ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,448, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Applied Research Associates Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"High rate reaction zone system" was invented by Edward N. Coppola (Panama City, Fla.), Charles Red Jr. (Youngstown, Fla.) and Sanjay Nana (Panama City, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and system for upgrading an organic feedstock including providing an organic feedstock and water mixture, feeding the mixture into a high-rate, hydrothermal reactor, wherein the mixture is rapidly heated, subjected to heat, pressure, and turbulent flow, maintaining the heat and pressure of the mixture for a residence time of less than three minutes...