Patents by Inventor Ludger Overmann

Ludger Overmann 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 Obtaining Fuels from Vegetal and Animal Fat Waste and Installation for Carrying out Said Method
    Publication number: 20100058652
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for obtaining fuels from vegetable and/or animal fat waste which contain, in addition to fat and/or oils, free fatty acids. The free fatty acids contained in the fat waste are reacted at reaction temperatures of above 220° C. with at least one polyvalent alcohol in the absence of enzymatic and solid neutral catalysts so as to produce the esterification of the free fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Farwick, Ludger Overmann