Patents by Inventor Andreas Zobernig

Andreas Zobernig 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: 8419825
    Abstract: A process for energy- and emission-optimized iron production and an installation for carrying out the process. A first partial amount of a generator gas produced in a melter gasifier is used as a first reducing gas in a first reduction zone. A second partial amount is fed to at least one further reduction zone as a second reducing gas. In addition, after CO2 scrubbing, a partial amount of top gas removed from the first reduction zone is admixed with the generator gas after the latter leaves the melter gasifier, for cooling the generator gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Vai Metals Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bürgler, Stephan Lackner, Robert Millner, Reinhard Redl, Bernhard Rummer, Herbert Schmid, Johann Wurm, Andreas Zobernig
  • Publication number: 20110120266
    Abstract: A process for energy-and emission-optimized iron production and an installation for carrying out the process. A first partial amount of a generator gas produced in a melter gasifier is used as a first reducing gas in a first reduction zone. A second partial amount is fed to at least one further reduction zone as a second reducing gas. In addition, after CO2 scrubbing, a partial amount of top gas removed from the first reduction zone is admixed with the generator gas after the latter leaves the melter gasifier, for cooling the generator gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Bürgler, Stephan Lackner, Robert Millner, Reinhard Redl, Bernhard Rummer, Herbert Schmid, Johann Wurm, Andreas Zobernig
  • Patent number: 6996918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating a hydrocarbonaceous waste material, in particular a rolling scale slurry and/or grinding slurry, the waste material being heated in a dryer, preferably moving, by the indirect supply of heat, and in the process hydrocarbons, if appropriate together with other volatile components, in particular H2O, being removed. In this process, in the dryer, at low temperature, the hydrocarbons are broken down in a specific way, the hydrocarbons being broken down by chemical and/or radiation means, which effect decomposition of the hydrocarbons of low volatility into highly volatile hydrocarbons, preferably decomposing high molecular weight hydrocarbons into lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, and the hydrocarbons, if appropriate together with the other volatile components in particular together with the H2O, are at least partially discharged, in particular by suction, from the vessel. The invention also relates to a apparatus for treating a hydrocarbonaceous waste material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Voest - Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Werner Bsirske, Andreas Zobernig, Alexander Fleischanderl, Christof Lanzerstorfer
  • Publication number: 20030159309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating a hydrocarbonaceous waste material, in particular a rolling scale slurry and/or grinding slurry, the waste material being heated in a dryer, preferably moving, by the indirect supply of heat, and in the process hydrocarbons, if appropriate together with other volatile components, in particular H2O, being removed. In this process, in the dryer, at low temperature, the hydrocarbons are broken down in a specific way, the hydrocarbons being broken down by chemical and/or radiation means, which effect decomposition of the hydrocarbons of low volatility into highly volatile hydrocarbons, preferably decomposing high molecular weight hydrocarbons into lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, and the hydrocarbons, if appropriate together with the other volatile components in particular together with the H2O, are at least partially discharged, in particular by suction, from the vessel. The invention also relates to a apparatus for treating a hydrocarbonaceous waste material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Werner Bsirske, Andreas Zobernig, Alexander Fleischanderl, Christopf Lanzerstorfer