Patents by Inventor Dieter Behling

Dieter Behling 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: 5203969
    Abstract: A method of separating and recovering components of a mixture having a gap in the range of miscibility and having organic compounds and water in a pervaporization process with the aid of membranes. The mixture is first separated into an organically loaded water phase and a water-saturated organic phase. Subsequently, the organically loaded water phase and the water-saturated organic phase are separately subjected to parallel, different pervaporization processes, resulting in retentates as water on the one hand and organic liquid on the other hand. The permeates that result during the pervaporization processes are subsequently returned to the mixture that is to be separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Wenzlaff, Dieter Behling, Karl W. Boddeker
  • Patent number: 5108549
    Abstract: A method of separating and recovering components of a mixture having a gap in the range of miscibility and including organic compounds and water in a pervaporization process with the aid of membranes. The mixture is first separated into an organically loaded water phase and a water-saturated organic phase. Subsequently, the organically loaded water phase and the water-saturated organic phase are separately subjected to parallel, different pervaporization processes, resulting in retentates as water on the one hand and organic liquid on the other hand. The permeates that result during the pervaporization processes are subsequently returned to the mixture that is to be separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Wenzlaff, Dieter Behling, Karl W. Boddeker
  • Patent number: 4994094
    Abstract: A method of removing organic compounds from an air/permanent gas mixture. This mixture, as untreated medium, is conveyed to a first gas separation membrane and is divided into a filtrate gas stream that is concentrated with organic compounds and a retained gas stream that is depleted of organic compounds. The concentrated filtrate is conveyed to a recovery device for the recovery of organic compounds therefrom. The pressure of the air/permanent gas mixture is raised prior to entry thereof into the first gas separation membrane. The pressure of the concentrated filtrate is reduced after exit thereof from the first gas separation membrane. The depleted gas stream is discharged into the atmosphere, and the gas stream that exits the recovery device is returned to the air/permanent gas mixture at some point subsequent to the pressure increase thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Behling, Karl Hattenbach, Klaus Ohlrogge, Klaus-Victor Peinemann, Jan Wind