Patents by Inventor Winfried Liebig

Winfried Liebig 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).

  • Patent number: 9108164
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueos stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: STAMICARBON B.V., THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Jozef Hubert Meessen, Axel Erben, John Krijgsman, Winfried Liebig
  • Publication number: 20140284214
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueos stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: STAMICARBON B.V.
    Inventors: Jozef Hubert I. MEESSEN, Axel ERBEN, John KRIGSMAN, Winfried LIEBIG
  • Patent number: 8808517
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Stamicarbon B.V., UHDE GmbH
    Inventors: Jozef Hubert Meesen, Axel Erben, John Krijgsman, Winfried Liebig
  • Publication number: 20080128291
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Jozef I. Meessen, Axel Erben, John Krijgsman, Winfried Liebig
  • Patent number: 4769157
    Abstract: A process for the thermal treatment of carbon-containing substances, in particular of sludges which, after mechanical indirect pre-drying, are subjected to direct drying by means of drying gas is disclosed. Object of the invention is to simplify the elimination of the noxious matter contained in the sewage sludge, to allow for energy recovery, and to improve the efficiency of the entire process. The problem is solved by the fact that the drying gas used for direct sludge drying is recovered by partial oxidation of the sludge subjected to direct drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Bassler, Heinrich Steuber, Winfried Liebig
  • Patent number: 4742623
    Abstract: Referring to process and equipment for the indirect drying of sludge, especially for the drying of wastewater sludge, which may undergo previous mechanical dehydration and/or preheating, it is intended to provide a method that permits utilizing low-value energy for drying purposes while avoiding environmental nuisance. With reference to the process, the problem is solved by drying the sludge under vacuum which is produced by withdrawing the water vapor by means of an injection condenser, the equipment provided for solving the problem comprising a barometric condensor associated with a mechanical sludge dehydrator and at least one sludge drier for indirect drying with an hermetically closed sludge space, the gas dome of the sludge space being connected to the injection condenser through a line for withdrawal of the water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Meurer, Heinrich Steuber, Jurgen Bassler, Winfried Liebig, Ludwig Muhlhaus
  • Patent number: 4657565
    Abstract: A method for generation of cavitation within a flowing liquid, wherein expenditure for equipment for purposeful generation of cavitation and control of the cavitated liquid portion can be achieved by passing the liquid from a high-level reservoir through a downwardly flowing path which includes an outlet nozzle, at least one pipe bend connected to the outlet nozzle and a drop-pipe with a control valve in the vicinity of the lower end of the drop pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignees: Uhde GmbH, Helmut E. Siekmann
    Inventors: Helmut E. Siekmann, Jurgen Bassler, Winfried Liebig
  • Patent number: 4617130
    Abstract: It is intended to simplify and make easier cavitation treatment in a process and equipment for treatment of liquid/solids mixtures, in particular for conditioning of suspended solids by means of cavitation. In the process, this is achieved by means of the fact that the material mixture to be treated is withdrawn from a high-level reservoir, passed through at least one pipe bend and then to a drop-pipe in such a way that a cavitation zone forms in the flow at least in areas upstream, within and downstream of the pipe bend and in terms of equipment by means of the fact that the equipment consists of a high-level reservoir (1), an outlet nozzle (2) preferably in a horizontal position, at least one pipe bend (3) connected to the outlet nozzle (2), and a drop-pipe (4) and a control valve (5) in the vicinity of the end of the drop-pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignees: Uhde GmbH, Helmut E. Siekmann
    Inventors: Helmut E. Siekmann, Jurgen Bassler, Winfried Liebig