Patents by Inventor Peter Schmöle
Peter Schmöle 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).
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Patent number: 10781498Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel and a gas-conducting system for gases that occur when producing the pig iron and/or producing the crude steel. According to the invention, the plant complex additionally has a chemical plant or biotechnological plant, connected to the gas-conducting system, and also energy storage for covering at least part of the electricity demand of the plant complex. Also the subject of the invention is a method for operating the plant complex.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Christoph Meißner, Niels Bredemeyer, Johannes Völkl
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Patent number: 10697031Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel, a gas-conducting system for gases that occur when producing the pig iron and/or the crude steel, and a power-generating plant for electricity generation. The power-generating plant is designed as a gas-turbine power-generating plant or gas-turbine and steam-turbine power-generating plant and is operated with a gas that comprises at least a partial amount of the blast-furnace top gas that occurs in the blast furnace and/or a partial amount of the converter gas. The plant complex additionally comprises a chemical plant and a biotechnological plant, the power-generating plant, the chemical plant and the biotechnological plant being arranged in a parallel setup with regard to the gas supply. The gas-conducting system comprises an operationally controllable gas-distributing device for dividing the streams of gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Stefan Gehrmann, Bärbel Kolbe, Matthias Patrick Krüger
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Patent number: 10697030Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel, a gas-conducting system for gases that occur in the production of pig iron and/or in the production of crude steel, and a power-generating plant for electricity generation. The power-generating plant is operated with a gas that comprises at least a partial amount of the blast-furnace top gas that occurs in the production of pig iron and/or a partial amount of the converter gas. According to the invention, a chemical or biotechnological plant is provided and connected to the gas-conducting system and arranged in parallel with the power-generating plant with respect to the gas supply. Externally obtained electricity and power-generating plant electricity are used to cover the electricity demand of the plant complex.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Bärbel Kolbe, Matthias Patrick Krüger, Christoph Meißner
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Patent number: 10697032Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing syngas in combined operation with a metallurgical plant which comprises at least one blast furnace for producing crude iron, a converter steel mill and a coke-oven plant. Part of the blast-furnace top gas that is produced in the production of crude iron and/or part of the converter gas that occurs in the converter steel mill and/or part of the coke-oven gas that is produced in the coke-oven plant are mixed. By choosing the gas streams that are brought together to form a mixed gas and/or by changing the mixing ratios of the gas streams that are brought together, at least two streams of useful gas are produced, differing with regard to their composition and respectively prepared to form streams of syngas.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Denis Krotov, Olaf von Morstein, Karsten Büker
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Patent number: 10604816Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel and a gas-conducting system for gases that occur in the production of pig iron and/or in the production of crude steel. According to the invention, the plant complex additionally has a chemical or biotechnological plant connected to the gas-conducting system and a plant for producing hydrogen. The plant for producing hydrogen is connected to the gas-conducting system by a hydrogen-carrying line. Also the subject of the invention is a method for operating the plant complex.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Matthias Patrick Krüger, Denis Krotov, Olaf von Morstein
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Publication number: 20160348195Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel, a gas-conducting system for gases that occur in the production of pig iron and/or in the production of crude steel, and a power-generating plant for electricity generation. The power-generating plant is operated with a gas that comprises at least a partial amount of the blast-furnace top gas that occurs in the production of pig iron and/or a partial amount of the converter gas. According to the invention, a chemical or biotechnological plant is provided and connected to the gas-conducting system and arranged in parallel with the power-generating plant with respect to the gas supply. Externally obtained electricity and power-generating plant electricity are used to cover the electricity demand of the plant complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Bärbel Kolbe, Matthias Patrick Krüger, Christoph Meißner
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Publication number: 20160348196Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing syngas in combined operation with a metallurgical plant which comprises at least one blast furnace for producing crude iron, a converter steel mill and a coke-oven plant. Part of the blast-furnace top gas that is produced in the production of crude iron and/or part of the converter gas that occurs in the converter steel mill and/or part of the coke-oven gas that is produced in the coke-oven plant are mixed. By choosing the gas streams that are brought together to form a mixed gas and/or by changing the mixing ratios of the gas streams that are brought together, at least two streams of useful gas are produced, differing with regard to their composition and respectively prepared to form streams of syngas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Denis Krotov, Olaf von Morstein, Karsten Büker
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Publication number: 20160326605Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel, a gas-conducting system for gases that occur when producing the pig iron and/or the crude steel, and a power-generating plant for electricity generation. The power-generating plant is designed as a gas-turbine power-generating plant or gas-turbine and steam-turbine power-generating plant and is operated with a gas that comprises at least a partial amount of the blast-furnace top gas that occurs in the blast furnace and/or a partial amount of the converter gas. The plant complex additionally comprises a chemical plant and a biotechnological plant, the power-generating plant, the chemical plant and the biotechnological plant being arranged in a parallel setup with regard to the gas supply. The gas-conducting system comprises an operationally controllable gas-distributing device for dividing the streams of gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Stefan Gehrmann, Bärbel Kolbe, Matthias Patrick Krüger
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Publication number: 20160319383Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel and a gas-conducting system for gases that occur when producing the pig iron and/or producing the crude steel. According to the invention, the plant complex additionally has a chemical plant or biotechnological plant, connected to the gas-conducting system, and also energy storage for covering at least part of the electricity demand of the plant complex. Also the subject of the invention is a method for operating the plant complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Christoph Meißner, Niels Bredemeyer, Johannes Völkl
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Publication number: 20160319381Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing CO2 emissions in the operation of a metallurgical plant which comprises at least one blast furnace for producing crude iron and a converter steel mill for producing crude steel. According to the invention, at least a partial amount of the blast-furnace top gas that occurs in the blast furnace in the production of crude iron and/or a partial amount of the converter gas that occurs in the production of crude steel is taken for producing syngas that is used for producing chemical products. At the same time, the energy demand of the metallurgical plant is at least partly covered by using electricity that is obtained from renewable energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Christoph Meißner, Denis Krotov, Olaf von Morstein
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Publication number: 20160304978Abstract: The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel and a gas-conducting system for gases that occur in the production of pig iron and/or in the production of crude steel. According to the invention, the plant complex additionally has a chemical or biotechnological plant connected to the gas-conducting system and a plant for producing hydrogen. The plant for producing hydrogen is connected to the gas-conducting system by a hydrogen-carrying line. Also the subject of the invention is a method for operating the plant complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Reinhold Achatz, Jens Wagner, Markus Oles, Peter Schmöle, Ralph Kleinschmidt, Matthias Patrick Krüger, Denis Krotov, Olaf von Morstein