Patents by Inventor Thomas Kölbel

Thomas Kölbel 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM-CONTAINING FLUIDS USING A FIRST SORBENT AND A SECOND SORBENT
    Publication number: 20250011896
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system (10) for recovering lithium from lithium-containing fluids. It is provided that the system (10) comprises a first container (12) which contains a first sorbent (14) which is designed to bind lithium ions by adsorption, that the system (10) comprises a second container (16) which contains a second sorbent (18) which is designed to bind lithium ions by exchanging hydrogen ions for lithium ions, and that a fluid outlet of the first container (12) is fluidically connected to a fluid inlet of the second container (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Laura Herrmann, Thomas Kölbel, Elif Kaymakci, Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac
  • Method for unblocking a deep well plugged by an adsorbent
    Patent number: 12018208
    Abstract: A method is proposed for making geological deep wells that are clogged unblocked and capable of absorbing fluid again by adding an acid from the group of carboxylic acids and vinylogous carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kölbel, Elif Kaymakci, Laura Herrmann, Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac
  • METHOD FOR UNBLOCKING A DEEP WELL PLUGGED BY AN ADSORBENT
    Publication number: 20220380656
    Abstract: A method is proposed for making geological deep wells that are clogged unblocked and capable of absorbing fluid again by adding an acid from the group of carboxylic acids and vinylogous carboxylic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kölbel, Elif Kaymakci, Laura Herrmann, Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac
  • METHOD FOR CREATING A LITHIUM ADSORBENT
    Publication number: 20220314195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating a lithium adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kölbel, Elif Kaymakci, Laura Herrmann, Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac
  • Process for acquiring lithium from brine and for recovering lithium when recycling lithium ion accumulators
    Publication number: 20220290272
    Abstract: An adsorption process for acquiring lithium from brine, in which the desorption occurs with an eluent, whereby the eluent is a mixture of water and acetic acid and/or water and sodium peroxydisulfate and/or water and ammonium peroxydisulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kölbel, Elif Kaymakci, Laura Herrmann, Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac