Patents by Inventor ERICH DE BONI

ERICH DE BONI 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).

  • Salt separator and a method for producing a methane-containing gas mixture from biomass using a salt separator
    Patent number: 10472267
    Abstract: A salt separator separates salts and/or solid materials from a pumpable aqueous fluid mixture under process conditions, which lie in the range of the critical point for the fluid mixture. The salt separator contains a reaction zone in a cavity for transforming the pumpable aqueous fluid mixture into a raw mixture, e.g. a methanation reaction, and a feed opening for the pumpable aqueous fluid mixture to the cavity. The feed opening is realized in a rising pipe that protrudes into the cavity. A first extraction opening is provided for the raw mixture freed of salts and/or solid materials. The first extraction opening is arranged in the upper region of the cavity and a second extraction opening is provided for a brine containing the salt and/or the solid materials. The second extraction opening is arranged in the lower region of the cavity and is located lower down than the feed opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Paul Scherrer Institute
    Inventors: Gaël Peng, Joachim Reimer, Frédéric Vogel, Hemma Zoehrer, Erich De Boni
  • A Salt Separator And A Method For Producing A Methane-Containing Gas Mixture From Biomass Using A Salt Separator
    Publication number: 20170081229
    Abstract: A salt separator separates salts and/or solid materials from a pumpable aqueous fluid mixture under process conditions, which lie in the range of the critical point for the fluid mixture. The salt separator contains a reaction zone in a cavity for transforming the pumpable aqueous fluid mixture into a raw mixture, e.g. a methanation reaction, and a feed opening for the pumpable aqueous fluid mixture to the cavity. The feed opening is realized in a rising pipe that protrudes into the cavity. A first extraction opening is provided for the raw mixture freed of salts and/or solid materials. The first extraction opening is arranged in the upper region of the cavity and a second extraction opening is provided for a brine containing the salt and/or the solid materials. The second extraction opening is arranged in the lower region of the cavity and is located lower down than the feed opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: GAËL PENG, JOACHIM REIMER, FRÉDÉRIC VOGEL, HEMMA ZOEHRER, ERICH DE BONI