Patents by Inventor Axel Hamann

Axel Hamann 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: 9694336
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature in a polymerization reactor equipped with a cycle gas line for withdrawing reactor gas from the reactor, leading the reactor gas through a heat-exchanger, which is cooled by a cooling medium, which is conveyed in a cooling system through the heat-exchanger, and feeding the reactor gas back to the reactor by adjusting the temperature of the cooling medium entering the heat exchanger, wherein the temperature of the cooling medium entering the heat exchanger is controlled by adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in a part of the cooling system by a flow control system comprising two continuously operating flow control devices of different size, which are connected in parallel, a process for polymerizing olefins and a process for controlling the flow rate of a fluid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Strecker, Manfred Hecker, Rainer Karer, Axel Hamann, Paulus-Petrus Maria De Lange
  • Publication number: 20150112038
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature in a polymerization reactor equipped with a cycle gas line for withdrawing reactor gas from the reactor, leading the reactor gas through a heat-exchanger, which is cooled by a cooling medium, which is conveyed in a cooling system through the heat-exchanger, and feeding the reactor gas back to the reactor by adjusting the temperature of the cooling medium entering the heat exchanger, wherein the temperature of the cooling medium entering the heat exchanger is controlled by adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in a part of the cooling system by a flow control system comprising two continuously operating flow control devices of different size, which are connected in parallel, a process for polymerizing olefins and a process for controlling the flow rate of a fluid medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Holger Strecker, Manfred Hecker, Rainer Karer, Axel Hamann, Maria De Lange
  • Patent number: 8853334
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for discharging polyolefin particles from a gas-phase polymerization reactor of a pressure from 1.0 MPa to 10 MPa to a discharge vessel of a pressure from 0.1 MPa to 1.0 MPa wherein the discharging is carried out discontinuously through at least two discharge lines in which the polyolefin particles are transported horizontally or upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hecker, Paulus-Petrus Maria De Lange, Klaus Berhalter, Thomas Andreas Hora, Axel Hamann
  • Publication number: 20140114038
    Abstract: Process for discharging polyolefin particles from a gas-phase polymerization reactor of a pressure from 1.0 MPa to 10 MPa to a discharge vessel of a pressure from 0.1 MPa to 1.0 MPa wherein the discharging is carried out discontinuously through at least two discharge lines in which the polyolefin particles are transported horizontally or upwards, process for polymerizing olefins at temperatures of from 30° C. to 160° C. and pressures of from 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hecker, Paulus-Petrus Maria De Lange, Klaus Berhalter, Thomas Andreas Hora, Axel Hamann
  • Patent number: 8084557
    Abstract: A continuous gas-phase process for the polymerization of alpha-olefins, in particular ethylene, comprising passing an alpha-olefin monomer stream through an oil filter in order to reduce the amount of oil to less than 8 ppm, and polymerizing the thus purified monomer feed in gas-phase reactor; the reduction of the amount of oil improves the operability of the plant over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hecker, Markus Schopf, Axel Hamann, Paulus-Petrus Maria de Lange
  • Publication number: 20100331502
    Abstract: A continuous gas-phase process for the polymerization of alpha-olefins, in particular ethylene, comprising passing an alpha-olefin monomer stream through an oil filter in order to reduce the amount of oil to less than 8 ppm, and polymerizing the thus purified monomer feed in gas-phase reactor; the reduction of the amount of oil improves the operability of the plant over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hecker, Markus Schopf, Axel Hamann, Paulus-Petrus Maria De Lange
  • Patent number: 6812301
    Abstract: For producing homopolymers or copolymers of propylene in the gas phase, gaseous or liquid monomers are introduced into a polymerization zone; the pressure and temperature in the polymerization zone are kept within a range that corresponds to the gaseous state of the monomers; gaseous monomers not consumed by polymerization are discharged from the polymerization zone and liquefied and re-introduced in liquid form into the polymerization zone. The temperature regulation in the polymerization zone is done by means of continuous measurement of the temperature and a change, tripped upon a change in temperature, in the quantity of liquid monomers introduced per unit of time into the reaction zone. To that end, the temperature is measured at a plurality of points vertically offset from one another, and from the respective measured values a respective mean value is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Viertel, Axel Hamann
  • Publication number: 20040030063
    Abstract: For producing homopolymers or copolymers of propylene in the gas phase, gaseous or liquid monomers are introduced into a polymerization zone; the pressure and temperature in the polymerization zone are kept within a range that corresponds to the gaseous state of the monomers; gaseous monomers not consumed by polymerization are discharged from the polymerization zone and liquefied and re-introduced in liquid form into the polymerization zone. The temperature regulation in the polymerization zone is done by means of continuous measurement of the temperature and a change, tripped upon a change in temperature, in the quantity of liquid monomers introduced per unit of time into the reaction zone. To that end, the temperature is measured at a plurality of points vertically offset from one another, and from the respective measured values a respective mean value is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Guenther Viertel, Axel Hamann