Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Ruech

Wolfgang Ruech 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: 8673158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying wastewaters of melamine systems. The method is characterized in that triazine-containing wastewater is subjected to a thermal pretreatment stage, whereupon the vapors are condensed from the gas phase of the thermal pretreatment stage, and the liquid phase of the thermal pretreatment stage is subjected to a thermal hydrolysis stage while NH3 is isolated from the obtained liquid phase containing H2O, CO2, and NH3. The inventive method makes it possible to compensate varying wastewater qualities, thus allowing the melamine system and wastewater station to be operated in a constant and safe fashion. Furthermore, the strain on the subsequent thermal hydrolysis stage is relieved with the aid of the thermal pretreatment stage of the inventive method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AMI Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumüller, Thomas Wallek
  • Patent number: 7741481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing pure melamine by preparing a melamine melt, which is obtained in a high pressure process and from which the reaction gases are removed. Said method is characterized in that the melamine melt is quenched by water with a purity in excess of 95 wt. %, that NH3 and CO2 are subsequently removed from the obtained melamine solution and that alkali is added to said melamine solution and the mixture is then left to rest, whereby pure melamine is obtained by crystallization. Thus a melamine can be obtained with the same quality as that produced in known comparative methods, using smaller quantities of alkali.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: AMI-Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Ruech
  • Patent number: 7678267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for thermally purifying waste water, comprising a tank through which waste water can flow. The inventive device is characterized by having at least one flow guiding means for guiding the waste water inside the tank in an essentially meandering manner, and by having at least one heating means inside the tank for regulating a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ami-Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumuller, Frank Schroder
  • Publication number: 20090294272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying wastewaters of melamine systems. The method is characterized in that triazine-containing wastewater is subjected to a thermal pretreatment stage, whereupon the vapors are condensed from the gas phase of the thermal pretreatment stage, and the liquid phase of the thermal pretreatment stage is subjected to a thermal hydrolysis stage while NH3 is isolated from the obtained liquid phase containing H2O, CO2, and NH3. The inventive method makes it possible to compensate varying wastewater qualities, thus allowing the melamine system and wastewater station to be operated in a constant and safe fashion. Furthermore, the strain on the subsequent thermal hydrolysis stage is relieved with the aid of the thermal pretreatment stage of the inventive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: AMI GROLINZ MELAMINE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumüller, Thomas Wallek
  • Publication number: 20090071887
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for thermally purifying waste water, comprising a tank through which waste water can flow. The inventive device is characterized by having at least one flow guiding means for guiding the waste water inside the tank in an essentially meandering manner, and by having at least one heating means inside the tank for regulating a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: AMI-AGROLINZ MELAMINE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang RUECH, Christoph NEUMULLER, Frank SCHRODER
  • Publication number: 20080275234
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing pure melamine by preparing a melamine melt, which is obtained in a high pressure process and from which the reaction gases are removed. Said method is characterized in that the melamine melt is quenched by water with a purity in excess of 95 wt. %, that NH3 and CO2 are subsequently removed from the obtained melamine solution and that alkali is added to said melamine solution and the mixture is then left to rest, whereby pure melamine is obtained by crystallization. Thus a melamine can be obtained with the same quality as that produced in known comparative methods, using smaller quantities of alkali.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventor: Wolfgang Ruech
  • Patent number: 7445722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for thermally purifying waste water, comprising a tank through which waste water can flow. The inventive device is characterized by having at least one flow guiding means for guiding the waste water inside the tank in an essentially meandering manner, and by having at least one heating means inside the tank for regulating a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: AMI - Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumüller, Frank Schröder
  • Patent number: 7176309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing melem-free melamine by means of aqueous processing of a melted mass of melamine which is obtained using a high-pressure method. According to the inventive method, the melted mass of melamine is quenched by means of an aqueous solution containing alkalis, following the isolation of the off-gases, and is directly transferred into an aqueous alkaline melamine solution, out of which the melamine is then crystallized. The invention thus enables melamine to be obtained, with a melam content of less than 1000 ppm and a melem content of less than 50 ppm. The invention also relates to a quenching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: AMI - Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schröder, Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumüller, Ferdinand Koglgruber, Hans Christian Wagner
  • Publication number: 20060011560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for thermally purifying waste water, comprising a tank through which waste water can flow. The inventive device is characterized by having at least one flow guiding means for guiding the waste water inside the tank in an essentially meandering manner, and by having at least one heating means inside the tank for regulating a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumuller, Frank Schroder
  • Publication number: 20050131228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing melem-free melamine by means of aqueous processing of a melted mass of melamine which is obtained using a high-pressure method. According to the inventive method, the melted mass of melamine is quenched by means of an aqueous solution containing alkalis, following the isolation of the off-gases, and is directly transferred into an aqueous alkaline melamine solution, out of which the melamine is then crystallized. The invention thus enables melamine to be obtained, with a melam content of less than 1000 ppm and a melem content of less than 50 ppm. The invention also relates to a quenching agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Schroder, Wolfgang Ruech, Christoph Neumuller, Ferdinand Koglgruber, Hans Wagner
  • Publication number: 20040073027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying the by-product gases that originate in a high-pressure melamine manufacturing installation in a urea wet scrubber. According to said method, CO2 is added to the by-product gases before or during their entry into said urea wet scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Gerhard Coufal, Hans Christian Wagner, Wolfgang Ruech