Patents by Inventor Peter Blei

Peter Blei 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).

  • Continuous preparation of ethanol
    Patent number: 4517391
    Abstract: Ethanol is prepared by hydrogenating acetic acid under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperatures by a process wherein a predominantly cobalt-containing catalyst is used and acetic acid and hydrogen are passed through the reactor, at from 210.degree. to 330.degree. C. and under from 10 to 350 bar, under conditions such that a liquid phase in not formed during this procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Schuster, Ludwig, Franz-Josef Mueller, Axel Anderlohr, Peter Blei, Gerhart Eigenberger, Bernd Hoppner, Gerd Kaibel, Wolfgang Steiner