Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Ruppel
Wilhelm Ruppel 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: 9174192Abstract: The invention relates to a tube bundle reactor with a flat feed hood. Alternatively, the release hood may also have a flat design. The flat design reduces the heat of reaction which arises in the hood in the case of reaction types which take place not only in the tube bundle (uncatalyzed reactions and reactions with homogeneously distributed catalyst). This greatly suppresses undesired reactions which already take place in the hood owing to accumulated heat, which achieves a higher selectivity in the case of thermally sensitive reactions. In addition, the thermal distribution within the hoods can be controlled precisely. The tube bundle reactor comprises a tube bundle which has a feed end which is connected to a feed hood of the tube bundle reactor, wherein the feed hood is configured in a flat design with a cross-sectional area at the feed end and an internal volume, and the ratio of internal volume to cross-sectional area is less than 0.35 m.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Peter Resch, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Beatrice Röβler-Feigel, Anton Meier, Christian Müller
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Patent number: 8889936Abstract: The present patent application describes a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst for the hydrogenation of benzene, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Michael Schönherr, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Bianca Stäck
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Patent number: 8721996Abstract: A shell which encloses an interior and has at least one first orifice for feeding at least one gas stream into the interior and at least one second orifice for withdrawing a gas stream fed to the interior beforehand via the at least one first orifice from the interior, the surface of the shell, on its side in contact with the interior, being manufactured at least partly, in a layer thickness of at least 1 mm, from a steel which has a specific elemental composition, and in the interior, a process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated is carried out in a reactor which is manufactured from the steel on its side in contact with the reaction gas.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Catharina Klanner, Hans-Juergen Bassler, Martin Dieterle, Karl-Heinrich Klappert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Patent number: 8721997Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a composite material which consists, on its side in contact with the reaction chamber, of a steel B with specific elemental composition which, on its side facing away from the reaction chamber, either directly or via an intermediate layer of copper, or of nickel, or of copper and nickel, is plated onto a steel A with specific elemental composition, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Catharina Klanner, Hans-Juergen Bassler, Martin Dieterle, Karl-Heinrich Klappert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Patent number: 8697016Abstract: A reactor in the form of an essentially horizontal cylinder for carrying out an autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream by means of an oxygen-comprising gas stream to give a reaction gas mixture over a heterogeneous catalyst configured as monolith is disclosed herein. The interior of the reactor is divided by a detachable, cylindrical or prismatic housing which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor, gastight in the circumferential direction and open at two end faces of the housing into an inner region, having one or more catalytically active zones. In each case, a packing composed of monoliths may be stacked on top of one another, next to one another, and above one another and before each catalytically active zone. Also in each case, a mixing zone having solid internals and an outer region arranged coaxially to the inner region are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Grigorios Kolios, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Jasmina Kessel, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Godwind Tafara Peter Mabande, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Albena Kostova, Gerhard Olbert, Peter Pfab
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Patent number: 8461392Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one monocyclic ketone having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture G1 comprising at least one monocyclic olefin having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms with a mixture G2 comprising at least dinitrogen monoxide, wherein said reaction is performed adiabatically.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Anton Meier, Thomas Genger, Michael Schelper, Peter Resch
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Publication number: 20120157719Abstract: The invention relates to a tube bundle reactor with a flat feed hood. Alternatively, the release hood may also have a flat design. The flat design reduces the heat of reaction which arises in the hood in the case of reaction types which take place not only in the tube bundle (uncatalyzed reactions and reactions with homogeneously distributed catalyst). This greatly suppresses undesired reactions which already take place in the hood owing to accumulated heat, which achieves a higher selectivity in the case of thermally sensitive reactions. In addition, the thermal distribution within the hoods can be controlled precisely. The tube bundle reactor comprises a tube bundle which has a feed end which is connected to a feed hood of the tube bundle reactor, wherein the feed hood is configured in a flat design with a cross-sectional area at the feed end and an internal volume, and the ratio of internal volume to cross-sectional area is less than 0.35 m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Peter Resch, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Wolfgang Gerliing, Beatrice Rössler-Feigel, Anton Meier, Christian Müller
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Publication number: 20110196181Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising one or more aromatic hydrocarbons, and having an aromatic sulfur compound content and a total sulfur content; reducing the aromatic sulfur compound content and the total sulfur content in the starting material; and hydrogenating the one or more aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst and hydrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventors: Michael Becker, Axel Salden, Bianca Stäck, Jochem Henkelmann, Steffen Springmann, Frederik van Laar, Wilhelm Ruppel, Peter Resch, Michael Bender
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Publication number: 20110152576Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one monocyclic ketone having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture G1 comprising at least one monocyclic olefin having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms with a mixture G2 comprising at least dinitrogen monoxide, wherein said reaction is performed adiabatically.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Anton Meier, Thomas Genger, Michael Schelper, Peter Resch
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Publication number: 20110130607Abstract: A reactor (1) in the form of an essentially horizontal cylinder for carrying out an autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream (2) by means of an oxygen-comprising gas stream (3) to give a reaction gas mixture over a heterogeneous catalyst configured as monolith (4), wherein the interior of the reactor (1) is divided by a detachable, cylindrical or prismatic housing G which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and is gastight in the circumferential direction and open at two end faces of the housing into an inner region A having one or more catalytically active zones (5), in which in each case a packing composed of monoliths (4) stacked on top of one another, next to one another and above one another and before each catalytically active zone (5) in each case a mixing zone (6) having solid internals are provided, and an outer region B arranged coaxially to the inner region A, is proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Grigorios Kolios, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Jasmina Kessel, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Godwind Tafara Peter Mabande, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Albena Kostova, Gerhard Olbert, Peter Pfab
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Publication number: 20110038763Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a composite material which consists, on its side in contact with the reaction chamber, of a steel B with specific elemental composition which, on its side facing away from the reaction chamber, either directly or via an intermediate layer of copper, or of nickel, or of copper and nickel, is plated onto a steel A with specific elemental composition, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Götz-Peter Schindler, Catharina Klanner, Hans-Jürgen Bassler, Martin Dieterle, Karl-Heinrich Klappert, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel
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Publication number: 20110009627Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor for performing high-pressure reactions, comprising at least one tube (31) whose ends are each conducted through a tube plate (33) and which is bonded to the tube plate (33). The tube plates (33) and the at least one tube (31) are surrounded by an outer jacket, such that an outer space (39) is formed between the tube (31) and the outer jacket. The tube plates (33) each have at least one surface composed of a nickel-base alloy and the at least one tube (31) is in each case welded on to the surface composed of the nickel-base alloy. The surface composed of the nickel-base alloy points in each case in the direction of the particular reactor end. The outer jacket has a thickness which is sufficient to absorb tensile forces which occur between tube (31) and outer jacket owing to a temperature difference in the event of different expansion. The invention further relates to a process for starting up the reactor and for performing an exothermic reaction in the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Helmut Schmidtke, Wilhelm Ruppel, Helmut Berrsche, Johann-Peter Melder, Udo Rheude, Petr Kubanek, Gerhard Ruf, Wolfgang Gunkel, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Karl-Heinz Ross
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Patent number: 7847118Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a composite material which consists, on its side in contact with the reaction chamber, of a steel B with specific elemental composition which, on its side facing away from the reaction chamber, either directly or via an intermediate layer of copper, or of nickel, or of copper and nickel, is plated onto a steel A with specific elemental composition, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Martin Dieterle, Karl-Heinrich Klappert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Catharina Klanner, Hans-Juergen Bassler
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Patent number: 7842846Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon, in which a reaction gas mixture input stream comprising the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated is conducted through a fixed catalyst bed disposed in a shaft and the reaction gas mixture input stream is obtained in the shaft by metering an input gas II comprising molecular oxygen upstream of the fixed catalyst bed into an input gas stream I which comprises molecular hydrogen and the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated and is flowing within the shaft toward the fixed catalyst bed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Wolfgang Schneider, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Publication number: 20100286461Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a steel with specific elemental composition on its side in contact with the reaction gas, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: BASE SEInventors: Claus HECHLER, Wilhelm Ruppel, Götz-Peter Schindler, Catharina Klanner, Hans-Jürgen Bassler, Martin Dieterle, Karl-Heinrich Klappert, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel
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Patent number: 7790942Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a steel with specific elemental composition on its side in contact with the reaction gas, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Goetz-Peter Schindler, Catharina Klanner, Hans-Juergen Bassler, Martin Dieterle, Karl-Heinrich Klappert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Publication number: 20090259083Abstract: The present patent application describes a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst for the hydrogenation of benzene, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Michael Schönherr, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Bianca Stäck
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Publication number: 20080306316Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising one or more aromatic hydrocarbons, and having an aromatic sulfur compound content and a total sulfur content; reducing the aromatic sulfur compound content and the total sulfur content in the starting material; and hydrogenating the one or more aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst and hydrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft Patents, Trademarks and LicensesInventors: Michael Becker, Axel Salden, Bianca Stack, Jochem Henkelmann, Steffen Springmann, Frederik van Laar, Wilhelm Ruppel, Peter Resch, Michael Bender
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Publication number: 20080119673Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon, in which a reaction gas mixture input stream comprising the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated is conducted through a fixed catalyst bed disposed in a shaft and the reaction gas mixture input stream is obtained in the shaft by metering an input gas II comprising molecular oxygen upstream of the fixed catalyst bed into an input gas stream I which comprises molecular hydrogen and the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated and is flowing within the shaft toward the fixed catalyst bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellshaftInventors: Claus HECHLER, Wilhelm Ruppel, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Wolfgang Schneider, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Patent number: RE44822Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon, in which a reaction gas mixture input stream comprising the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated is conducted through a fixed catalyst bed disposed in a shaft and the reaction gas mixture input stream is obtained in the shaft by metering an input gas II comprising molecular oxygen upstream of the fixed catalyst bed into an input gas stream I which comprises molecular hydrogen and the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated and is flowing within the shaft toward the fixed catalyst bed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Claus Hechler, Wilhelm Ruppel, Wolfgang Gerlinger, Wolfgang Schneider, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel