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US 12,203,151 · App. 17/925,000 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Process for producing briquettes from a waste material and briquette made of a waste material

Inventors: Kurt Bernegger (Leonstein, AT); Bernhard Hanusch (Hagen am Teutoburger, DE); Dirk Behrmann (Essen, DE); Farzad Salehi (Essen, DE); Thomas Breuer (Kaarst, DE)
Assignees: Bernegger GmbH; Hatch Küttner GmbH
C22B9/16C10L5/04C10L5/08C22B1/24C22B15/0054C22B15/0056C10L2200/0209C10L2200/0469
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Patent No.
US 12,203,151
App. No.
17/925,000
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing briquettes made of a waste material includes provisioning of at least one metal and at least one organic material. The waste material is mechanically prepared in a single or multiple stages and at least one first fraction of the waste material is separated. A briquette mixture containing the at least one first fraction is produced, wherein the at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg. A calorific value of the briquette mixture is adjusted by varying at least the first fraction. The briquette mixture is introduced into a briquetting device and pressed into briquettes. Briquettes with a calorific value of 5 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg and with a maximum copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % are produced.

Claims (36)

1. A method for producing briquettes from a waste material comprising the steps:

provisioning a waste material which waste material comprises at least one metal and at least one organic material,

mechanically preparing the waste material in a single or multiple stages and separating at least one first fraction from the waste material,

producing a briquette mixture containing the at least one first fraction wherein the at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg,

adjusting a calorific value of the briquette mixture by varying at least the first fraction, and

introducing the briquette mixture into a briquetting device and pressing the briquette mixture into briquettes, so that briquettes with a calorific value of 5 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg and with a maximum copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % are produced.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first fraction is provisioned as a fine fraction, which fine fraction has predominantly components with a maximum grain size of less than 15 mm.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an at least one second fraction is added to the briquette mixture, which second fraction has a calorific value which is different from the first fraction.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein at the second fraction is a lint fraction or comprises a lint fraction.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the waste material comprises at least one mineral material.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the briquettes are produced with a calorific value of 8 MJ/kg to 25 MJ/kg.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the briquettes are produced with a maximum copper content of 0.3 wt % to 10 wt %.

8. A method for producing briquettes from a waste material, comprising the steps of:

providing a waste material having at least one metal and at least one organic material;

mechanically preparing the waste material and separating at least one first fraction from the waste material;

producing a briquette mixture containing the at least one first fraction, wherein the at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg;

adjusting a calorific value of the briquette mixture by varying at least the first fraction, and

introducing the briquette mixture into a briquetting device and pressing the briquette mixture into briquettes, so that briquettes with a calorific value of 5 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg and with a copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % are produced.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the briquettes are, continuously or discontinuously, placed from the briquetting device into a reactor.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the briquette mixture is composed such that the calorific value of the waste material contained therein is so high that the at least one metal contained therein is melted in a combustion in the reactor during an ongoing process together with other briquettes without adding other fuels or without energy input.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a composition of the briquette mixture, or the calorific value of the briquette mixture, is adapted continuously to process parameters of a reactor.

12. A briquette made of a waste material, which waste material comprises at least one metal and at least one organic material, and which the briquette is produced using a method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the briquette is produced from a briquette mixture containing at least one first fraction of the waste material, which at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg, and the briquette has a calorific value of 5 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg and a maximum copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %.

13. The briquette according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one first fraction is a fine fraction or comprises a fine fraction which fine fraction has predominantly components with a maximum grain size of less than 15 mm.

14. The briquette according to claim 13 , wherein the briquette mixture contains a second fraction, which second fraction has a calorific value which is different from the first fraction.

15. The briquette according to claim 14 , wherein the second fraction is a lint fraction or comprises a lint fraction.

16. The briquette according to claim 15 , wherein a proportion of fine fraction to lint fraction is a maximum of 0.1 to 6.

17. The briquette according to claim 8 , wherein the waste material comprises at least one mineral material.

18. A method for producing briquettes from a waste material, comprising the steps of:

providing a waste material having at least one metal and at least one organic material;

mechanically preparing the waste material and separating at least one first fraction from the waste material;

producing a briquette mixture containing the at least one first fraction, wherein the at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg:

adjusting a calorific value of the briquette mixture by varying at least the first fraction; and

introducing the briquette mixture into a briquetting device and forming the briquette mixture into briquettes, so that briquettes with a calorific value of 8 MJ/kg to 25 MJ/kg and with a copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % are produced.

19. The briquette according to claim 18 , wherein the briquette has a maximum copper content of 0.3 wt % to 10 wt %.

20. The briquette according to claim 18 , wherein the briquette mixture is composed such that the calorific value of the waste material contained therein is so high that the at least one metal contained therein is melted in a reactor during an ongoing process together with other briquettes without adding other fuels or without energy input.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: KÜTTNER HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
To: HATCH KÜTTNER GMBH
Reel/Frame 066606/0704 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE KUTTNER HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG; SHOULD READ AS ALFREDSTRASSE 28, NOT ALFREDSTRABE 28 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 062268 FRAME: 0101. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: BERNEGGER, KURT; HANUSCH, BERNHARD; BEHRMANN, DIRK; SALEHI, FARZAD; BREUER, THOMAS
To: BERNEGGER GMBH; KUTTNER HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 062815/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2023
From: BERNEGGER, KURT; HANUSCH, BERNHARD; BEHRMANN, DIRK; SALEHI, FARZAD; BREUER, THOMAS
To: BERNEGGER GMBH; KUTTNER HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 062268/0101 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 206 095.9 · May 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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