Patents by Inventor Peter Gummel

Peter Gummel 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).

  • Fluidized bed combustion system with steam generation
    Patent number: 6481385
    Abstract: A solid fuel fluidized-bed steam generator in which a pair of combustion chambers straddle a heat-exchange chamber of rectangular configuration in a row and have one or more gas/solids separators connected to the combustion chambers at the tops thereof and lines which deliver gas from the separators to the heat-exchange chamber. The heat-exchange chamber has a plurality of heat-exchange elements for indirect heat exchange between hot gas and a cooling fluid, for example water, which is converted to steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Gummel, Werner-Friedrich Staab