Patents by Inventor Christian Raith

Christian Raith 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: 20230174452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of redissociating Michael adducts of acrylic acid present in a liquid F in a redissociation apparatus comprising at least one separating column K, an evaporator V and a pump P, wherein, in the event of an unwanted rise in the viscosity of the residue R in the bottom space of the separating column K, the feed of the liquid F into the redissociation apparatus is stopped, the residue R in the bottom space of the separating column K is diluted and cooled with a solvent 1, and the bottom space of the separating column K is emptied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Tile GIESHOFF, Ulrich HAMMON, Christian RAITH, Volker SCHLIEPHAKE, Anna Katharina DUERR, Tim VAN LOOVEREN, Christian REIN
  • Patent number: 10941103
    Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a butyl acrylate H2C?CH—C(?O)OR, with R=n-butyl or isobutyl, wherein aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid is converted under dehydrating and esterifying conditions in the presence of the corresponding butanol R—OH in a reactor with a rectification column and butyl acrylate formed, unconverted butanol and water used and formed are distilled off overhead as a ternary azeotrope, after separation into a liquid aqueous phase and liquid organic phase each of the aqueous and organic phases is at least partly discharged, and the organic phase comprising the butyl acrylate and the butanol is subjected to distillative separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ortmund Lang, Tim Blaschke, Christian Raith, Michael Schafranka, Claus Hechler
  • Publication number: 20200239400
    Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a butyl acrylate H2C?CH—C(?O)OR, with R=n-butyl or isobutyl, wherein aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid is converted under dehydrating and esterifying conditions in the presence of the corresponding butanol R—OH in a reactor with a rectification column and butyl acrylate formed, unconverted butanol and water used and formed are distilled off overhead as a ternary azeotrope, after separation into a liquid aqueous phase and liquid organic phase each of the aqueous and organic phases is at least partly discharged, and the organic phase comprising the butyl acrylate and the butanol is subjected to distillative separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ortmund LANG, Tim BLASCHKE, Christian RAITH, Michael SCHAFRANKA, Claus HECHLER
  • Patent number: 10252970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid in the liquid phase, wherein aqueous acrylic acid is removed continuously from the liquid phase and the aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or the liquid phase have a high content of oligomeric 3-hydroxypropionic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tim Blaschke, Ortmund Lang, Nicolai Tonio Wörz, Christian Raith, Marco Hartmann, Marta Zajaczkowski-Fischer
  • Patent number: 10221255
    Abstract: A composition for the immediate stopping of a free-radical polymerization comprises a) an inhibitor for the free-radical polymerization selected from among phenothiazines, b) an aprotic solvent and c) an ionic liquid. It serves to stabilize free-radically polymerizable monomers against free-radical polymerization. For the immediate stopping of free-radical polymerizations, the composition is added to a free-radically polymerizing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ann-Kathrin Marguerre, Christian Raith, Christof Kujat, Friedrich-Georg Martin, Daher Michael Badine, Karolin Geyer, Ansgar Schaefer, Nikolaus Nestle, Murat Cetinkaya, Eduard Schreiner, Reiner Weiler, Peter Zurowski
  • Patent number: 10093551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating secondary components obtained in acrolein and/or (meth)acrylic acid production, comprising the steps of: a) contacting at least one wastewater stream (201) comprising at least a portion of the water of reaction removed in a first stage of a saturation column (101) with at least one process offgas stream (203), b) introducing energy by means of a first heat transferer (103) provided in a first saturation circuit (301) into the first stage of the saturation column (101), c) partly vaporizing the wastewater stream (201) into the process offgas stream (203) and passing the combined gas stream (205) into a second stage of the saturation column (101), d) drawing off a concentrated wastewater stream (207) from the bottom (1011) of the first stage of the saturation column (101) and feeding it to the top (1023) of the second stage of the saturation column (101), e) introducing energy by means of a second heat transferer (105) provided in a second circuit (303) i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Hammon, Thomas Walter, Christian Raith
  • Publication number: 20180171035
    Abstract: A composition for the immediate stopping of a free-radical polymerization comprises a) an inhibitor for the free-radical polymerization selected from among phenothiazines, b) an aprotic solvent and c) an ionic liquid. It serves to stabilize free-radically polymerizable monomers against free-radical polymerization. For the immediate stopping of free-radical polymerizations, the composition is added to a free-radically polymerizing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ann-Kathrin MARGUERRE, Christian RAITH, Christof KUJAT, Friedrich-Georg MARTIN, Daher Michael BADINE, Karolin GEYER, Ansgar SCHAEFER, Nikolaus NESTLE, Murat CETINKAYA, Eduard SCHREINER, Reiner WEILER, Peter ZUROWSKI
  • Publication number: 20170189832
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a coated mesh for oil-water separation by coating a mesh with a curable coating composition and crosslinking the coating thereby providing hydrophilic properties to the surface of the mesh, a coated mesh available by said process and the use of such coated mesh for oil-water separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: FRIEDERIKE FLEISCHHAKER, Christian RAITH, Sylke HAREMZA, Peter ZUROWSKI
  • Patent number: 9630900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid in the liquid phase, wherein aqueous acrylic acid is removed continuously from the liquid phase and the liquid phase comprises an inert organic solvent 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tim Blaschke, Ortmund Lang, Nicolai Tonio Wörz, Christian Raith, Marco Hartmann, Marta Zajaczkowski-Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160221916
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid in the liquid phase, wherein aqueous acrylic acid is removed continuously from the liquid phase and the aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or the liquid phase have a high content of oligomeric 3-hydroxypropionic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tim Blaschke, Ortmund Lang, Nicolai Tonio Wörz, Christian Raith, Marco Hartmann, Marta Zajaczkowski-Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160221915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid in the liquid phase, wherein aqueous acrylic acid is removed continuously from the liquid phase and the liquid phase comprises an inert organic solvent 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tim Blaschke, Ortmund Lang, Nicolai Tonio Wörz, Christian Raith, Marco Hartmann, Marta Zajaczkowski-Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160083267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating secondary components obtained in acrolein and/or (meth)acrylic acid production, comprising the steps of: a) contacting at least one wastewater stream (201) comprising at least a portion of the water of reaction removed in a first stage of a saturation column (101) with at least one process offgas stream (203), b) introducing energy by means of a first heat transferer (103) provided in a first saturation circuit (301) into the first stage of the saturation column (101), c) partly vaporizing the wastewater stream (201) into the process offgas stream (203) and passing the combined gas stream (205) into a second stage of the saturation column (101), d) drawing off a concentrated wastewater stream (207) from the bottom (1011) of the first stage of the saturation column (101) and feeding it to the top (1023) of the second stage of the saturation column (101), e) introducing energy by means of a second heat transferer (105) provided in a second circuit (303)
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich HAMMON, Thomas WALTER, Christian RAITH
  • Patent number: 9115070
    Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from ethylene oxide and carbon monoxide, in which ethylene oxide is carbonylated in an aprotic solvent with carbon monoxide in the presence of a cobalt catalyst system to give poly-3-hydroxypropionate, the cobalt content in the poly-3-hydroxypropionate formed is reduced with the aid of water and/or an aqueous solution as a precipitation and/or wash liquid, and the poly-3-hydroxypropionate is subsequently split by thermolysis to give acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marek Pazicky, Christian Raith, Rocco Paciello, Raphael Heinrich Brand, Marco Hartmann, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Peter Zurowski, Wolfgang Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140018574
    Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid by thermolysis of poly-3-hydroxypropionate in the presence of one or more specific tertiary amines as a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Christian RAITH, Marek Pazicky, Rocco Paciello, Raphael Heinrich Brand, Marco Hartmann, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Peter Zurowski, Wolfgang Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140018570
    Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from ethylene oxide and carbon monoxide, in which ethylene oxide is carbonylated in an aprotic solvent with carbon monoxide in the presence of a cobalt catalyst system to give poly-3-hydroxypropionate, the cobalt content in the poly-3-hydroxypropionate formed is reduced with the aid of water and/or an aqueous solution as a precipitation and/or wash liquid, and the poly-3-hydroxypropionate is subsequently split by thermolysis to give acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marek PAZICKY, Christian Raith, Rocco Paciello, Raphael Heinrich Brand, Marco Hartmann, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Peter Zurowski, Wolfgang Fischer