Patents by Inventor Frank O. Ernst

Frank O. Ernst 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: 9399592
    Abstract: In a method for utilizing phosphorus-containing alternative fuels in the cement clinker production, the alternative fuels are thermolyzed using waste heat from the cement clinker production process in a thermolysis reactor different from a rotary kiln of the cement clinker production process, the energy released thereby is supplied to the cement clinker production process, and the thermolysis residues of the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels are discharged from the thermolysis reactor, so that the thermolysis residues of the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels are mixed in the thermolysis reactor with cement kiln bypass products as halogen carriers and the heavy-metal halides produced are drawn off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: HOLCIM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Marc Brülhart, Frank O. Ernst, Luiz Carlos Reichenbach De Sousa
  • Publication number: 20130004907
    Abstract: In a method for utilizing phosphorus-containing alternative fuels in the cement clinker production, the alternative fuels are thermolyzed using waste heat from the cement clinker production process in a thermolysis reactor different from a rotary kiln of the cement clinker production process, the energy released thereby is supplied to the cement clinker production process, and the thermolysis residues of the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels are discharged from the thermolysis reactor, so that the thermolysis residues of the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels are mixed in the thermolysis reactor with cement kiln bypass products as halogen carriers and the heavy-metal halides produced are drawn off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Holcim Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Marc Brülhart, Frank O. Ernst, Luiz Carlos Reichenbach De Sousa
  • Publication number: 20100102700
    Abstract: Flame spray pyrolysis can be performed using aqueous solvents for the delivery of metal and/or metalloid oxide precursors while obtaining desirably high flame temperatures for the synthesis of uniform submicron inorganic oxide particles. A multiple liquid channel nozzle can be used to deliver liquid for the formation of the aerosol that is combusted in the flame. One or both channels can deliver liquid with metal/metalloid precursors and/or organic fuels. Flame spray pyrolysis can be used to form metal tungsten oxide submicron particles. Metal tungsten oxide compositions can be used in the formation of transparent electrodes. If the transparent electrodes are formed from polymer inorganic particle composites, the composites can further comprise electrically conductive nanoparticles to improve the electrical conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Abhishek Jaiswal, Frank O. Ernst, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Jia X. Lee, Robert Buchel, Sotiris E. Pratsinis