Patents by Inventor Bernd Stuermer

Bernd Stuermer 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: 20230405513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously obtaining carbon dioxide from a carbon-dioxide containing atmosphere, in which a fibrous carrier material charged with polyethylene imine is guided alternately through at least one adsorption zone and at least one desorption zone. In addition, the present invention relates to a device by which the method according to the invention can be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG GEMEINNÜTZIGE STIFTUNG
    Inventors: Ulrich ZUBERBUEHLER, Sebastian THALER, Bastian FEIGL, Bernd STUERMER, Frank BAUMGART
  • Patent number: 9512375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for generating a methane-containing substitute natural gas from a carbon oxide-containing input gas and also to an energy supply system equipped with such an apparatus. According to the invention, the input gas is subjected to a methanation reaction where a superstoichiometric hydrogen fraction is established in the reactant gas. The product gas of the methanation reaction is divided by gas separation into a methane-containing retentate gas, which yields the substitute natural gas, and a hydrogen-containing permeate gas. At least some of the permeate gas is returned to the input gas and admixed therein to form the reactant gas for the methanation reaction. The invention may be used, for example, for renewable energy supply systems with biomass valorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Zentrum fuer Sonnenenergie— und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Wuerttemberg
    Inventors: Bernd Stuermer, Michael Specht, Volkmar Frick, Ulrich Zuberbuehler, Sebastian Thaler
  • Publication number: 20150284651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for generating a methane-containing substitute natural gas from a carbon oxide-containing input gas and also to an energy supply system equipped with such an apparatus. According to the invention, the input gas is subjected to a methanation reaction where a superstoichiometric hydrogen fraction is established in the reactant gas. The product gas of the methanation reaction is divided by gas separation into a methane-containing retentate gas, which yields the substitute natural gas, and a hydrogen-containing permeate gas. At least some of the permeate gas is returned to the input gas and admixed therein to form the reactant gas for the methanation reaction. The invention may be used, for example, for renewable energy supply systems with biomass valorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Bernd Stuermer, Michael Specht, Volkmar Frick, Ulrich Zuberbuehler, Sebastian Thaler
  • Patent number: 9057138
    Abstract: An energy supply system is provided with an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy that can be fed into an electricity supply grid. The energy supply system includes an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy which can be fed into an electricity supply grid, a hydrogen generating device for generating hydrogen using electrical energy from the regenerative electricity generating device, a methanation device for converting hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generating device and a supplied carbon oxide gas into a gas containing methane, and a gas providing device for providing a supplementary gas or a replacement gas in a variably specifiable supplementary/replacement gas quality suitable for feeding into a gas supply grid with the use of the gas containing methane from the methanation device and/or the hydrogen from the hydrogen generating device. A method of operating the system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Zentrum fuer Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Wuerttemberg
    Inventors: Bernd Stuermer, Volkmar Frick, Michael Specht, Michael Sterner, Berthold Hahn, Ulrich Zuberbuehler
  • Publication number: 20120091730
    Abstract: An energy supply system is provided with an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy that can be fed into an electricity supply grid. The energy supply system includes an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy which can be fed into an electricity supply grid, a hydrogen generating device for generating hydrogen using electrical energy from the regenerative electricity generating device, a methanation device for converting hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generating device and a supplied carbon oxide gas into a gas containing methane, and a gas providing device for providing a supplementary gas or a replacement gas in a variably specifiable supplementary/replacement gas quality suitable for feeding into a gas supply grid with the use of the gas containing methane from the methanation device and/or the hydrogen from the hydrogen generating device. A method of operating the system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Zentrum Fuer Sonnenenegie-und Wasserstoff-Forschun g Baden-Wuertlemberg
    Inventors: Bernd Stuermer, Volkmar Frick, Michael Specht, Michael Sterner, Berthold Hahn, Ulrich Zuberbuehler