Patents by Inventor Antonius Jacobus Gerardus Manders

Antonius Jacobus Gerardus Manders 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).

  • Process for producing chlorine, caustic soda, and hydrogen
    Patent number: 9903027
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing chlorine, alkaline metal hydroxide, and hydrogen which comprises the following steps: (a) preparing a brine by dissolving an alkaline metal chloride source in water; (b) removing alkaline precipitates from the brine prepared in step (a) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide by means of a filter of active carbon, and recovering the resulting brine; (c) subjecting at least part of the resulting brine as obtained in step (b) to an ion-exchange step; (d) subjecting at least part of the brine as obtained in step (c) to a membrane electrolysis step; (e) recovering at least part of the chlorine, alkaline metal hydroxide, hydrogen, and brine as obtained in step (d); (f) subjecting at least part of the brine as recovered in step (e) to a dechlorination step; and (g) recycling at least part of the dechlorinated brine obtained in step (f) to step (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (ITALIA) S.R.
    Inventors: Antonius Jacobus Gerardus Manders, Jacoba Cornelia Petronella Adriana Oonincx, Sami Petteri Pelkonen, Massimo Giosafatte Borghesi
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHLORINE, CAUSTIC SODA, AND HYDROGEN
    Publication number: 20110303549
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing chlorine, alkaline metal hydroxide, and hydrogen which comprises the following steps: (a) preparing a brine by dissolving an alkaline metal chloride source in water; (b) removing alkaline precipitates from the brine prepared in step (a) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide by means of a filter of active carbon, and recovering the resulting brine; (c) subjecting at least part of the resulting brine as obtained in step (b) to an ion-exchange step; (d) subjecting at least part of the brine as obtained in step (c) to a membrane electrolysis step; (e) recovering at least part of the chlorine, alkaline metal hydroxide, hydrogen, and brine as obtained in step (d); (f) subjecting at least part of the brine as recovered in step (e) to a dechlorination step; and (g) recycling at least part of the dechlorinated brine obtained in step (f) to step (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Jacobus Gerardus Manders, Jacoba Cornelia Petronella Adriana Oonincx, Sami Petteri Pelkonen, Massimo Giosafatte Borghesi