Patents by Inventor Norbert Räbiger

Norbert Räbiger 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 separating condensable substances from gases or gas mixtures
    Patent number: 6436172
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for separating condensable substances from gases or gas mixtures with the use of porous materials including the steps of employing as adsorbents substances or materials suitable for capillary condensation and cyclically performing the method. The method can be used to separate water from air. The porous materials have a pore structure adapted to the environmental or climatic conditions present at the site of utilization of the method. The step of cyclically performing the method can be performing a plurality of times in succession separation by capillary condensation of the condensable substances in the porous materials and desorption of the condensed substances from the porous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Universitat Bremen
    Inventor: Norbert Räbiger