Patents by Inventor Sandra Schmidt
Sandra Schmidt 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: 11913360Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a power plant (1) for generating electrical energy for delivery to at least one consumer (16) by combustion of a carbonaceous combustible, wherein carbon dioxide (19) is separated from the flue gas (7) of the power plant (1), the separated carbon dioxide (19) is converted at least in part into a fuel (20), characterized in that the fuel (20) is combusted at least temporarily in at least one heat engine (4) so as to form a waste gas (8), and electrical energy is generated by the heat engine (4) and is delivered to at least one consumer (16), at least some of the thermal energy of the waste gas (8) being used in at least one of the following processes: a) for heating combustion air (10) of a power plant (1); b) for heating a process medium (14) of the power plant (1); c) in a drying of the combustible of the power plant (1); and d) in carbon dioxide separation.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: RWE Power AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Moser, Georg Wiechers, Sandra Schmidt, Knut Stahl
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Publication number: 20210363899Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a power plant (1) for generating electrical energy for delivery to at least one consumer (16) by combustion of a carbonaceous combustible, wherein carbon dioxide (19) is separated from the flue gas (7) of the power plant (1), the separated carbon dioxide (19) is converted at least in part into a fuel (20), characterized in that the fuel (20) is combusted at least temporarily in at least one heat engine (4) so as to form a waste gas (8), and electrical energy is generated by the heat engine (4) and is delivered to at least one consumer (16), at least some of the thermal energy of the waste gas (8) being used in at least one of the following processes: a) for heating combustion air (10) of a power plant (1); b) for heating a process medium (14) of the power plant (1); c) in a drying of the combustible of the power plant (1); and d) in carbon dioxide separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Peter MOSER, Georg WIECHERS, Sandra SCHMIDT, Knut STAHL
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Publication number: 20210197539Abstract: The invention relates to an opaque multilayer biaxially oriented polypropylene film comprising at least one vacuole-containing base layer and a printable outer cover layer and an inner matte cover layer, the inner cover layer containing at least two incompatible polymers and having a surface roughness Rz of at least 2.0 ?m at a cut-off of 25 ?m. The inner matte cover layer contains a polydialkylsiloxane having a viscosity of 100,000 to 500,000 mm2/s and the surface of this inner cover layer is surface treated by means of corona or the inner cover layer contains a siloxane-modified polyolefin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Katja Weis, Yvonne Düpre, Sandra Schmidt
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Patent number: 9993769Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a system for gas scrubbing of aerosol-containing process gases using an amine-containing solvent as scrubbing agent, which is brought into contact with the process gas in an absorber column (9) and which is regenerated in a desorber column (13) and after cooling is delivered to the absorber column (9) again. The water vapor concentration of the process gas which is not saturated with water vapor is increased with water before the gas scrubbing in the absorber column (9), preferably to a degree of saturation of >0.8, such that water is condensed out of the gas phase on aerosol particles contained in the process gas, and in a following method step the aerosol particles which have grown in size are precipitated out of the process gas before the gas scrubbing.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: RWE POWER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Tobias Ginsberg, Peter Moser, Sandra Schmidt, Knut Stahl, Sarah Wallus
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Publication number: 20160279563Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a system for gas scrubbing of aerosol-containing process gases using an amine-containing solvent as scrubbing agent, which is brought into contact with the process gas in an absorber column (9) and which is regenerated in a desorber column (13) and after cooling is delivered to the absorber column (9) again. The water vapour concentration of the process gas which is not saturated with water vapour is increased with water before the gas scrubbing in the absorber column (9), preferably to a degree of saturation of >0.8, such that water is condensed out of the gas phase on aerosol particles contained in the process gas, and in a following method step the aerosol particles which have grown in size are precipitated out of the process gas before the gas scrubbing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Tobias GINSBERG, Peter MOSER, Sandra SCHMIDT, Knut STAHL, Sarah WALLUS
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Patent number: 9009110Abstract: A view object is generated in a target deployment unit in a design time environment of a metadata repository. The view object is modeled on a business object of a source deployment unit. The source deployment unit includes process components of a business application that is physically decoupled from the target deployment unit. A subset of attributes of the business object of the source deployment unit is selected. The subset of attributes includes at least an outbound agent and an inbound agent implemented by a generic messaging framework. The view object is modeled in the target deployment unit with the subset of attributes of the business object. The inbound agent of the view object is configured for receiving a replication message from the outbound agent of the business object, and the replication message includes replication data for configuring the view object only with data from the business object.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Frank Brunswig, Thomas John, Daniel Goldmann, Otfried Geisau, Christian Haas, Sandra Schmidt
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Patent number: 8850817Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a steam turbine power plant comprising at least one steam generator that is fueled by lignite, wherein the lignite is indirectly dried in a fluidized bed dryer that is heated at least partially with steam from the water-steam circuit of the steam generator. Said method is characterized in that the flue gas from the steam generator undergoes gas scrubbing to remove CO2 and that the energy required for the gas scrubbing is at least partially extracted from the drying process in the fluidized bed. The invention additionally relates to a device for creating steam from lignite comprising a drying system for the lignite and a device to scrub CO2 from the flue gas, wherein the drying process and the CO2 gas scrubbing are thermally coupled to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: RWE Power AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Berger, Peter Moser, Toni Rupprecht, Sandra Schmidt
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Publication number: 20140172515Abstract: Business users of a sales force automation solution can be enabled to receive updates and other relevant and timely information relating to key performance indicators (KPI) and other metrics via a news feed approach. A business user who is not directly registered to receive notifications about status changes in a particular data structure or business process can nonetheless be provided, via a feed bot service, with a feed content item generated upon detection of a status change in one or more data structures underlying one or more business processes of a customer organization using the sales force automation solution. The feed content item can relate to progress toward or achievement of a key performance indicator of the customer organization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Sandra Schmidt, Vytas Cirpus, Katharina Sorge, Steffen Schroeder, Thomas Schneider, Frank Freitag, Kathrin Sindl, Dirk Schindewolf
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Publication number: 20140122144Abstract: An initiative object corresponding to an organization decision to explore a topic is defined, and a first goal definition and a first skills definition for the initiative object are defined. A project object corresponding to a project undertaken by the organization is defined, the project associated with exploring the topic, and a second goal definition and a second skills definition for the project object are defined. Employees are searched in an employee skills database using at least one of the first or second skills definitions, and assigned to the initiative object and to the project object, wherein the project object, but not the initiative object, affects employee availability. Upon closing the initiative object or project object, a skills record is updated using the first or second skills definitions; and upon closing the initiative object or project object, a performance record is updated using the first or second goal definitions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Vytas Cirpus, Sandra Schmidt, Beate Riefer, Heinrich Lammering, Matthias Woerner, Dieter Krisch, Hans Christian Gaedke, Ralph Rillig, Joerg Goeppert, Andre Sondermann, Sabine Lamprecht, Dirk Rohdemann, Katharina Sorge, Volker Schott
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Publication number: 20140006089Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a project and a sales order business object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Jan Penning, Heide von Lindequist, Volker Paul, Dieter Krisch, Joerg Goeppert, Volker Schott, Otfried von Geisau, Peter Latocha, Thilo Kraehmer, Sandra Schmidt, Ralph Rillig, Katharina Sorge
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Publication number: 20140006084Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a customer transaction document template and a customer transaction document view of project business object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Sandra Schmidt, Ralph Rillig, Otfried von Geisau, Joerg Goeppert
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Publication number: 20140006232Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an accounting entry and a project processing view of customer transaction document business object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Tobias Viehweger, Joachim Kenntner, Sandra Schmidt, Thomas Biesemann, Ralph Rillig, Joerg Goeppert, Volker Schott, Otfried von Geisau
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Patent number: 8529857Abstract: A method for removing acid gases from a fluid stream comprises a) treating the fluid stream in an absorption zone with an absorption medium which comprises an aqueous solution of at least one amine, conducting the treated fluid stream through at least two scrubbing zones and treating it with a non-acidic aqueous phase in order to transfer entrained amine and/or entrained amine decomposition products at least in part to the aqueous phase, wherein aqueous phase is recycled via at least one scrubbing zone and aqueous phase is conducted through at least one scrubbing zone without recycling. The method permits efficient retention of amines from the treated fluid streams.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Georg Sieder, Ralf Notz, Hugo Rafael Garcia Andarcia, Sandra Schmidt, Peter Moser
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Publication number: 20130173549Abstract: A view object is generated in a target deployment unit in a design time environment of a metadata repository. The view object is modeled on a business object of a source deployment unit. The source deployment unit includes process components of a business application that is physically decoupled from the target deployment unit. A subset of attributes of the business object of the source deployment unit is selected. The subset of attributes includes at least an outbound agent and an inbound agent implemented by a generic messaging framework. The view object is modeled in the target deployment unit with the subset of attributes of the business object. The inbound agent of the view object is configured for receiving a replication message from the outbound agent of the business object, and the replication message includes replication data for configuring the view object only with data from the business object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Frank Brunswig, Thomas John, Daniel Goldmann, Otfried Geisau, Christian Haas, Sandra Schmidt
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Publication number: 20120251418Abstract: A method for removing acid gases from a fluid stream comprises a) treating the fluid stream in an absorption zone with an absorption medium which comprises an aqueous solution of at least one amine, conducting the treated fluid stream through at least two scrubbing zones and treating it with a non-acidic aqueous phase in order to transfer entrained amine and/or entrained amine decomposition products at least in part to the aqueous phase, wherein aqueous phase is recycled via at least one scrubbing zone and aqueous phase is conducted through at least one scrubbing zone without recycling. The method permits efficient retention of amines from the treated fluid streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Georg Sieder, Ralf Notz, Hugo Rafael Garcia Andarcia, Sandra Schmidt, Peter Moser
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Publication number: 20120055158Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a steam turbine power plant comprising at least one steam generator that is fueled by lignite, wherein the lignite is indirectly dried in a fluidized bed dryer that is heated at least partially with steam from the water-steam circuit of the steam generator. Said method is characterized in that the flue gas from the steam generator undergoes gas scrubbing to remove CO2 and that the energy required for the gas scrubbing is at least partially extracted from the drying process in the fluidized bed. The invention additionally relates to a device for creating steam from lignite comprising a drying system for the lignite and a device to scrub CO2 from the flue gas, wherein the drying process and the CO2 gas scrubbing are thermally coupled to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: RWE POWER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Berger, Peter Moser, Toni Rupprecht, Sandra Schmidt