Patents by Inventor Gisbert Kaefer

Gisbert Kaefer 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).

  • Publication number: 20140208782
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system comprising an absorber; the absorber permitting contact between a flue gas stream that comprises carbon dioxide and a solvent to produce a carbon dioxide rich solvent; a regenerator disposed downstream of the absorber; the regenerator being operative to dissociate the carbon dioxide from the solvent; and a compression system disposed downstream of the regenerator comprising a plurality of compression stages; where each compression stage comprises a compressor that is operative to pressurize the carbon dioxide that is dissociated from the solvent; and where at least some of the compression stages comprise a knockout tank disposed upstream of the compressor and an intercooling heat exchanger disposed downstream of the compressor; where the knockout tank is operative to remove liquid present in the carbon dioxide and where the intercooling heat exchanger is operative to remove heat generated during the pressurizing of the carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Staffan Joensson, Hardy Rauchfuss, Gisbert Kaefer, Turgay Pekedemir, Michal Bialkowski, Andreas Brautsch
  • Patent number: 7611681
    Abstract: A gas stream containing e.g. molecular hydrogen is used for the regeneration of a catalyst for NOx and SO2 removal from the flue gas of a gas turbine. In order to reduce the consumption of regeneration gas, the gas inlet is located between the SCOSOx catalyst (2) and the SCONOx catalyst (3). The regeneration gas leaves the catalyst chamber upstream of the SCOSOx catalyst and is recycled. For the regeneration of the SCONOx catalyst and to keep SO2 containing gas from entering the SCONOx catalyst, a second regeneration gas inlet is located downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. The regeneration gas entering the catalyst chamber through this port passes the SCONOx (3) and the SCOSOx catalyst (2). The direction of the flow in the SCONOx catalyst can also be reversed. In another example, regeneration gas outlets are located both upstream of the SCOSOx and downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. But, only the regeneration gas from the SCONOx catalyst is recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Gisbert Kaefer
  • Patent number: 6946419
    Abstract: A gas stream containing e.g. molecular hydrogen is used for the regeneration of a catalyst for NOx and SO2 removal from the flue gas of a gas turbine. In order to reduce the consumption of regeneration gas, the gas inlet is located between the SCOSOx catalyst (2) and the SCONOx catalyst (3). The regeneration gas leaves the catalyst chamber upstream of the SCOSOx catalyst and is recycled. For the regeneration of the SCONOx catalyst and to keep SO2 containing gas from entering the SCONOx catalyst, a second regeneration gas inlet is located downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. The regeneration gas entering the catalyst chamber through this port passes the SCONOx (3) and the SCOSOx catalyst (2). The direction of the flow in the SCONOx catalyst can also be reversed. In another example, regeneration gas outlets are located both upstream of the SCOSOx and downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. But, only the regeneration gas from the SCONOx catalyst is recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Alstom Technology LTD
    Inventor: Gisbert Kaefer
  • Publication number: 20040166034
    Abstract: A gas stream containing e.g. molecular hydrogen is used for the regeneration of a catalyst for NOx and SO2 removal from the flue gas of a gas turbine. In order to reduce the consumption of regeneration gas, the gas inlet is located between the SCOSOx catalyst (2) and the SCONOx catalyst (3). The regeneration gas leaves the catalyst chamber upstream of the SCOSOx catalyst and is recycled. For the regeneration of the SCONOx catalyst and to keep SO2 containing gas from entering the SCONOx catalyst, a second regeneration gas inlet is located downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. The regeneration gas entering the catalyst chamber through this port passes the SCONOx (3) and the SCOSOx catalyst (2). The direction of the flow in the SCONOx catalyst can also be reversed. In another example, regeneration gas outlets are located both upstream of the SCOSOx and downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. But, only the regeneration gas from the SCONOx catalyst is recycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Gisbert Kaefer
  • Publication number: 20030221422
    Abstract: In a method for operating an exhaust-gas purification system, in which CO and NO are simultaneously oxidized in accordance with the SCONOx principle by means of a first catalyst, and the NO2 formed is absorbed on the surface of the catalyst, in which furthermore SO2 is oxidized in accordance with the SCOSOx principle by means of a second catalyst arranged upstream of the first catalyst, and the SO3 formed is absorbed on the surface of the catalyst, and in which the first and the second catalyst are regenerated in a regeneration cycle at regular time intervals by means of a regeneration gas containing hydrogen, a reduced requirement for hydrogen is achieved and the overall performance of the purification system is enhanced by virtue of the fact that the regeneration of the first and second catalysts is carried out at time intervals of different lengths, and that the time interval between two regeneration cycles of the second catalyst is significantly longer than the time interval between two regeneration cycle
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Gisbert Kaefer
  • Publication number: 20020128147
    Abstract: A gas stream containing e.g. molecular hydrogen is used for the regeneration of a catalyst for NOx and S02 removal from the flue gas of a gas turbine. In order to reduce the consumption of regeneration gas, the gas inlet is located between the SCOSOx catalyst (2) and the SCONOx catalyst (3). The regeneration gas leaves the catalyst chamber upstream of the SCOSOx catalyst and is recycled. For the regeneration of the SCONOx catalyst and to keep SO2 containing gas from entering the SCONOx catalyst, a second regeneration gas inlet is located downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. The regeneration gas entering the catalyst chamber through this port passes the SCONOx (3) and the SCOSOx catalyst (2). The direction of the flow in the SCONOx catalyst can also be reversed. In another example, regeneration gas outlets are located both upstream of the SCOSOx and downstream of the SCONOx catalyst. But, only the regeneration gas from the SCONOx catalyst is recycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Gisbert Kaefer