hydraulic or pneumatic machine, which can be driven with the power generated. The invention further refers to a corresponding method for energy recovery within an arrangement of industrial components.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
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Patent number: 10352197Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a leak in a thermodynamic cycle device with a condenser for condensing vaporous working medium, comprising the following steps: determining sub-cooling of the working medium in the condenser, wherein sub-cooling is determined as a difference between a condensation temperature in the condenser and a temperature of a liquid working medium exiting the condenser; detecting a leak in the event that the sub-cooling determined differs from a setpoint value for the sub-cooling or in the event that a filling quantity of the working medium in the thermodynamic cycle device, being determined from the determined sub-cooling, differs from a setpoint value for the filling quantity. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding device.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Richard Aumann, Roy Langer, Daniela Walter, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20190101084Abstract: An air pipe for an intake tract of an internal combustion engine may include at least one air channel for guiding a through-flow of air to at least one compressor arranged downstream thereof. An air guiding device may be arranged to influence a forward flow of air running in a direction towards the at least one compressor and facilitate reducing turbulences of the air flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Martin Matt, Andrea Schuster, Michael Onischke, Vivak Luckhchoura, Jan Schuessler, Marco Cigarini
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Patent number: 10247046Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic cycle apparatus, comprising: a working medium; an evaporator for evaporating the working medium; an expansion machine; a condenser, and a pump, wherein the geometrical arrangement of the evaporator is selected such that the condensed working medium can flow from the condenser to the evaporator by force of gravity and the working medium can circulate in a closed circuit via the evaporator and the condenser wherein a predetermined head height of the liquid working medium can be provided at the pump. The invention additionally relates to a method of starting the thermodynamic cycle apparatus the method comprising the following steps: applying heat to the evaporator and evaporating the working medium in the evaporator, wherein the working medium is caused to flow to the condenser; condensing the working medium in the condenser; starting the pump when a predetermined head height of the working medium at the pump is reached or exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Schuster, Asim Celik, Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Daniela Gewald, Richard Aumann