Patents by Inventor Joachim Kotter

Joachim Kotter 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: 8173855
    Abstract: Process for the production of ethylene for chemical use starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to a first cracking step, namely a pyrolysis step carried out in a cracking oven, thus producing a mixture of cracking products; b) the mixture of cracking products is subjected to a succession of treatment steps, including a compression step, which makes it possible to obtain a purified crude gas stream; c) the purified crude gas stream is then cooled to a temperature where hydrocarbons with 6 and more carbon atoms condense so that they can be removed from the purified crude gas stream; d) the resulting purified gas stream is afterwards supplied to one separating column, where a fraction A containing hydrogen, methane and ethylene is separated at the head of the column and a heavy fraction C is separated at the bottom of the column; e) a part of the reflux of this column is supplied to a refrigeration cycle leading to a fraction B enriched with ethylene; and f)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Joachim Kotter, Hans-Dieter Winkler, Peter Mews, Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle
  • Publication number: 20110077439
    Abstract: Process for the production of ethylene for chemical use starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to a first cracking step, namely a pyrolysis step carried out in a cracking oven, thus producing a mixture of cracking products; b) the mixture of cracking products is subjected to a succession of treatment steps, including a compression step, which makes it possible to obtain a purified crude gas stream; c) the purified crude gas stream is then cooled to a temperature where hydrocarbons with 6 and more carbon atoms condense so that they can be removed from the purified crude gas stream; d) the resulting purified gas stream is afterwards supplied to one separating column, where a fraction A containing hydrogen, methane and ethylene is separated at the head of the column and a heavy fraction C is separated at the bottom of the column; e) a part of the reflux of this column is supplied to a refrigeration cycle leading to a fraction B enriched with ethylene; and f)
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)
    Inventors: Joachim Kotter, Hans-Dieter Winkler, Peter Mews, Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle
  • Publication number: 20110071263
    Abstract: Process for the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to a simplified cracking which produces a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the mixture of products is fractionated in one fractionation step into one fraction containing almost all the ethylene (fraction A), optionally into one individual fraction of ethane and into one heavy fraction (fraction C); and c) the fraction A is conveyed to the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)
    Inventors: Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle, Joachim Kotter, Hans-Dieter Winkler, Peter Mews