Patents by Inventor Harald Prang
Harald Prang 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).
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Publication number: 20220227903Abstract: A process for preparing an ethylene polymer in a suspension polymerization including the steps of separating the formed suspension of ethylene polymer particles in a solid-liquid separator into wet ethylene polymer particles and mother liquor, drying the wet ethylene polymer particles by a gas stream and forming a gas stream carrying a hydrocarbon load, and thereafter separating the hydrocarbon load from the gas stream and thereby forming a liquid hydrocarbon recover stream, transferring a part of the mother liquor into a work-up section including an evaporator for producing a wax-depleted portion of the mother liquor and a diluent distillation unit for producing isolated diluent from the wax-depleted portion of the mother liquor, wherein a first part of the hydrocarbon recover stream is transferred to the diluent distillation unit without passing the evaporator for producing the wax-depleted portion of the mother liquor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Peter Rohrbach, Jürgen Perzlmeier, Mudit Ashtana, Harald Prang, Elke Damm
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Publication number: 20220220233Abstract: A process for preparing an ethylene polymer in a suspension polymerization including the steps of separating the formed suspension of ethylene polymer particles in a solid-liquid separator into wet ethylene polymer particles and mother liquor, transferring a part of the mother liquor into a work-up section including an evaporator for producing a wax-depleted portion of the mother liquor, a diluent distillation unit for producing isolated diluent from the wax-depleted portion of the mother liquor, and a wax removal unit operated by direct steam distillation for producing a gaseous hydrocarbon/steam mixture which is condensed and then separated into an aqueous phase and a hydrocarbon phase, wherein a first part of the hydrocarbon phase is transferred to the diluent distillation unit without passing the evaporator for producing the wax-depleted portion of the mother liquor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Peter Rohrbach, Jürgen Perzlmeier, Elke Damm, Harald Prang
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Patent number: 11104036Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a polyolefin composition made from or containing a polyolefin and carbon black in an extruder device. The process includes the steps of supplying polyolefin in form of a polyolefin powder and carbon black to a mixing device; alternatively, (a) measuring the flow rate of the polyolefin powder supplied to the mixing device or (b) measuring the flow rate of the polyolefin pellets prepared in the extruder device; adjusting the flow rate of the carbon black to the mixing device in response to the measured flow rate of the polyolefin powder or adjusting the flow rate of the polyolefin powder to the mixing device in response to the measured flow rate of the polyolefin pellets; melting and homogenizing the mixture within the extruder device; and pelletizing the polyolefin composition into the polyolefin pellets.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Peter Kruempel, Harald Prang, Reinhard Kuehl, Elke Damm
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Patent number: 10788262Abstract: A method for preparing a dried powder is provided. The facility includes a first drying chamber having a heating element and a second drying chamber. A mixture of powder and diluent is introduced into the first drying chamber. A pre-dried powder is transferred from the first drying chamber into the second drying chamber. A dried powder, including a recirculated amount of powder and a discharge amount of powder, is formed in the second drying chamber. The recirculated amount of the dried powder is transferred by a conveyor device from the second drying chamber into the first drying chamber. The discharge amount of the dried powder is discharged from the second drying chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Harald Prang, Michael Chatterjee, Reinhard Kuehl, Alexander Seifert
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Publication number: 20190339007Abstract: A method for preparing a dried powder is provided. The facility includes a first drying chamber having a heating element and a second drying chamber. A mixture of powder and diluent is introduced into the first drying chamber. A pre-dried powder is transferred from the first drying chamber into the second drying chamber. A dried powder, including a recirculated amount of powder and a discharge amount of powder, is formed in the second drying chamber. The recirculated amount of the dried powder is transferred by a conveyor device from the second drying chamber into the first drying chamber. The discharge amount of the dried powder is discharged from the second drying chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Harald Prang, Michael Chatterjee, Reinhard Kuehl, Alexander Seifert
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Publication number: 20190337190Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a polyolefin composition made from or containing a polyolefin and carbon black in an extruder device. The process includes the steps of supplying polyolefin in form of a polyolefin powder and carbon black to a mixing device; alternatively, (a) measuring the flow rate of the polyolefin powder supplied to the mixing device or (b) measuring the flow rate of the polyolefin pellets prepared in the extruder device; adjusting the flow rate of the carbon black to the mixing device in response to the measured flow rate of the polyolefin powder or adjusting the flow rate of the polyolefin powder to the mixing device in response to the measured flow rate of the polyolefin pellets; melting and homogenizing the mixture within the extruder device; and pelletizing the polyolefin composition into the polyolefin pellets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Peter Kruempel, Harald Prang, Reinhard Kuehl, Elke Damm
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Publication number: 20170341266Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a polyolefin composition made from or containing a polyolefin and carbon black in an extruder device. The process includes the steps of supplying polyolefin in form of a polyolefin powder and carbon black to a mixing device; alternatively, (a) measuring the flow rate of the polyolefin powder supplied to the mixing device or (b) measuring the flow rate of the polyolefin pellets prepared in the extruder device; adjusting the flow rate of the carbon black to the mixing device in response to the measured flow rate of the polyolefin powder or adjusting the flow rate of the polyolefin powder to the mixing device in response to the measured flow rate of the polyolefin pellets; melting and homogenizing the mixture within the extruder device; and pelletizing the polyolefin composition into the polyolefin pellets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Peter Kruempel, Harald Prang, Reinhard Kuehl, Elke Damm
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Patent number: 9738735Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of polyethylene by polymerizing in a slurry ethylene and optionally one or more C3 to C10 alpha-olefins. In some embodiments, the polymerization is carried out in a cylindrical polymerization reactor equipped with an agitator for mixing the contents of the reactor and inducing a flow of the slurry, the ethylene is fed into the reactor by an ethylene injection system comprising one or more injection nozzles which project through the bottom reactor head or through the reactor wall and extend from 0.02-0.5 times the inner diameter D into the reactor, and the ethylene exits the injection nozzle with an exit velocity from 10-200 m/s.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Reinhard Kuehl, Harald Prang, Rodrigo Carvajal, Elke Damm, Phil Pyman
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Publication number: 20170233505Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of polyethylene by polymerizing in a slurry ethylene and optionally one or more C3 to C10 alpha-olefins. In some embodiments, the polymerization is carried out in a cylindrical polymerization reactor equipped with an agitator for mixing the contents of the reactor and inducing a flow of the slurry, the ethylene is fed into the reactor by an ethylene injection system comprising one or more injection nozzles which project through the bottom reactor head or through the reactor wall and extend from 0.02-0.5 times the inner diameter D into the reactor, and the ethylene exits the injection nozzle with an exit velocity from 10-200 m/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Reinhard KUEHL, Harald PRANG, Rodrigo CARVAJAL, Elke DAMM, Phil PYMAN
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Patent number: 9650454Abstract: A slurry polymerization process comprising polymerizing monomers in a reactor comprising baffles, a first slurry feed line for returning cooled slurry from a cooler and optionally a second slurry feed line for transferring reactor slurry from a previous reactor of a cascade of polymerization reactors, wherein the baffle top, the first slurry feed line discharge end and the second slurry feed line end are located below the reactor liquid level.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Harald Prang, Suresh Babu Vatti, Peter Rohrbach, Mudit Ashtana
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Publication number: 20170073440Abstract: A slurry polymerization process comprising polymerizing monomers in a reactor comprising baffles, a first slurry feed line for returning cooled slurry from a cooler and optionally a second slurry feed line for transferring reactor slurry from a previous reactor of a cascade of polymerization reactors, wherein the baffle top, the first slurry feed line discharge end and the second slurry feed line end are located below the reactor liquid level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Harald PRANG, Suresh Babu VATTI, Peter ROHRBACH, Mudit ASHTANA
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Patent number: 8802795Abstract: Process for the preparation of a polyolefin polymer by continuously polymerizing one or more olefin monomers in suspension at temperatures of from 40° C. to 120° C. and pressures of from 0.1 to 10 MPa in the presence of a polymerization catalyst in at least one polymerization reactor, comprising a) withdrawing a suspension of solid polyolefin particles in a suspension medium from the polymerization reactor, wherein the suspension has a temperature of from 65° C. to 120° C.; b) feeding the suspension withdrawn from the polymerization reactor to a moderating vessel; c) keeping the suspension in the moderating vessel at a temperature of from 60° C. to 85° C. for a time sufficiently long that the mean residence time of the suspension in the moderating vessel is at least 5 min; d) withdrawing suspension from the moderating vessel; e) cooling the suspension withdrawn from the moderating vessel to a temperature of from 20° C. to 55° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Reinhard Kuehl, Harald Prang, Michael Aulbach
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Patent number: 8557932Abstract: Process for the preparation of a multimodal polyolefin polymer at temperatures of from 40 to 150° C. and pressures of from 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Michael Aulbach, Harald Prang
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Publication number: 20130158213Abstract: Process for the preparation of a polyolefin polymer by continuously polymerizing one or more olefin monomers in suspension at temperatures of from 40° C. to 120° C. and pressures of from 0.1 to 10 MPa in the presence of a polymerization catalyst in at least one polymerization reactor, comprising a) withdrawing a suspension of solid polyolefin particles in a suspension medium from the polymerization reactor, wherein the suspension has a temperature of from 65° C. to 120° C.; b) feeding the suspension withdrawn from the polymerization reactor to a moderating vessel; c) keeping the suspension in the moderating vessel at a temperature of from 60° C. to 85° C. for a time sufficiently long that the mean residence time of the suspension in the moderating vessel is at least 5 min; d) withdrawing suspension from the moderating vessel; e) cooling the suspension withdrawn from the moderating vessel to a temperature of from 20° C. to 55° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Reinhard Kuehl, Harald Prang, Michael Aulbach
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Publication number: 20120283396Abstract: Process for the preparation of a multimodal polyolefin polymer at temperatures of from 40 to 150° C. and pressures of from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Michael Aulbach, Harald Prang