Patents by Inventor Norbert Palauschek

Norbert Palauschek 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).

  • Process for production of biodiesel
    Patent number: 8871961
    Abstract: A process for continuous production of biodiesel from vegetable oils or animal fats by transesterification with methanol or ethanol to give crude fatty acid alkyl esters, subsequent washing with water in a wash column to remove water-soluble impurities, subsequent drying by vaporization of the water content and subsequent removal of steryl glycosides by adsorption onto calcium bentonite, wherein the adsorption column(s) used is/are regenerated in a first step, for desorption of the steryl glycosides, by rinsing with a mixture consisting of fatty acid alkyl esters and methanol or ethanol, and in a subsequent second step, for removal of methanol residues, by rinsing with fatty acid alkyl esters or with gaseous nitrogen or carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Seidel, Rudolf Boensch, Norbert Palauschek, Helmut Saft
  • Process and plant for producing hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 8426665
    Abstract: When producing hydrocarbons from fatty acid esters contained in fats or fat oils, the fatty acid esters initially are split up by hydrolytic decomposition into a first stream containing crude alcohol and water and a second stream containing free fatty acids, and subsequently the free fatty acids of the second stream are hydrogenated with hydrogen to obtain saturated hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Lurgi GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Palauschek, Peter Trabold, Helmut Heurich, Manfred Hoffmann
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL
    Publication number: 20130053591
    Abstract: A process for continuous production of biodiesel from vegetable oils or animal fats by transesterification with methanol or ethanol to give crude fatty acid alkyl esters, subsequent washing with water in a wash column to remove water-soluble impurities, subsequent drying by vaporization of the water content and subsequent removal of steryl glycosides by adsorption onto calcium bentonite, wherein the adsorption column(s) used is/are regenerated in a first step, for desorption of the steryl glycosides, by rinsing with a mixture consisting of fatty acid alkyl esters and methanol or ethanol, and in a subsequent second step, for removal of methanol residues, by rinsing with fatty acid alkyl esters or with gaseous nitrogen or carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: LURGI GMBH
    Inventors: Eckhard Seidel, Rudolf Boensch, Norbert Palauschek, Helmut Saft
  • PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20100286453
    Abstract: When producing hydrocarbons from fatty acid esters contained in fats or fat oils, the fatty acid esters initially are split up by hydrolytic decomposition into a first stream containing crude alcohol and water and a second stream containing free fatty acids, and subsequently the free fatty acids of the second stream are hydrogenated with hydrogen to obtain saturated hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Lurgi GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Palauschek, Peter Trabold, Helmut Heurich, Manfred Hoffmann