Patents by Inventor Petrus Catharina Gerlach SOONS

Petrus Catharina Gerlach SOONS 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).

  • Patent number: 10828593
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the removal of urea dust from the off-gas of a finishing section of a urea production plant. the method comprises subjecting the off-gas to quenching with water so as to produce quenched off-gas, and subjecting the quenched off-gas to scrubbing using at least one venturi scrubber. As a result, a lower pressure drop over the scrubber is attained, and a more efficient growth of urea particles, facilitating the removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach Soons, Wilfried Marc Renaat Dirkx
  • Publication number: 20190134554
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the removal of urea dust from the off-gas of a finishing section of a urea production plant. the method comprises subjecting the off-gas to quenching with water so as to produce quenched off-gas, and subjecting the quenched off-gas to scrubbing using at least one venturi scrubber. As a result, a lower pressure drop over the scrubber is attained, and a more efficient growth of urea particles, facilitating the removal thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Stamicarbon B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach SOONS, Wilfried Marc Renaat DIRKX
  • Patent number: 10227265
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a granulate of a urea product comprising urea and a salt, such as urea ammonium sulfate, having a high content of the salt. The high content is such as to provide an amount of the salt above the limit of solubility of the salt in urea. The granulate of the invention is characterized by having a smooth surface, which, e.g. in the event of urea ammonium sulfate, is not normally the case for granulate having the aforementioned high ammonium sulfate content. According to the invention this is realized by dividing the feed liquids to granulation. This division is based on non-final granulation liquids of a sufficiently high content of the salt, and a final granulation liquid (determining the surface) having a salt content of below the solubility limit of the salt, or no salt at all. E.g. in the event of urea ammonium sulfate, the non-final granulation liquids possibly are a slurry of urea and more than 20 wt. % of ammonium sulfate. The final granulation liquid then has 0-20 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: STAMICARBON B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach Soons, Stefan H. Schaafsma
  • Patent number: 10207216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the removal of urea dust from the off-gas of a finishing section (1) of a urea production plant, the method comprises subjecting the off-gas to quenching with water (06) so as to produce quenched off-gas, and subjecting the quenched off-gas to scrubbing using at least one venturi scrubber (11). As a result, a lower pressure drop over the scrubber is attained, and a more efficient growth of urea particles, facilitating the removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach Soons, Wilfried Marc Renaat Dirkx
  • Publication number: 20180201551
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a granulate of a urea product comprising urea and a salt, such as urea ammonium sulfate, having a high content of the salt. The high content is such as to provide an amount of the salt above the limit of solubility of the salt in urea. The granulate of the invention is characterized by having a smooth surface, which, e.g. in the event of urea ammonium sulfate, is not normally the case for granulate having the aforementioned high ammonium sulfate content. According to the invention this is realized by dividing the feed liquids to granulation. This division is based on non-final granulation liquids of a sufficiently high content of the salt, and a final granulation liquid (determining the surface) having a salt content of below the solubility limit of the salt, or no salt at all. E.g. in the event of urea ammonium sulfate, the non-final granulation liquids possibly are a slurry of urea and more than 20 wt. % of ammonium sulfate. The final granulation liquid then has 0-20 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: STAMICARBON B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach SOONS, Stefan H. SCHAAFSMA
  • Publication number: 20160184758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the removal of urea dust from the off- gas of a finishing section (1) of a urea production plant, the method comprises subjecting the off-gas to quenching with water (06) so as to produce quenched off-gas, and subjecting the quenched off-gas to scrubbing using at least one venturi scrubber (11). As a result, a lower pressure drop over the scrubber is attained, and a more efficient growth of urea particles, facilitating the removal thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Stamicarbon B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Catharina Gerlach SOONS, Wilfried Marc Renaat DIRKX