Patents by Inventor Joris Vandenhaute

Joris Vandenhaute 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).

  • Chloride melt process for the separation and recovery of zinc
    Patent number: 6921474
    Abstract: Process for the production of ZnCl2 from a Zn bearing primary and/or secondary material comprising the steps of reacting the Zn bearing material with a chlorinating agent such as Cl2 to convert metals into chlorides and vaporising the volatile components of the reaction product at a temperature between the melting point of said reaction product and the boiling point of ZnCl2, thereby recovering a Zn rich chlorinated melt, and thereafter distilling ZnCl2 from this Zn rich chlorinated melt, thereby recovering purified ZnCl2 and a Zn-depleted chlorinated melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Umicore
    Inventors: Joris Vandenhaute, Eric Robert
  • Chloride melt process for the separation and recovery of zinc
    Publication number: 20050006247
    Abstract: Process for the production of ZnCl2 from a Zn bearing primary and/or secondary material comprising the steps of reacting the Zn bearing material with a chlorinating agent such as Cl2 to convert metals into chlorides and vaporising the volatile components of the reaction product at a temperature between the melting point of said reaction product and the boiling point of ZnCl2, thereby recovering a Zn rich chlorinated melt, and thereafter distilling ZnCl2 from this Zn rich chlorinated melt, thereby recovering purified ZnCl2 and a Zn-depleted chlorinated melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Joris Vandenhaute, Eric Robert