Patents by Inventor Burkhard Lenth

Burkhard Lenth 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: 11534714
    Abstract: Described and represented is a glycol drying system with at least one wet glycol collection container and/or at least one glycol collection line to collect moist glycol, with at least one heating device to heat the moist glycol in the at least one wet glycol collection container and/or in the at least one glycol collection line and with a membrane separation system to separate the water from the heated, moist glycol. In order to reduce the operating costs, without having to accept disproportionate investment costs, it is provided that at least one flash gas vent is provided to remove flash gas driven out when the moist glycol is heated before separating the water in the membrane separation system and in that at least one combustion chamber is provided to combust the flash gas and to provide heat for the heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RWE GAS STORAGE WEST GMBH
    Inventors: Guido Neuhaus, Burkhard Lenth
  • Publication number: 20200254379
    Abstract: Described and represented is a glycol drying system with at least one wet glycol collection container and/or at least one glycol collection line to collect moist glycol, with at least one heating device to heat the moist glycol in the at least one wet glycol collection container and/or in the at least one glycol collection line and with a membrane separation system to separate the water from the heated, moist glycol. In order to reduce the operating costs, without having to accept disproportionate investment costs, it is provided that at least one flash gas vent is provided to remove flash gas driven out when the moist glycol is heated before separating the water in the membrane separation system and in that at least one combustion chamber provided to combust the flash gas and to provide heat for the heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Guido Neuhaus, Burkhard Lenth