Patents by Inventor Heinz Posselt

Heinz Posselt 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: 20240123421
    Abstract: A reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction using multiphase alternating current, includes a reactor chamber surrounded by thermally insulating reactor walls and multiple substantially straight reaction tubes. The reaction tubes run between at least one tube inlet opening and at least one tube outlet opening in opposite reactor walls and consist of a material that permits electrical resistance heating. Two electrically conductive bridges spaced apart along the reaction tubes are provided, each of which electrically conductively connects the reaction tubes to one another. Electrically conductive power input arrangements are provided extending through one or more input openings in one of the reactor walls. Each reaction tube is electrically conductively connected to one of the power input arrangements. Each power input arrangement is electrically conductively connected between the bridges to one of the reaction tubes and is connected or connectable to one of the phases of the alternating current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mathieu Zellhuber, Martin Hofstatter, Heinz Posselt, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Dieter Mihailowitsch
  • Publication number: 20240100498
    Abstract: A reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction includes a reactor wall and at least one group of M reaction tubes, each of which has an electrically heatable heating section that extends between a first and a second removal region. Each heating section has a respective feed region in a region which extends over 20% to 80% of a heating length of the heating section and electrically conductive feed elements. Each group M is paired with the feed elements connected to the feed regions of the group, and different phases of the alternating current can be fed to different feed elements paired with a group. Each group is paired with M first and M second removal elements connected to the first or second removal regions of the group, respectively. Each group is paired with a first and a second star bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Hofstatter, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Heinz Posselt, Mathieu Zellhuber
  • Patent number: 11898702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport container for helium, comprising an inner container for receiving the helium, an insulation element that is provided on the exterior of the inner container, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid, an outer container in which the inner container and the coolant container are received, and a thermal shield which can be actively cooled with the aid of the cryogenic liquid and in which the inner container is received, wherein a peripheral gap is provided between the insulation element and the thermal shield, and said insulation element comprises an electrodeposited copper layer that faces the thermal shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Linde GmbM
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Jürgen Bichlmeier
  • Publication number: 20230417368
    Abstract: A method for conveying a cryogen from a storage vessel to a load, comprising the following steps: a) introducing the cryogen from the storage vessel into a conditioning tank, the cryogen flowing from the storage vessel into the conditioning tank only because of the hydrostatic pressure of the cryogen, b) bringing the cryogen accommodated in the conditioning tank into its supercritical state, and c) discharging the cryogen from the conditioning tank to the load, wherein the cryogen accommodated in the conditioning tank is kept in the supercritical state during step c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Heinz POSSELT, Anton WELLENHOFER, Eva MÜLLER, Stefan FELBINGER, Christian ZACH, Harald ZENZ, Kathrin WELLENHOFER, Hakemi NABEEL, Julia KLEINER, Petya TONEVA, Kay DOST
  • Publication number: 20230398513
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying out a chemical reaction in a process fluid includes a reactor comprising one or more reaction tubes which have a number of electrically heatable tube segments which are connected to one another by an electrically conductive star bridge, and at least one power source configured to provide a multiphase alternating current with N phases to N phase lines at a predetermined voltage. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. For each of the at least one power source, a number of power connections is provided, each of which is connected to at least one of the tube segments and to one of the phase lines of the power source. In the at least one power source, a star point is formed at which the phase lines of the power source are connected, wherein the star point is not connected to a ground connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Hofstatter, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Heinz Posselt, Niklas Fleischmann, Kiara Aenne Kochendorfer, Eric Jenne, Andrey Shustov, Werner Josef Still, Torsten Stark
  • Publication number: 20230356176
    Abstract: A method for regulatedly carrying out a chemical reaction in a reactor having reaction tubes which have a number of electrically heatable tube sections, wherein power connections are provided, which are each connected to at least one of the tube sections, wherein at least one connecting element is provided and each of the tube sections is connected to the connecting element. The method comprises conducting a process fluid through the one or more reaction tubes, providing several variable voltages at the several power connections, wherein the several voltages are provided as phases of a multiphase AC voltage so that the at least one connecting element forms a star point, setting the one or more voltages; detecting one or more measured values corresponding to one or more measured variables; changing the several set voltages so that the detected measured values correspond to predetermined values or value ranges of the measured variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Lang, Martin Hofstatter, Mathieu Zellhuber, Anton Wellenhofer, Robert Stegemann, Peter Reiser, Niklas Fleischmann, Christian Ziegler, Heinz Posselt, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Andrey Shustov, Eric Jenne, Heinz-Jurgen Kuhn, Kiara Aenne Kochendorfer, Heinrich Laib, Reiner Jacob
  • Publication number: 20230302426
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction and a corresponding method. The reactor includes a vessel and one or more reaction tubes where a number of tube sections of the reaction tubes run between first second regions in the reactor vessel, and where the tube sections in the first region for the electrical heating of the tube sections can be electrically connected to the phase connections of a polyphase AC power source. Tube sections in the second region are electrically and conductively connected to one another as a whole by means of a single rigid connecting element, or in groups by means of a plurality of rigid connecting elements which are integrally connected to the reaction tubes and are arranged inside the reactor vessel. A corresponding method is also the subject-matter of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mathieu Zellhuber, Martin Hofstatter, Heinz Posselt, Christian Lang, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker
  • Publication number: 20230285929
    Abstract: A reactor has a reactor vessel and a reaction tube. Tube sections of the reaction tube run inside the reactor vessel. The tube sections are each electrically connectable to a current connection in a current feed region. Current feed arrangements are arranged in the current feed region to which in each case one or one group of the tube sections is electrically connected. Each current feed arrangement has a first and a second section, the first section extending along a longitudinal axis starting from the respective or group of tube section(s). The first section at least partially surrounds the second section or the second section surrounds the first section in a sleeve-like manner. The first and second sections each have contact surfaces arranged obliquely to the longitudinal axis. The current feed arrangements each extend through a wall of the reactor vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Martin Hofstatter, Mathieu Zellhuber, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Eric Jenne, Kiara Aenne Kochendorfer, Andrey Shustov, Heinrich Laib, Heinz-Jurgen Kuhn, Reiner Jacob
  • Publication number: 20230115461
    Abstract: A reactor includes a reactor vessel and one or more reaction tubes A number of tube sections of the one or more reaction tubes in each case run between a first region and a second region in the reactor vessel. For the electrical heating of the tube sections, the tube sections in the first region can be electrically connected to (a) current connection(s) of a current source. In the first region, current feed arrangements are provided; in each case one or in each case one group of the tube sections are electrically connected, and each comprise (a) contact passage(s) that in each case adjoin(s) at least one of the tube sections in the first region. A wall of the contact passages in each case is connected to a current feed element that has a rod-shaped section that runs at a wall passage through a wall of the reactor vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mathieu Zellhuber, Martin Hofstätter, Heinz Posselt, Christian Lang, Robert Stegemann, Anton Wellenhofer, Volker Jeromin, Peter Reiser, Georg Kiese, Christian Ziegler, Andrey Shustov, Eric Jenne, Kiara Aenne Kochendörfer, Heinrich Laib, Heinz-Jürgen Kühn, Reiner Jacob, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker
  • Publication number: 20230116690
    Abstract: A reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction, which has a reactor vessel and one or more reaction tubes, wherein power input elements for electrical heating of the reaction tube(s) are guided into the reactor vessel. It is provided that the power input elements each have a rod-shaped section that, in each case, runs at a wall passage through a wall of the reactor vessel in such a way that a connection chamber into which the rod-shaped sections project is arranged outside the reactor vessel and adjacently to the wall of the reactor vessel through which the rod-shaped sections run at their wall passages, and that cooling panels through which a cooling fluid can flow are provided in the connection chamber and are arranged between at least two or between at least two groups of the rod-shaped sections that project into the connection chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Mathieu Zellhuber, Martin Hofstätter, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Andrey Shustov, Eric Jenne, Kiara Aenne Kochendörfer, Heinrich Laib, Reiner Jacob, Heinz-Jürgen Kühn
  • Publication number: 20220234020
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor comprising a moving bed of solid particles that move in the direction of gravitation, and to a method for heating a reactor that comprises a moving bed, for the purpose of pyrolysis reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Heinz POSSELT, Otto MACHHAMMER, Markus WEIKL, Nicolai ANTWEILER, Karsten BÜKER
  • Publication number: 20220082211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport container for helium, comprising an inner container for receiving the helium, an insulation element that is provided on the exterior of the inner container, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid, an outer container in which the inner container and the coolant container are received, and a thermal shield which can be actively cooled with the aid of the cryogenic liquid and in which the inner container is received, wherein a peripheral gap is provided between the insulation element and the thermal shield, and said insulation element comprises an electrodeposited copper layer that faces the thermal shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Heinz POSSELT, Jürgen BICHLMEIER
  • Publication number: 20220074550
    Abstract: A transport container for helium, with an inner container for receiving the helium, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N2), an outer container, in which the inner container and the coolant container are contained, a thermal shield, in which the inner container is contained and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid (LN2), the thermal shield having at least one first cooling line, in which the liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received for actively cooling the thermal shield, and an insulating element, which is arranged between the outer container and the thermal shield and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid (GN2), the insulating element having at least one second cooling line, in which the gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Linde GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz POSSELT
  • Patent number: 11209125
    Abstract: A transport container for helium, with an inner container for receiving the helium, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N2), an outer container, in which the inner container and the coolant container are contained, a thermal shield, in which the inner container is contained and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid (LN2), the thermal shield having at least one first cooling line, in which the liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received for actively cooling the thermal shield, and an insulating element, which is arranged between the outer container and the thermal shield and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid (GN2), the insulating element having at least one second cooling line, in which the gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Linde GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Posselt
  • Patent number: 10928007
    Abstract: A transport container for helium, having an inner container for receiving helium, a thermal shield actively coolable with the aid of a cryogenic liquid and in which the inner container is accommodated, an outer container in which the thermal shield and inner container are accommodated, and a carrying ring provided on the thermal shield. The inner container is suspended from the carrying ring with the aid of first suspension rods, wherein the carrying ring is suspended from the outer container with the aid of second suspension rods, wherein at least one of the first suspension rods has a first spring device and at least one of the second suspension devices has a second spring device in order to ensure a spring pretension of the first suspension rods and the second suspension rods for different heat expansions of the inner container and the thermal shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Philip Werner, Marko Parkkonen, Anders Gronlund, Stefan C. Agren, Martin Smedstad
  • Patent number: 10801670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport container (1) for helium (He), comprising an inner container (6) for receiving the liquid (He), an insulation element (26) that is provided on the exterior of the inner container (6), a coolant container (14) for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N2), an outer container (2) in which the inner container (6) and the coolant container (14) are received, and a thermal shield (21) which can be actively cooled with the aid of the cryogenic liquid (N2) and in which the inner container (6) is received, wherein a peripheral gap (31) is provided between the insulation element (26) and the thermal shield (21), and said insulation element (26) comprises a copper layer (27) that faces the thermal shield (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Marko Parkkonen
  • Patent number: 10711945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport container (1) for helium (He), comprising an inner container (6) for receiving the helium (He), a coolant container (14) for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N2), an outer container (2) in which the inner container (6) and the coolant container (14) are received, and a thermal shield (21) which can be actively cooled with the aid of the cryogenic liquid (N2), the thermal shield (21) comprising a tubular base section (22) in which the inner container (6) is received, and a cover section (23, 24) that closes the base section (22) at the front and that is arranged between the inner container (6) and the coolant container (14), wherein an intermediate space (20) is provided between the inner container (6) and the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Marko Parkkonen, Hans-Einar Forsberg, Anders Gronlund
  • Patent number: 10622871
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotor for a slip ring motor, including the steps of: a) arranging a plurality of electric cables inside a hollow shaft, wherein the electric cables are distributed over an inner circumference of the hollow shaft, b) filling a resin into an empty space defined between the hollow shaft and the electric cables, c) arranging a rod inside the hollow shaft thereby displacing the resin into an annular gap between the rod and the hollow shaft, wherein the electric cables are arranged in the annular gap, and d) curing of the resin to form the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Linde Aktiengesellschaft, WEG Equipamentos Electricos S.A.
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Marco Kleis, Gustavo Tadeu Omine, Thiago Vegini
  • Patent number: 10566886
    Abstract: A female contact element for a slip ring motor with a power output >1 MW. The female contact element is configured for engagement with a male contact element to make an electrical connection between the female contact element and the male contact element. The female contact element is made of a Cu—Be-alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Marco Kleis
  • Patent number: 10461615
    Abstract: A rotor for a slip ring motor includes a hollow shaft with an open end, a plurality of electric cables, and a cable guide arranged in the open end guiding the electric cables from inside the hollow shaft towards connection points of the electric cables outside of the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, WEG EQUIPAMENTOS ELECTRICOS S.A.
    Inventors: Heinz Posselt, Marco Kleis, Cesar Luis Pinter