Patents by Inventor Ralf Fitschen

Ralf Fitschen 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).

  • Batch, semi-continuous or continuous hydrochlorination of glycerin with reduced volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone levels
    Patent number: 8404905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof to a chlorohydrin, by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof starting material with a source of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, preferably wherein such contracting step is carried out without substantial removal of water, to produce the desired chlorohydrin product; wherein the desired product or products can be made in high yield without substantial formation of undesired overchlorinated byproducts; said process carried out without a step undertaken to specifically remove volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products or chloroacetone, wherein the combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone is less than 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kruper, Tina Arrowood, Bruce M. Bell, John Briggs, Robert M. Campbell, Bruce D. Hook, Anh Nguyen, Curt Theriault, Ralf Fitschen
  • Batch, semi-continuous or continuous hydrochlorination of glycerin with reduced volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone levels
    Patent number: 8304563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof to a chlorohydrin, by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof starting material with a source of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, preferably wherein such contracting step is carried out without substantial removal of water, to produce the desired chlorohydrin product; wherein the desired product or products can be made in high yield without substantial formation of undesired overchlorinated byproducts; said process carried out without a step undertaken to specifically remove volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products or chloroacetone, wherein the combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone is less than 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kruper, Tina Arrowood, Bruce M. Bell, John Briggs, Robert M. Campbell, Bruce D. Hook, Anh Nguyen, Curt Theriault, Ralf Fitschen
  • BATCH, SEMI-CONTINUOUS OR CONTINUOUS HYDROCHLORINATIONOF GLYCERIN WITH REDUCED VOLATILE CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON BY-PRODUCTS AND CHLOROACETONE LEVELS
    Publication number: 20110124890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof to a chlorohydrin, by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof starting material with a source of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, preferably wherein such contracting step is carried out without substantial removal of water, to produce the desired chlorohydrin product; wherein the desired product or products can be made in high yield without substantial formation of undesired overchlorinated byproducts; said process carried out without a step undertaken to specifically remove volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products or chloroacetone, wherein the combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone is less than 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: William J. Kruper, Tina Arrowood, Bruce M. Bell, John Briggs, Robert M. Campbell, Bruce D. Hook, Anh Nguyen, Curt Theriault, Ralf Fitschen
  • BATCH, SEMI-CONTINUOUS OR CONTINUOUS HYDROCHLORINATIONOF GLYCERIN WITH REDUCED VOLATILE CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON BY-PRODUCTS AND CHLOROACETONE LEVELS
    Publication number: 20110124892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof to a chlorohydrin, by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof starting material with a source of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, preferably wherein such contracting step is carried out without substantial removal of water, to produce the desired chlorohydrin product; wherein the desired product or products can be made in high yield without substantial formation of undesired overchlorinated byproducts; said process carried out without a step undertaken to specifically remove volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products or chloroacetone, wherein the combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone is less than 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: William J. Kruper, JR., Tina Arrowood, Bruce Michael Bell, John Briggs, Robert M. Campbell, Bruce D. Hook, Anh Nguyen, Curt Theriault, Ralf Fitschen
  • Batch, semi-continuous or continuous hydrochlorination of glycerin with reduced volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloracetone levels
    Patent number: 7906690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof to a chlorohydrin, by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof starting material with a source of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, preferably wherein such contracting step is carried out without substantial removal of water, to produce the desired chlorohydrin product; wherein the desired product or products can be made in high yield without substantial formation of undesired overchlorinated byproducts; said process carried out without a step undertaken to specifically remove volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products or chloroacetone, wherein the combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone is less than 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventors: William J. Kruper, Jr., Tina Arrowood, Bruce Michael Bell, John Briggs, Robert M. Campbell, Bruce D. Hook, Anh Nguyen, Curt Theriault, Ralf Fitschen
  • Batch, semi-continuous or continuous hydrochlorination of glycerin with reduced volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloracetone levels
    Publication number: 20080015369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof to a chlorohydrin, by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon or ester thereof starting material with a source of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, preferably wherein such contracting step is carried out without substantial removal of water, to produce the desired chlorohydrin product; wherein the desired product or products can be made in high yield without substantial formation of undesired overchlorinated byproducts; said process carried out without a step undertaken to specifically remove volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products or chloroacetone, wherein the combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone is less than 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: William Kruper, Tina Arrowood, Bruce Bell, John Briggs, Robert Campbell, Bruce Hook, Anh Nguyen, Curt Theriault, Ralf Fitschen