Patents by Inventor Wilfried Blümke
Wilfried Blümke 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: 11723384Abstract: Granulated animal feed additives having high bulk density were obtained by adding a surface-active substance to a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, wherein low residual moisture levels were achieved at high spray rates and low granulator temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Wilfried Blümke, Franz Ulrich Becker, Christopher John Conrad
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Publication number: 20230183626Abstract: The present invention relates to. a bioreactor vessel (1) having an outer vessel wall (2) and a bottom (3), further comprising an integrated internal structure (4) providing at least two additional surfaces (4a), (4b) to the internal reactor space of said vessel, said internal structure (4) being spaced apart from said outer vessel wall (2), as well as to a process for growing biological cells using said bioreactor vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Sven Hansen, Wilfried BLÜMKE, Fabian BÜLOW, Andreas GUMPRECHT
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Publication number: 20220104519Abstract: Granulated animal feed additives having high bulk density were obtained by adding a surface-active substance to a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, wherein low residual moisture levels were achieved at high spray rates and low granulator temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Wilfried Blümke, Franz Ulrich Becker, Christopher John Conrad
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Patent number: 11076616Abstract: By substituting biomass with a surface-active substance in a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, granulated animal feed additives with improved product specifications were obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke, Wilfried Claes
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Patent number: 10531679Abstract: It has been found according to the invention, that a biomass containing an oxidation-sensitive material of value may be dried under particularly mild conditions by a method in which the drying gas is passed over the biomass to be dried in cycle gas mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Evonik Degussa, GmbHInventors: Nicolas Rudinger, Christian Rabe, Wilfried Blümke
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Patent number: 9719117Abstract: The invention provides a whole cell catalyst which expresses a recombinant ?-dioxygenase or the combination of a recombinant fatty acid reductase and a phosphopantetheinyl transferase phosphopantetheinylating the fatty acid reductase, and which in addition to the ?-dioxygenase and/or the combination of fatty acid reductase and phosphopantetheinyl transferase expresses a transaminase, characterized in that the phosphopantetheinyl transferase and/or transaminase is preferably recombinant; and a method for the conversion of a fatty acid, ?-hydroxy fatty acid, ?-oxo fatty acid or a monoester thereof to an amine, comprising oxidation of the fatty acid, ?-hydroxy fatty acid, ?-oxo fatty acid or the monoester thereof to an oxidation product by contacting with an alkane hydroxylase and/or alcohol dehydrogenase, contacting the oxidation product with a phosphopantetheinylated fatty acid reductase or a ?-dioxygenase to give an aldehyde, and contacting the aldehyde with a transaminase.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Evonik DegussaInventors: Steffen Schaffer, Jasmin Gielen, Mirja Wessel, Hans-Georg Hennemann, Harald Haeger, Thomas Haas, Wilfried Bluemke
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Patent number: 9649609Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBHInventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke
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Publication number: 20160255863Abstract: By substituting biomass with a surface-active substance in a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, granulated animal feed additives with improved product specifications were obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke, Wilfried Claes
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Publication number: 20160255862Abstract: Granulated animal feed additives having high bulk density were obtained by adding a surface-active substance to a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, wherein low residual moisture levels were achieved at high spray rates and low granulator temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Wilfried Blümke, Franz Ulrich Becker, Christopher John Conrad
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Publication number: 20160227816Abstract: The application relates to a process for the production of granules optimized for feed use containing amino acids and optionally constituents of the fermentation broth for use as feed additives, the granulation being carried out in a stationary or circulating fluidized bed, an aqueous suspension or an aqueous solution of the amino acid being sprayed in a granulation chamber containing a fluidized bed, the drying gas flow on flowing into the granulation chamber having a temperature of 120 to 450° C. and a water vapour content of more than 16 g of water/kg of drying gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Hans Christian Alt, Martin Körfer, Horst Priefert, Harald Jakob, Wilfried Blümke, Ansgar Oelmann
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Publication number: 20150283527Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke
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Publication number: 20140178948Abstract: The invention provides a whole cell catalyst which expresses a recombinant ?-dioxygenase or the combination of a recombinant fatty acid reductase and a phosphopantetheinyl transferase phosphopantetheinylating the fatty acid reductase, and which in addition to the ?-dioxygenase and/or the combination of fatty acid reductase and phosphopantetheinyl transferase expresses a transaminase, characterized in that the phosphopantetheinyl transferase and/or transaminase is preferably recombinant; and a method for the conversion of a fatty acid, ?-hydroxy fatty acid, ?-oxo fatty acid or a monoester thereof to an amine, comprising oxidation of the fatty acid, ?-hydroxy fatty acid, ?-oxo fatty acid or the monoester thereof to an oxidation product by contacting with an alkane hydroxylase and/or alcohol dehydrogenase, contacting the oxidation product with a phosphopantetheinylated fatty acid reductase or a ?-dioxygenase to give an aldehyde, and contacting the aldehyde with a transaminase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Evonik Industries AGInventors: Steffen SCHAFFER, Jasmin Gielen, Mirja Wessel, Hans-Georg Hennemann, Harald Haeger, Thomas Haas, Wilfried Bluemke
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Publication number: 20130079527Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating off tryptophan from aqueous mixtures of matter, in particular fermentation broths that are already partially processed, using simulated countercurrent chromatography or simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography, and a device for carrying out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Christian Kessler, Wilfried Blümke, Hermann Lotter, Joachim Pohlisch