Patents by Inventor Robert BIRK

Robert BIRK 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).

  • Publication number: 20240110291
    Abstract: A method is proposed for producing one or more electrolysis products, wherein one or more electrolytic cells having a proton exchange membrane is/are used, wherein a hydrogen-rich cathode extraction gas is extracted on the cathode side of the one or more electrolytic cells, wherein an anode extraction gas is extracted on the anode side of the one or more electrolytic cells, wherein the anode extraction gas is extracted from the one or more electrolytic cells as part of a two-phase flow, wherein the two-phase flow comprises the anode extraction gas and a water phase, and wherein the two-phase flow or part thereof is separated in a separator arrangement into the anode extraction gas and the water phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas WOLF, Anton WELLENHOFER, Christian FRUHMANN, Daniela LAUCHNER, Marius DILLIG, Mariyana CHALAKOVA, Ole MÜLLER-THORWART, Robert BIRK, Robert HERZOG
  • Publication number: 20240102180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrolysis system in which water is converted into oxygen and hydrogen in an electrolysis unit, wherein a fluid flow including water and gas is conducted from an oxygen side of the electrolysis unit to a gas separator, wherein an ignition of an ignition device is actively produced in the fluid flow. The invention also relates to a corresponding electrolysis system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas WOLF, Anton WELLENHOFER, Marius DILLIG, Ole MÜLLER-THORWART, Robert BIRK
  • Patent number: 11065592
    Abstract: In a process as disclosed according to the present invention, gases or gas mixtures used to form a reactant mixture in an at least temporarily ignitable composition are fed into a mixing chamber (11) through the passages (131) in a boundary wall (13) of the mixing chamber (11) and by means of one or more feed conduits (14) which have feed orifices (141) and extend into the mixing chamber (11), respectively. The present invention likewise provides a corresponding reactor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Anton Wellenhofer, Mathieu Zellhuber, Martin Schubert, Robert Birk, Celine Pichler, Helmut Fritz
  • Publication number: 20200338515
    Abstract: A process for forming and for catalytically converting an ignitable gas mixture is proposed, in which at least a first gas or gas mixture comprising oxygen and a second gas or gas mixture comprising one or more oxidizable compounds are mixed to give the ignitable gas mixture, where the ignitable gas mixture is supplied to a reaction zone (12) of a reactor (1). The first gas or gas mixture and the second gas or gas mixture are fed into a mixing chamber (11) having a boundary wall (13) provided with a number of passages (131), where the first gas or gas mixture is fed into the mixing chamber (11) through the passages (131) in the boundary wall (13) and where the second gas or gas mixture is fed into the mixing chamber (11) by means of one or more feed conduits (14) which have feed orifices (141) and extend into the mixing chamber (11). The present invention likewise provides a corresponding reactor (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Anton WELLENHOFER, Mathieu ZELLHUBER, Martin SCHUBERT, Robert BIRK, Celine PICHLER, Helmut FRITZ