Patents by Inventor Gerrit Vowinkel

Gerrit Vowinkel 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: 12122993
    Abstract: A biogas digester tank heating method, system and modular heating rack is provided. The method can include providing a digester tank having a base and a vertical wall surrounding the base. A plurality of heating racks can be provided, where each of the plurality of heating racks is a pre-assembled unit including a plurality of parallel pipes and a stand configured to secure the plurality of parallel pipes to the base of the biogas digester tank. The plurality of heating racks can be secured to the base, adjacent to the vertical wall. Each of the plurality of heating racks can be connected to a heating manifold arranged outside of the digester tank in parallel such that a heat exchange fluid is configured to independently flow from the heating manifold through the plurality of parallel pipes of each individual heating rack of the plurality of heating racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: PLANET BIOGAS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Gerrit Vowinkel, Philipp Genschick, Marco Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20220275321
    Abstract: A biogas digester tank heating method, system and modular heating rack is provided. The method can include providing a digester tank having a base and a vertical wall surrounding the base. A plurality of heating racks can be provided, where each of the plurality of heating racks is a pre-assembled unit including a plurality of parallel pipes and a stand configured to secure the plurality of parallel pipes to the base of the biogas digester tank. The plurality of heating racks can be secured to the base, adjacent to the vertical wall. Each of the plurality of heating racks can be connected to a heating manifold arranged outside of the digester tank in parallel such that a heat exchange fluid is configured to independently flow from the heating manifold through the plurality of parallel pipes of each individual heating rack of the plurality of heating racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Gerrit Vowinkel, Philipp Genschick, Marco Schmitz