ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,388, issued on June 23, was assigned to CASALE SA (Lugano, Switzerland).

"Control of an ammonia synthesis loop at partial load" was invented by Maurizio Rizzi (Villa Guardia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for synthesis of ammonia wherein an ammonia synthesis loop includes an ammonia converter where a makeup gas is reacted to form ammonia, and the loop is controlled at a partial load by reducing the synthesis pressure and maintaining the reduced pressure within a desired range by controlling a bypass line of make-up gas of the converter."

The patent was filed on Sept. 10, 2021, under Application No. 18/006,752.

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