Patents by Inventor Florian Scharf
Florian Scharf 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: 11802720Abstract: A magnetocaloric lattice element formed by fibres of magnetocaloric material, wherein the fibres are arranged in respective parallel lattice planes, each fibre having a respective mass of magnetocaloric material, the fibres of given lattice plane do not contact each other but each fibre of a given lattice plane is attached to at least two fibres in a next neighbouring lattice place, and wherein the magnetocaloric lattice element exhibits exactly one predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Magneto B.V.Inventors: Florian Scharf, Lian Zhang, Bernard Reesink, David Van Asten
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Publication number: 20230046873Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetocaloric lattice element formed by fibres of magnetocaloric material, wherein the fibres are arranged in respective parallel lattice planes, each fibre having a respective mass of magnetocaloric material, the fibres of a given lattice plane do not contact each other but each fibre of a given lattice plane is attached to at least two fibres in a next neighbouring lattice plane, and wherein the magnetocaloric lattice element exhibits exactly one predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension. When arranged in alignment of its predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension with an external magnetic field, the magnetocaloric lattice element achieves an advantageous, particularly high magnetization of the magnetocaloric material, and as a consequence improves the performance of the magnetocaloric cooling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Magneto B.V.Inventors: Florian SCHARF, Lian ZHANG, Bernard REESINK, David VAN ASTEN
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Publication number: 20220314209Abstract: A three-dimensional porous catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent structure of stacked strands of catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent material, composed of layers of spaced-apart parallel strands, wherein parallel strands within a layer are arranged in groups of two or more closely spaced-apart, equidistant strands separated by a small distance, wherein the groups of equidistant strands are separated from adjacent strands or adjacent groups of strands by a larger distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Marco Oskar KENNEMA, Bart MICHIELSEN, Jasper LEFEVERE, Christian WALSDORFF, Fred BORNINKHOF, Florian SCHARF
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Publication number: 20220072524Abstract: A three-dimensional porous catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent monolith of stacked strands of catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent material, composed of alternating layers of linear spaced-apart parallel strands, wherein the strands in alternating layers are oriented at an angle to one another, wherein the distance between inner spaced-apart parallel strands is larger than the distance between outer spaced-apart parallel strands in at least a part of the layers of the monolith.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Christian WALSDORFF, Marco Oskar KENNEMA, Miguel Angel ROMERO VALLE, Florian SCHARF, Dirk HENSEL, Juergen ZUEHLKE, Fred BORNINKHOF, Bart MICHIELSEN, Jasper LEFEVERE
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Publication number: 20200292213Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetocaloric device, comprising a field generator, arranged to provide a changing external magnetic field and a magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement. The magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement comprises a magnetocaloric element, wherein the magnetocaloric element comprises magnetocaloric material, and wherein the magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement is arranged to be exposed to the changing external magnetic field of the field generator. Furthermore, the invention is characterized in that the magnetocaloric device further comprises an insulating means wherein the insulating means is arranged such that the magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement is hermetically surrounded by the insulating means.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Florian SCHARF, Ralf BOEHLING, Markus SCHWIND
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Patent number: 10252228Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a device for feeding at least one chemical substance into a main process stream. The method of the invention comprises the steps of providing a concentrated stream of said chemical substance, mixing said concentrated stream with a diluent stream to provided a diluted stream of said chemical substance, injecting said diluted stream of said chemical substance into said main process stream, wherein said mixing of said concentrated stream with said diluent stream is effected by injecting a jet of either one of said concentrated stream or said diluent stream into the respective other stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Marko Petteri Kajasvirta, Frank Breithecker, Joachim Hege, Christian-Andreas Winkler, Florian Scharf
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Patent number: 10229775Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade contains a sequence of magnetocaloric material layers having different Curie temperatures TC, wherein the magnetocaloric material layers include a cold-side outer layer, a hot-side outer layer and at least three inner layers between the cold-side outer layer and the hot-side outer layer, and each pair of next neighboring magnetocaloric layers of the magnetocaloric cascade has a respective Curie-temperature difference amount ?TC between their respective Curie temperatures, wherein the hot-side outer layer or the cold-side outer layer or both the hot-side and cold-side outer layer exhibits a larger ratio m?Smax/?TC in comparison with any of the inner layers, m denoting the mass of the respective magnetocaloric material layer and ?Smax denoting a maximum amount of isothermal magnetic entropy change achievable in a magnetic phase transition of the respective magnetocaloric material layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Florian Scharf, Markus Schwind, David Van Asten, Steven Alan Jacobs
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Publication number: 20180180330Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetocaloric lattice element formed by fibres of magnetocaloric material, wherein the fibres are arranged in respective parallel lattice planes, each fibre having a respective mass of magnetocaloric material, the fibres of a given lattice plane do not contact each other but each fibre of a given lattice plane is attached to at least two fibres in a next neighbouring lattice plane, and wherein the magnetocaloric lattice element exhibits exactly one predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension. When arranged in alignment of its predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension with an external magnetic field, the magnetocaloric lattice element achieves an advantageous, particularly high magnetization of the magnetocaloric material, and as a consequence improves the performance of the magnetocaloric cooling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Florian SCHARF, Lian ZHANG, Bernard Hendrik Reesink, David VAN ASTEN
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Publication number: 20180005735Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade contains a sequence of magnetocaloric material layers having different Curie temperatures TC, wherein the magnetocaloric material layers include a cold-side outer layer, a hot-side outer layer and at least three inner layers between the cold-side outer layer and the hot-side outer layer, and each pair of next neighboring magnetocaloric layers of the magnetocaloric cascade has a respective Curie-temperature difference amount ?TC between their respective Curie temperatures, wherein the hot-side outer layer or the cold-side outer layer or both the hot-side and cold-side outer layer exhibits a larger ratio m?Smax/?TC in comparison with any of the inner layers, m denoting the mass of the respective magnetocaloric material layer and ?Smax denoting a maximum amount of isothermal magnetic entropy change achievable in a magnetic phase transition of the respective magnetocaloric material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Florian SCHARF, Markus SCHWIND, David VAN ASTEN, Steven Alan JACOBS
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Publication number: 20170372821Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade contains a sequence of magnetocaloric material layers having different Curie temperatures TC, wherein the magnetocaloric material layers include a cold-side outer layer, a hot-side outer layer and at least three inner layers between the cold-side outer layer and the hot-side outer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Florian SCHARF, Markus SCHWIND, David VAN ASTEN, Steven Alan JACOBS
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Patent number: 9403103Abstract: A valve for carrying out a mass-transfer process, in which a gas flows through liquid standing on a separating tray, when the gas supply is interrupted the liquid flows into a lock and, when the gas supply is restarted, the liquid flows out of the lock, wherein the valve contains a closing element which is designed in such a manner that, with the closing element in a first valve position, a first opening in a lower tray of the lock is closable, and the closing element is conducted in a first sleeve which is positioned between the upper tray bordering the lock and the lower tray in which sleeve, in the region of the lock, second openings are formed, and which projects over the upper tray and has a lift limiter for the closing element.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Reiner Giese, Stefan Haedicke, Egon Schmidt, Juergen Paschold, Christoph Grossmann, Florian Scharf, Alexey Shilkin
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Publication number: 20150209739Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a device for feeding at least one chemical substance into a main process stream. The method of the invention comprises the steps of providing a concentrated stream of said chemical substance, mixing said concentrated stream with a diluent stream to provided a diluted stream of said chemical substance, injecting said diluted stream of said chemical substance into said main process stream, wherein said mixing of said concentrated stream with said diluent stream is effected by injecting a jet of either one of said concentrated stream or said diluent stream into the respective other stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Marko Petteri Kajasvirta, Frank Breithecker, Joachim Hege, Christian-Andreas Winkler, Florian Scharf
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Publication number: 20140251138Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a mass-transfer process in a column (1) comprising at least two separating trays (5), wherein each separating tray (5) comprises an upper tray (7) and a lower tray (9), and between the trays (7, 9) a lock (13) is formed, and valves (11) are provided which are designed in such a manner that a gas can flow through the separating tray (5), on interruption of the gas flow liquid flows from the upper tray (7) into the lock (13), and when gas supply is restarted, the liquid drains out of the lock (13), comprising the following steps: (a) flow of a gas exiting through valves (11) in the separating tray (5) through a liquid standing on the upper tray (7), wherein the amount of gas is high enough that no liquid flows back through the valve (11), (b) interruption of the gas supply in such a manner that the liquid runs through the valves (11) into the lock (13), (c) restart of the gas supply, wherein valves (11) in the lower tray (9) open, in such a manner that the liqType: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Reiner GIESE, Stefan Haedicke, Egon Schmidt, Juergen Paschold, Christoph Grossmann, Florian Scharf, Alexey Shilkin