Hans Bauer

Career

Bauer received a Bachelor of Surgery degree in Chemistry in 1954 from the University of California, Los Los Angeles He served in the United States Navy for 2 years after receiving his undergraduate degree (1954–1956). He was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant (jg), and then returned to University of California, Los Angeles to work on a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry, which he received in 1960.

Bauer worked for several large chemical and research companies in the United States of America, including Occidental Petroleum, and the United States Department of Energy.

Achievements

• Bauer held several United States patents, including: 4087514 ( 2 May 1978) - Process for desulfurizing char 4155715 (22 May 1979) - Process for reducing organic content of char 4301137 (17 November 1981) - Removal of chlorine from pyrolysis vapors 5164054 (17 November 1992) - Low-cost process for hydrogen production 5198084 (30 March 1993) - Low-cost process for hydrogen production The latter 2 patents described methods for producing molecular hydrogen from a mixture of hydrocarbon vapor and a source of carbon, in which the mixture is agitated by electromagnetic radiation.