Patents by Inventor Heike Lorenz

Heike Lorenz 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: 20170247835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for precipitating lignin from organosolv pulping liquors. For this purpose, the organosolv pulping liquor is introduced as a precipitation medium in an already existing aqueous dispersion of lignin particles or a filtrate of an aqueous dispersion of lignin particles, wherein a separate, lignin-containing phase in a dispersed state is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicants: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFT E.V.
    Inventors: Moritz LESCHINSKY, Gerd UNKELBACH, Peter SCHULZE, Heike LORENZ, Andreas SEIDEL MORGENSTERN
  • Patent number: 8992783
    Abstract: Method for enantioseparation of a chiral system with compound formation comprising a pair of enantiomers. The method comprises the steps of: placing the chiral system to be processed, which is optically enriched by a target enantiomer, in the 3-phase region of the ternary phase diagram of chiral compound forming systems to achieve the establishment of the solid/liquid phase equilibria; phase-separating the liquid and solid phase formed by the placing step; shifting the eutectic composition of the remaining liquid towards a lower eutectic composition (xE) until the overall composition is located in the 2-phase region of the ternary phase diagram of chiral compound forming systems; and performing crystallization in the 2-phase region of the ternary phase diagram for obtaining the target enantiomer in the solid phase. In some cases the shifting step can be skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gessellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Heike Lorenz, Henning Kaemmerer, Daniel Polenske, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 8822721
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for separating a racemic compound-forming chiral substance by a cyclic crystallization process which is conducted in at least one first crystallization unit (10) and in at least one second crystallization unit (18), wherein in a first process cycle an enantiomer is crystallized in the first crystallization unit (10) and a racemic compound is crystallized in the second crystallization unit (18), wherein in a second process cycle the enantiomer is crystallized in the second crystallization unit (18) and the racemic compound is crystallized in the first crystallization unit (10), wherein during each process cycle in at least one process sub-step (B?C, F?G) a mother liquor (12) being contained in the first crystallization unit (10) is mutually exchanged with a mother liquor (20) being contained in the second crystallization unit (18). An auto-seeding process sub-step is applied at the beginning of a process cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Heike Lorenz, Daniel Polenske, Linzhu Klukas, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern
  • Publication number: 20130184489
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for separating a racemic compound-forming chiral substance by a cyclic crystallization process which is conducted in at least one first crystallization unit (10) and in at least one second crystallization unit (18), wherein in a first process cycle an enantiomer is crystallized in the first crystallization unit (10) and a racemic compound is crystallized in the second crystallization unit (18), wherein in a second process cycle the enantiomer is crystallized in the second crystallization unit (18) and the racemic compound is crystallized in the first crystallization unit (10), wherein during each process cycle in at least one process sub-step (B?C, F?G) a mother liquor (12) being contained in the first crystallization unit (10) is mutually exchanged with a mother liquor (20) being contained in the second crystallization unit (18). An auto-seeding process sub-step is applied at the beginning of a process cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Heike LORENZ, Daniel POLENSKE, Linzhu KLUKAS, Andreas SEIDEL-MORGENSTERN
  • Publication number: 20120197040
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for separating a racemic compound-forming chiral substance by a cyclic crystallization process which is conducted in at least one first crystallization unit (10) and in at least one second crystallization unit (18), wherein in a first process cycle an enantiomer is crystallized in the first crystallization unit (10) and a racemic compound is crystallized in the second crystallization unit (18), wherein in a second process cycle the enantiomer is crystallized in the second crystallization unit (18) and the racemic compound is crystallized in the first crystallization unit (10), wherein during each process cycle in at least one process sub-step (B?C, F?G) a mother liquor (12) being contained in the first crystallization unit (10) is mutually exchanged with a mother liquor (20) being contained in the second crystallization unit (18). An auto-seeding process sub-step is applied at the beginning of a process cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Heike LORENZ, Daniel POLENSKE, Linzhu KLUKAS, Andreas SEIDEL-MORGENSTERN
  • Publication number: 20110263896
    Abstract: Method for enantioseparation of a chiral system with compound formation comprising a pair of enantiomers. The method comprises the steps of: placing the chiral system to be processed, which is optically enriched by a target enantiomer, in the 3-phase region of the ternary phase diagram of chiral compound forming systems to achieve the establishment of the solid/liquid phase equilibria; phase-separating the liquid and solid phase formed by the placing step; shifting the eutectic composition of the remaining liquid towards a lower eutectic composition (xE) until the overall composition is located in the 2-phase region of the ternary phase diagram of chiral compound forming systems; and performing crystallisation in the 2-phase region of the ternary phase diagram for obtaining the target enantiomer in the solid phase. In some cases the shifting step can be skipped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Heike Lorenz, Henning Kaemmerer, Daniel Polenske, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 7820860
    Abstract: Methods for racemate separation for compound-forming substances. In this method, at least one fraction which is enriched with an enantiomer is produced in one method step. Finally, a preferred crystallization is carried out on the fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenshaften E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Seidel-Morgen-Stern, Heike Lorenz, Daniel Polenske
  • Publication number: 20080207944
    Abstract: Methods for racemate separation for compound-forming substances. In this method, at least one fraction which is enriched with an enantiomer is produced in one method step. Finally, a preferred crystallization is carried out on the fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenshaften E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Heike Lorenz, Daniel Polenske