US Patent Issued to Air Products and Chemicals on Nov. 3 for "Steam-hydrocarbon reforming with low steam production" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,654, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.).

"Steam-hydrocarbon reforming with low steam production" was invented by Sonia Farrokhpanah (Surbiton, Great Britain), Kelly Ann Forester (Harleysville, Pa.), David Ross Graham (Harleysville, Pa.) and Michelle Schoonover (Macungie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Syngas may be produced in a reformer in a manner that minimizes the steam produced for export by utilizing heat from the syngas stream to produce and superheat steam upstream of the water gas shift reactor. The superheated steam may be combined with the reformer feed stream to improve o...