Patents by Inventor Emanuel Pöhls

Emanuel Pöhls 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).

  • Method for obtaining phytosterols and/or tocopherols from residue of a distillation of the esters of vegetable oils, preferably from distillation residue from a transesterification of vegetable oils
    Patent number: 9884837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining and purifying phytosterols and/or tocopherols from distillation residue from a transesterification of vegetable oils, in particular from the vegetable oil-based fatty acid methyl ester production for the field of use of biodiesel (FAME), comprising a first transesterification stage for converting partial glycerides contained in the distillation residue; separating the glycerin phase from a reaction mixture resulting from the first transesterification stage; a second transesterification stage for converting sterol esters contained in the reaction mixture; adding water to the reaction mixture after the second transesterification stage in order to generate a multiphase system; simultaneously or sequentially separating the phases of the multiphase system into a substantially sterol-containing phase; a substantially glycerin- and methanol-containing aqueous phase; and a tocopherol-containing methyl ester phase; and obtaining phytosterols from the sterol-containing ph
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: VERBIO VEREINIGTE BIOENERGIE AG
    Inventors: Joachim Lemp, Nico Baade, Emanuel Pöhls
  • METHOD FOR OBTAINING PHYTOSTEROLS AND/OR TOCOPHEROLS FROM RESIDUE OF A DISTILLATION OF THE ESTERS OF VEGETABLE OILS, PREFERABLY FROM DISTILLATION RESIDUE FROM A TRANSESTERIFICATION OF VEGETABLE OILS
    Publication number: 20130274489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining and purifying phytosterols and/or tocopherols from distillation residue from a transesterification of vegetable oils, in particular from the vegetable oil-based fatty acid methyl ester production for the field of use of biodiesel (FAME), comprising a first transesterification stage for converting partial glycerides contained in the distillation residue; separating the glycerin phase from a reaction mixture resulting from the first transesterification stage; a second transesterification stage for converting sterol esters contained in the reaction mixture; adding water to the reaction mixture after the second transesterification stage in order to generate a multiphase system; simultaneously or sequentially separating the phases of the multiphase system into a substantially sterol-containing phase; a substantially glycerin- and methanol-containing aqueous phase; and a tocopherol-containing methyl ester phase; and obtaining phytosterols from the sterol-containing ph
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: VERBIO VEREINIGTE BIOENERGIE AG
    Inventors: Joachim Lemp, Nico Baade, Emanuel Pöhls