Patents by Inventor Günter Weickert

Günter Weickert 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: 11559776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the cooling capacity of a gas solids olefin polymerization reactor by splitting the fluidization gas and returning part of the fluidization gas to the reactor into the bottom zone of the reactor and another part of the fluidization gas directly into the dense phase formed by particles of a polymer of the at least one olefin suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidization gas in the middle zone of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Günter Weickert, Eric-Jan Prinsen, Klaus Nyfors, Erno Elovainio, Vasileios Kanellopoulos
  • Patent number: 11400429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for polymerizing olefin monomer(s) in a gas solids olefin polymerization reactor wherein the fluidization gas is split and returned to the reactor into the bottom zone of the reactor and directly into the dense phase formed by particles of a polymer of the olefin monomer(s) suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidization gas in the middle zone of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Günter Weickert, Eric-Jan Prinsen, Klaus Nyfors, Erno Elovainio, Vasileios Kanellopoulos
  • Publication number: 20210370255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the cooling capacity of a gas solids olefin polymerization reactor by splitting the fluidization gas and returning part of the fluidization gas to the reactor into the bottom zone of the reactor and another part of the fluidization gas directly into the dense phase formed by particles of a polymer of the at least one olefin suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidization gas in the middle zone of the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Günter WEICKERT, Eric-Jan PRINSEN, Klaus NYFORS, Erno ELOVAINIO, Vasileios KANELLOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20200346180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for polymerizing olefin monomer(s) in a gas solids olefin polymerization reactor wherein the fluidization gas is split and returned to the reactor into the bottom zone of the reactor and directly into the dense phase formed by particles of a polymer of the olefin monomer(s) suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidization gas in the middle zone of the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Günter WEICKERT, Eric-Jan PRINSEN, Klaus NYFORS, Erno ELOVAINIO, Vasileios KANELLOPOULOS
  • Patent number: 9192903
    Abstract: Reactor assembly for the production of polymers including a fluidized bed reactor (1) comprising a bottom zone (5), a middle zone (6) and an upper zone (7), an inlet (8) for the fluidization gas located in the bottom zone (5), an outlet (9) for the fluidization gas located in the upper zone (7); the outlet (9) for the fluidization gas being coupled with the fluidized bed reactor (1) via inlet (8) via a gas circulation line; means for separation of solids from gas (2) being connected to said gas circulation line; the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the upper zone (7) being monotonically decreasing with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the middle zone (6) having an essentially constant equivalent cross-sectional diameter with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the bottom zone (5) being monotonically increasing with respect to the flow direction of the fl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Günter Weickert, Erik Eriksson, Michiel Bergstra, Klaus Nyfors
  • Patent number: 9192905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor assembly for the production of polymers including a fluidized bed reactor (1) comprising a bottom zone (5), a middle zone (6) and an upper zone (7), an inlet (8) for the fluidization gas located in the bottom zone (5), an outlet (9) for the fluidization gas located in the upper zone (7); the outlet (9) for the fluidization gas being coupled with the fluidized bed reactor (1) via inlet (8); the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the bottom zone (5) being monotonically increasing with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the middle zone (6) having an essentially constant equivalent cross-sectional diameter with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the upper zone (7) being monotonically decreasing with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; wherein that the ratio of the height of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Erik Eriksson, Michiel Bergstra, Klaus Nyfors, Günter Weickert
  • Publication number: 20140080991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor assembly for the production of polymers including a fluidized bed reactor (1) comprising a bottom zone (5), a middle zone (6) and an upper zone (7), an inlet (8) for the fluidization gas located in the bottom zone (5), an outlet (9) for the fluidization gas located in the upper zone (7); the outlet (9) for the fluidization gas being coupled with the fluidized bed reactor (1) via inlet (8); the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the bottom zone (5) being monotonically increasing with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the middle zone (6) having an essentially constant equivalent cross-sectional diameter with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the upper zone (7) being monotonically decreasing with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; wherein that the ratio of the height of
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Erik Eriksson, Michiel Bergstra, Klaus Nyfors, Günter Weickert
  • Publication number: 20140058051
    Abstract: Reactor assembly for the production of polymers including a fluidized bed reactor (1) comprising a bottom zone (5), a middle zone (6) and an upper zone (7), an inlet (8) for the fluidization gas located in the bottom zone (5), an outlet (9) for the fluidization gas located in the upper zone (7); the outlet (9) for the fluidization gas being coupled with the fluidized bed reactor (1) via inlet (8) via a gas circulation line; means for separation of solids from gas (2) being connected to said gas circulation line; the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the upper zone (7) being monotonically decreasing with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the middle zone (6) having an essentially constant equivalent cross-sectional diameter with respect to the flow direction of the fluidization gas through the fluidized bed reactor; the equivalent cross-sectional diameter of the bottom zone (5) being monotonically increasing with respect to the flow direction of the fl
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Günter Weickert, Erik Eriksson, Michiel Bergstra, Klaus Nyfors
  • Patent number: 6518372
    Abstract: In a process for the gas-phase polymerization of &agr;-olefins at from 20 to 130° C. and pressures of from 1 to 100 bar, the polymerization is carried out in a tubular reactor having a length:diameter ratio of >100 and the growing polymer particles pass through the tubular reactor in its longitudinal direction without a significant part of the polymer particle stream being circulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Weickert