Patents by Inventor Helmut Wensing

Helmut Wensing 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: 4848982
    Abstract: An arrangement for cooling a synthetic gas, generated in a gasification reactor, by means of a quenching cooler. The cooler is positioned below the outlet from the reactor and comprises a refrigerated inner jacket (5) surrounded by a pressurization jacket (1) and accommodating a water sump (6). There is an intermediate section (3) between the inner jacket and the outlet from the gasification reactor that is shorter in diameter than the inner jacket and longer in diameter than the outlet from the reactor. Spray nozzles (15) extend into the inner jacket. One or more gas-outlet connections (8) extend through the inner jacket in a plane above the sump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignees: Deutsche Babcock Werke AG, Man Gutehoffnungshutte GmbH
    Inventors: Arnold Tolle, Manfred Forster, Heinz Haacker, Helmut Wensing
  • Patent number: 4711297
    Abstract: In a rotary tube cooler for indirect cooling of pulverized to granular material with a revolving drum, the drum shell of the rotary tube cooler is formed of a tube system through which a liquid cooling medium is conducted. The tube system comprises either tubes meandering in longitudinal direction of the rotary tube cooler, or be formed of spiral tubes, or the combination of meandering and spiral tubes. The tubes are welded together. The feed of the cooling medium and the discharge of the heated cooling medium occurs via swivel joints. Connected downstream is a device for utilization of the waste heat of the rotary tube cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: MAN Gutehoffnungshutte GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Haacker, Helmut Wensing