Patents by Inventor Rolf Kummel

Rolf Kummel 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for thermal degradation of waste
    Patent number: 6101958
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for the thermal degradation of refuse, garbage and other waste material in which the waste material stream is reacted with air or oxygen in a reaction chamber for pyrolysis, destructive distillation or incineration of the waste material. The released thermal energy, spatial temperature distribution or outlet gas temperature is measured and used to control a feeder which supplies particles of a supplemental fuel, itself recovered from a waste material separate from the waste material stream, to the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Deutsche Babcock Anlagen GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Beckmann, Arvid Christmann, Joachim Dohmann, Kai Keldenich, Rolf Kummel, Frank Niermann, Wilhelm Ruben, Johannes Seippel