Patents by Inventor Gert Rentzel

Gert Rentzel 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: 5709542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and a device for burning oxidizable components in a vehicle gas to be purified, comprising a gas inlet (36), a burner (19) with an attached flame pipe (22) opening into a main combustion chamber (24) comprising a bottom and side walls, an annular chamber leading from the side of the main combustion chamber bottom (21), a heat exchanger (32) around which flows the purified gas and through which flows the gas to be purified, and a gas outlet (38). To obtain good combustion with a compact construction, especially to make the best possible use of the geometric dwell time in the main combustion chamber, it is proposed that the main combustion chamber be constructed in such a way and/or has such guide components (40,42,44) that the gas flowing from the bottom towards the annular chamber is distributed completely or largely uniformly over the cross-section of the main combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Grace GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Rentzel, Joachim Saggel
  • Patent number: 5618173
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for burning combustible constituents in process gas in a main combustion enclosure, preferably a thermal post-combustion device, whereby the main combustion enclosure is separated from a combustion chamber, into which oxygenic gas and gaseous fuel are fed, mixed and burnt. The fuel for the apparatus is fed through a lance which opens into a mixing chamber supplied with oxygenic gas, which is either itself the combustion chamber or merges with it, and the outer surface of the combustion chamber is exposed at least partially to the process gas. The fuel is burned completely or nearly completely in the burner combustion chamber and the mixture of burned fuel and gas leaving the combustion chamber oxidizes the combustible constitutes in the process gas flowing outside of the combustion chamber by yielding flameless heat energy to them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Andreas Ruhl, Gert Rentzel, Patrick McGehee, Serguei Charamko, Kim Anderson
  • Patent number: 5609833
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for burning combustible constituents in process gas in a main combustion enclosure, preferably a thermal post-combustion device, whereby the main combustion enclosure is separated from a combustion chamber, into which oxygenic gas and gaseous fuel are fed, mixed and burnt. The fuel for the apparatus is fed through a lance which opens into a mixing chamber supplied with oxygenic gas, which is either itself the combustion chamber or merges with it, and the outer surface of the combustion chamber is exposed at least partially to the process gas. The fuel is burned completely or nearly completely in the burner combustion chamber and the mixture of burned fuel and gas leaving the combustion chamber oxidizes the combustible constitutes in the process gas flowing outside of the combustion chamber by yielding flameless heat energy to them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Andreas R uhl, Gert Rentzel, Patrick McGehee, Serguei Charamko, Kim Anderson