Patents by Inventor Dierk Mueller

Dierk Mueller 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: 10843989
    Abstract: Method and system for the combined production of methanol and of ammonia, and method for producing a fuel using methanol, wherein a carbon-containing energy carrier flow and an oxygen flow from an oxygen-producing assembly are fed to a synthesis gas reactor assembly for obtaining a synthesis gas flow with hydrogen and carbon oxides, wherein the synthesis gas flow is fed to a methanol reactor assembly for the partial conversion into methanol, and wherein, from the methanol reactor assembly, a residual gas flow is obtained from which a hydrogen-containing flow is obtained, which is at least partially fed to an ammonia reactor assembly and at least partially converted into ammonia there. In an enrichment step, the molar fraction of hydrogen in the synthesis gas flow obtained from the synthesis gas reactor assembly is increased relative to the molar fraction of carbon oxides prior to the feeding to the methanol reactor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich Koss, Dierk Mueller, Ulrich Wagner
  • Publication number: 20190308919
    Abstract: Method and system for the combined production of methanol and of ammonia, and method for producing a fuel using methanol, wherein a carbon-containing energy carrier flow and an oxygen flow from an oxygen-producing assembly are fed to a synthesis gas reactor assembly for obtaining a synthesis gas flow with hydrogen and carbon oxides, wherein the synthesis gas flow is fed to a methanol reactor assembly for the partial conversion into methanol, and wherein, from the methanol reactor assembly, a residual gas flow is obtained from which a hydrogen-containing flow is obtained, which is at least partially fed to an ammonia reactor assembly and at least partially converted into ammonia there. In an enrichment step, the molar fraction of hydrogen in the synthesis gas flow obtained from the synthesis gas reactor assembly is increased relative to the molar fraction of carbon oxides prior to the feeding to the methanol reactor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich Koss, Dierk Mueller, Ulrich Wagner