Patents by Inventor Klaus Wallmann

Klaus Wallmann 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).

  • Method for producing natural gas from hydrocarbon hydrates while simultaneously storing carbon dioxide in geological formations
    Patent number: 8590619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting methane from methane hydrates, comprising the following steps: feeding carbon dioxide to the methane hydrate deposits; allowing the carbon dioxide to take effect on the methane hydrate to release methane and store the carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate; and removing the released methane, characterized in that the fed carbon dioxide is supercritical carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Leibniz-Institut Fuer Meereswissenschaften
    Inventors: Klaus Wallmann, Matthias Haeckel
  • Method for Producing Natural Gas from Hydrocarbon Hydrates While Simultaneously Storing Carbon Dioxide in Geological Formations
    Publication number: 20120012321
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting methane from methane hydrates, comprising the following steps: feeding carbon dioxide to the methane hydrate deposits; allowing the carbon dioxide to take effect on the methane hydrate to release methane and store the carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate; and removing the released methane, characterised in that the fed carbon dioxide is supercritical carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER MEERESWISSENSCHAFTEN
    Inventors: Klaus Wallmann, Matthias Haeckel