Patents by Inventor Egon Zich
Egon Zich 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).
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Patent number: 10710001Abstract: The invention relates to a column for carrying out thermal separations and/or chemical reactions, including a vertical cylindrical column outer wall that surrounds an inner chamber divided by at least one vertical separating wall into chambers, wherein the separating wall has at least two vertical separating wall elements that are arranged one above the other in the same plane, adjoin one another edge to edge, and are interconnected by at least one screw connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: JULIUS MONTZ GmbHInventors: Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Egon Zich
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Patent number: 10710100Abstract: An apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor having a packing. The liquid is introduced at a center of the rotor and driven outward through the packing by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, and the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor. The packing inside the rotor is divided into individual packing segments that together form a circular disk. Each circular ring segment is formed by at least one structured packing formed of a plurality of superimposed woven, knitted, mesh or lattice structured surfaces composed of metal, in particular sheet-metal strips, or plastic or glass fibers, to which the axis of rotation of the rotor runs perpendicular.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: JULIUS MONTZ GmbHInventors: Robin Schulz, Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thorsten Erik Alexander Hugen
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Patent number: 10702836Abstract: In an apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor, the liquid is supplied to a center of the rotor and is driven outward by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor, and the rotor has a plurality of passages lying in the plane of the rotor that begin at a center of the rotor and terminate at an outer circumference of the rotor. The passages are each filled with a packing that increases the area of contact between the liquid and the gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: JULIUS MONTZ GmbHInventors: Robin Schulz, Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thorsten Erik Alexander Hugen
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Publication number: 20200061488Abstract: A column for performing thermal separation processes and/or chemical reactions has a vertical outer wall that forms a chamber and a vertical partition subdividing the chamber into two compartments. The partition being formed by flat plates each being made of or covered by heat-insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Robin SCHULZ, Helmut JANSEN, Egon ZICH, Thorsten Erik Alexander HUGEN
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Publication number: 20190076795Abstract: In an apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor, the liquid is supplied to a center of the rotor and is driven outward by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor, and the rotor has a plurality of passages lying in the plane of the rotor that begin at a center of the rotor and terminate at an outer circumference of the rotor. The passages are each filled with a packing that increases the area of contact between the liquid and the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Robin SCHULZ, Egon Zich, Helmut JANSEN, Thorsten Erik Alexander HUGEN
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Publication number: 20190060916Abstract: An apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor having a packing. The liquid is introduced at a center of the rotor and driven outward through the packing by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, and the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor. The packing inside the rotor is divided into individual packing segments that together form a circular disk. Each circular ring segment is formed by at least one structured packing comprised of a plurality of superimposed woven, knitted, mesh or lattice structured surfaces composed of metal, in particular sheet-metal strips, or plastic or glass fibers, to which the axis of rotation of the rotor runs perpendicular.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Robin SCHULZ, Egon Zich, Helmut JANSEN, Thorsten Erik Alexander HUGEN
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Publication number: 20180243664Abstract: The invention relates to a column for carrying out thermal separations and/or chemical reactions, comprising a vertical cylindrical column outer wall that surrounds an inner chamber divided by at least one vertical separating wall into chambers, wherein said separating wall has at least two vertical separating wall elements that are arranged one above the other in the same plane, adjoin one another edge to edge, and are interconnected by at least one screw connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Helmut JANSEN, Thomas RIETFORT, Egon ZICH
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Publication number: 20180236371Abstract: The invention relates to a column for carrying out thermal separations and/or chemical reactions with a vertical cylindrical column outer wall that surrounds an inner chamber which is divided by a vertical cylindrical separating wall into two chambers in which substance exchange packets, packages and/or substance exchange bases are arranged, wherein the cylindrical separating wall, as a double wall, has two coaxial cylindrical walls that have radii of different sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Helmut JANSEN, Thomas RIETFORT, Egon ZICH
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Patent number: 8096533Abstract: A stacked packing column for heat and/or mass transfer has individual horizontal layers including a lower layer that has a greater density that initiates an accumulation, in particular flooding, and that is 1.5 to 10, preferably 2 to 3 times, greater than the density of an overlying upper layer. The upper layer forms oblique flow channels having lower sections that are more vertically aligned than respective upper sections. The lower sections of the flow channels have a larger cross section than the upper sections, and the sections of larger cross section open into the lower layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Patent number: 7559540Abstract: A stacked packing for a heat-exchange or mass-transfer column has a horizontal packing part formed of a plurality of upright layers. Some of the layers of the lower part are of substantially greater density and have a greater surface area than others of the layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Patent number: 7559539Abstract: A stacked packing for a heat-exchange or mass-transfer column has a horizontal upper packing part and a horizontal lower packing part below the upper part. This lower part is formed of a plurality of upright layers, some of which are of substantially greater density and have a greater surface area than others.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Publication number: 20090020896Abstract: A stacked packing column for heat and/or mass transfer has individual horizontal layers including a lower layer that has a greater density that initiates an accumulation, in particular flooding, and that is 1.5 to 10, preferably 2 to 3 times, greater than the density of an overlying upper layer. The upper layer forms oblique flow channels having lower sections that are more vertically aligned than respective upper sections. The lower sections of the flow channels have a larger cross section than the upper sections, and the sections of larger cross section open into the lower layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Bjorn Kaibel
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Patent number: 7287747Abstract: A partition for a packed column or a tray column which can carry out separation and/or chemical reactions has at least two partition elements disposed one above another and/or one alongside the other in the same plane, at least one plug and/or clamp connector connecting together the partition elements, and a sealing profile between an inner surface of the column and an edge of the partition elements turned toward the column inner surface. A fastening device is provided for the partition on the column inner surface. Lateral fastening parts of the partition carry inserts of the column and/or column trays. These fastening parts are rectangular profiles having upper sides extending horizontally in the column.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Publication number: 20070036957Abstract: The invention relates to a stacked packing for heat exchange and/or mass transfer columns. According to the invention one packing module (1) consists of at least two packing units (2, 3), the lower packing unit (3) comprising packing layers (4b) having a higher density and thus a larger surface area than the remaining packing layers (4a) of the same packing unit (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2004Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Bjorn Kaibel
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Publication number: 20070035047Abstract: The invention relates to a stacked packing for heat exchange and/or mass trabsfer columns, comprising at least one packing unit (3) consisting of a plurality of packing layers (4a, 4b), the packing layers (4b) having a higher density and thus a larger surface area than the remaining packing layers (4a) of the samme packing unit (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2004Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Patent number: 7052000Abstract: A liquid distributor for packed or filled columns having a multiplicity of horizontal layers involved in heat transfer or mass transfer. At least one layer of the column has an increased density by comparison with the other layers and is designed specifically for flooding. The specific surface can be greater than the specific surface of the underlying layers by a factor of 1.5 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2001Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Patent number: 6854719Abstract: A heat exchange or mass transfer column in which the packing bed is formed from individual packing layers wherein the sheet metal plates of the packing have different thicknesses.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Björn Kaibel
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Patent number: 6783119Abstract: The invention relates to a packing for heat- and material-exchange columns, with a number of approximately perpendicularly arranged corrugated plates (or strips), with the side surfaces thereof lying adjacent to each other. The ribs of the above lie very close to each other and run from top to bottom, in the approximate form of an arc, whereby the ribs of two adjacent plates cross each other and the ribs in the upper region of a plate are straight and inclined to the upper, in particular, horizontal place are straight and inclined to the upper, in particular, horizontal plate edge and, in the lower region of the plate, run bent in the form of an arc.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Jochen Leben, Thomas Rietfort, Jörg Zellmer, Björn Kaibel
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Patent number: 6770173Abstract: Partitions for columns for the separation of components or chemical reactions are assembled from plates or wall elements provided with plug and clamp connectors along respective edges and formed by strips so that the partitions can be easily and safely assembled and disassembled.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Julius Montz GmbHInventors: Helmut Jansen, Jochen Leben, Thomas Rietfort, Egon Zich
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Publication number: 20040134135Abstract: The invention relates to a partition for a column, in particular a packed and/or plate column, which carries out separations and/or chemical reactions and has at least two partition elements (3) that are superposed and/or juxtaposed on the same plane and interconnected by at least one plug-in and/or clamping connection (4). A sealing profile (16, 19) is provided between the interior wall of the column and the front of the partition elements that faces the interior wall of thc column, in addition to a fixing device (6) for fixing the partition (1) on the interior wall (5) of the column, the upper face and/or lateral fixing parts of the partition hearing installed elements (17) of the column and/or column floors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Egon Zich, Helmut Jansen, Thomas Rietfort, Bjorn Kaibel