Patents by Inventor Klaus Scheffer

Klaus Scheffer 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: 20260265924
    Abstract: An electrolysis system contains: at least one electrolysis cell; a cathode-side water circuit having a hydrogen separator; an anode-side water circuit having an oxygen separator; an equalization connection which leads, coming from a cathode-side water connection, to the anode-side water circuit via a pump and an ion exchanger via a node point and an operating line; and an idle line which branches off upstream of the control line and leads to the cathode-side gas connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Inventors: Bernd Merkl, Markus Ungerer, Klaus Scheffer, Henning Schramm
  • Publication number: 20260125803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrolysis plant which has an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gases, wherein water is fed as educt water to the electrolyzer and split into hydrogen and oxygen at an ion-exchange membrane. Prior to splitting, the educt water is brought into a thermodynamic state close to the boiling point of the water in terms of the pressure and temperature and is fed in this state to the membrane. Educt water is brought to a boil at the membrane and converted into the gas phase, wherein the water in the gas phase is split at the membrane. There is also described an electrolysis plant having an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Klaus Scheffer, Erik Wolf
  • Patent number: 12595570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrolysis plant which has an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gases, wherein water is fed as educt water to the electrolyzer and split into hydrogen and oxygen at an ion-exchange membrane. Prior to splitting, the educt water is brought into a thermodynamic state close to the boiling point of the water in terms of the pressure and temperature and is fed in this state to the membrane. Educt water is brought to a boil at the membrane and converted into the gas phase, wherein the water in the gas phase is split at the membrane. There is also described an electrolysis plant having an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Scheffer, Erik Wolf
  • Publication number: 20250257475
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrolysis plant which has an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gases, wherein water is fed as educt water to the electrolyzer and split into hydrogen and oxygen at an ion-exchange membrane. Prior to splitting, the educt water is brought into a thermodynamic state close to the boiling point of the water in terms of the pressure and temperature and is fed in this state to the membrane. Educt water is brought to a boil at the membrane and converted into the gas phase, wherein the water in the gas phase is split at the membrane. There is also described an electrolysis plant having an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Klaus Scheffer, Erik Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150168346
    Abstract: A method for acquiring provisioning data for an electrolysis system is disclosed. Selection information is transmitted over a network to a user. Provisioning data is received over the network based on input by the user. The provisioning data includes a value indicating a power to be supplied to the electrolysis system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Erik Wolf, Andreas Wiest, Klaus Scheffer, Fred Farchmin