US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Dec. 2 for "Fixed bed lipid conversion with catalyst regeneration" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,461, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Fixed bed lipid conversion with catalyst regeneration" was invented by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor system includes a fixed bed reactor that treats a lipid feedstock using a metal oxide catalyst to produce a treated stream comprising a bio-oil. The reactor system includes a ketopyrolyis zone in which the metal oxide catalyst reacts with the lipid feedstock to produce the treated stream. The reactor system can operate in a reaction mode, during which the reactor treats the lipid feedstock, and a regen...