Patents by Inventor Andreas Woelfert

Andreas Woelfert 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: 20090281350
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting amines with phosgene, wherein the amine or a mixture of amine and a solvent is mixed in the form of an aerosol with gaseous phosgene and the amine is subsequently reacted with phosgene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carsten Knoesche, Eckhard Stroefer, Dieter Stuetzer, Bernd Sachweh, Markus Lisenbuehler, Andreas Woelfert
  • Patent number: 7592479
    Abstract: Isocyanates are prepared by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a reactor by a process in which a reaction discharge is present in the form of a suspension which contains the isocyanate to be prepared, as a liquid, and carbamyl chlorides as a solid, and the suspension is worked up in a film evaporator, and this process is carried out in a production plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eckhard Stroefer, Stephan Scholl, Martin Sohn, Andreas Woelfert, Hans-Juergen Pallasch, Jan Peter Bredehoeft
  • Publication number: 20090221846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates and an apparatus suitable for this purpose, and also its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Carsten Knösche, Andreas Daiss, Tsung-Chieh Cheng, Torsten Mattke, Eckhard Stroefer
  • Patent number: 7488842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting amines with phosgene in the gas phase in a reaction zone, with the reaction mixture being passed through a zone into which a liquid is sprayed to stop the reaction, wherein the reaction mixture is passed through a zone having a reduced flow cross section between the reaction zone and the zone into which the liquid is sprayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten Knoesche, Andreas Woelfert, Andreas Daiss
  • Patent number: 7358388
    Abstract: Isocyanates are prepared by a process in which a product stream from the isocyanate synthesis is purified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Hans-Juergen Pallasch, Eckhard Stroefer, Heinrich-Josef Blankertz
  • Publication number: 20060252960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates by reacting organic amines with phosgene, wherein the reaction is carried out in at least three stages, with the first stage being carried out in a mixing apparatus, the second stage in at least one residence apparatus and the third stage in at least one separation apparatus and the pressure in each successive stage being lower than that in the previous stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Sohn, Eckhard Stroefer, Filip Nevejans, Ulrich Penzel, Has-Juergen Pallasch, Rene Leuthold, Andreas Brodhagen, Andreas Woelfert, Wolfgang Mackenroth, Markus Maurer
  • Publication number: 20060223966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene, which comprises the steps a) mixing the amine with the phosgene, b) reacting the amine with the phosgene in a residence reactor and, if desired, c) transferring the output from the reactor of step b) into a distillation column, wherein the residence reactor in step b) is configured as a tube reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Brodhagen, Martin Sohn, Filip Nevejans, Eckhard Stroefer, Andreas Wölfert, Steffen Oehlenschläger
  • Patent number: 7112694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene, wherein the reaction is carried out in a cascade of at least two tube reactors and the gas phase formed in the reaction is separated off in a phase separator after each reactor and only the liquid phase is passed to the next reactor or to product purification and the reaction volume of the first tube reactor is only a fraction of the total reaction volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Christian Mueller, Eckhard Stroefer, Andreas Brodhagen
  • Patent number: 7084297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in the gaseous phase. Said method is characterized in that the reaction of amine and phosgene occurs in a reaction channel, the internal dimensions of which have a width/height ratio of at least 2/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Christian Mueller, Eckhard Stroefer, Joachim Pfeffinger, Markus Weber, Carsten Knoesche
  • Patent number: 6986833
    Abstract: An amine-containing mixture containing one or more amines, water, low-boilers and optionally high-boilers is fractionated by a process having the steps (iii) and (iv) and optionally the steps (i), (ii) and (v): (i) a (first) low-boiler fraction is separated off from the amine-containing mixture by distillation, (ii) a (first) high-boiler fraction is separated off from the amine-containing mixture by distillation, (iii) the amine-containing mixture is extracted with sodium hydroxide solution, producing an aqueous, sodium-hydroxide-containing first phase and an aqueous-organic, amine-, (further) low-boiler- and possibly (further) high-boiler-containing second phase, (iv) the aqueous-organic second phase, is distilled, producing essentially anhydrous amine as bottom-phase take off or sidestream takeoff in the stripping part of the distillation column, an amine/water azeotrop as sidestream takeoff in the enrichment part of the column and a (further) low-boiler fraction as overhead takeoff, and recycling the amin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Heinz Rütter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20050222453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene, wherein the reaction is carried out in a cascade of at least two tube reactors and the gas phase formed in the reaction is separated off in a phase separator after each reactor and only the liquid phase is passed to the next reactor or to product purification and the reaction volume of the first tube reactor is only a fraction of the total reaction volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Christian Muller, Eckhard Strofer, Andreas Brodhagen
  • Patent number: 6913674
    Abstract: A mixture containing one or more amines, water, low-boilers and high-boilers, is fractioned in a process wherein (i) low-boilers are separated from the mixture by distillation, (ii) high-boilers are separated from the mixture by distillation, (iii) the mixture is extracted with a sodium hydroxide solution to form an aqueous, sodium-hydroxide-containing first phase and an aqueous-organic, amine-containing second phase, and (iv) the aqueous-organic second phase is distilled to form an amine/water azeotrop and an essentially anhydrous amine, and the amine/water azeotrop is recycled to the extraction step (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Heinz Rütter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6896401
    Abstract: In a process for mixing reactant streams (1, 2; 5) to produce a product stream (10) using a mixing configuration (15, 16) having a number of reactant feed points, an excess component stream of one reactant is divided into two reactant substreams (1, 2) and fed into the suction region (3, 4) of a mixing space (12) at right angles to a deficient component (5) entering the mixing space (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Ulrich Penzel
  • Publication number: 20050070734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in the gaseous phase. Said method is characterized in that the reaction of amine and phosgene occurs in a reaction channel, the internal dimensions of which have a width/height ratio of at least 2/1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Christian Muller, Eckhard Stroefer, Joachim Pfeffinger, Markus Weber, Carsten Knosche
  • Patent number: 6867324
    Abstract: Starting material streams are mixed in a mixer (13) for the phosgenation of amines by a process in which the reaction product (3) is removed in a closed loop and the starting material streams (1.2) contain organic solvents. The main streams (1.1, 2.1) and/or part-streams (1.2, 2.2) of the starting materials (1, 2) come into contact with one another according to the countercurrent principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Ulrich Penzel
  • Patent number: 6833469
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of isocyanates by reaction of primary amines with phosgene, in which isocyanate is used as solvent, wherein some or all of isocyanate used as solvent is added to the reaction mixture only after the amine and phosgene have been physically combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Christian Müller, Eckhard Stroefer
  • Publication number: 20040192959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of isocyanates by reaction of primary amines with phosgene, in which isocyanate is used as solvent, wherein some or all of isocyanate used as solvent is added to the reaction mixture only after the amine and phosgene have been physically combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Christian Muller, Eckhard Stroefer
  • Patent number: 6677408
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing ethylene homo- and copolymers in a tubular reactor at pressures above 1000 bar and temperatures in the range from 120 to 350° C. by free-radical polymerization, in which firstly small amounts of free-radical chain initiators are added to a mobile flow medium comprising ethylene, molecular weight regulator and optionally polyethylene, and the polymerization is then carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf Mähling, Andreas Daiss, Georg Groos, Andreas Wölfert