Patents by Inventor Matthias Meilinger

Matthias Meilinger 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 the cryogenic fractionation of air and air fractionation plant
    Patent number: 10041729
    Abstract: A method for the cryogenic fractionation of air, in which a liquid volume present in a vaporization chamber in a distillation column system of an air fractionation plant is fed by means of a cryogenic liquid and in which a proportion of the liquid volume is continuously transferred into the gas phase by vaporization, wherein, in addition to oxygen, the cryogenic liquid contains components, including xenon, which are higher-boiling than oxygen. The content of xenon in the cryogenic liquid is determined and used as a measure of any enrichment of the components which are higher-boiling than oxygen in the cryogenic liquid. A corresponding air fractionation plant is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Matthias Meilinger
  • METHOD FOR THE CRYOGENIC FRACTIONATION OF AIR AND AIR FRACTIONATION PLANT
    Publication number: 20160061520
    Abstract: A method for the cryogenic fractionation of air, in which a liquid volume present in a vaporization chamber in a distillation column system of an air fractionation plant is fed by means of a cryogenic liquid and in which a proportion of the liquid volume is continuously transferred into the gas phase by vaporization, wherein, in addition to oxygen, the cryogenic liquid contains components, including xenon, which are higher-boiling than oxygen. The content of xenon in the cryogenic liquid is determined and used as a measure of any enrichment of the components which are higher-boiling than oxygen in the cryogenic liquid. A corresponding air fractionation plant is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Matthias Meilinger