US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Sept. 15 for "Inhibiting CO emissions during catalyst regeneration" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,516, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Inhibiting CO emissions during catalyst regeneration" was invented by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) and Michael Anthony Hutson (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some examples herein provide a method of removing deposits from a catalyst. The method may include flowing oxygen-containing gas over a catalyst coated with deposits at oxygen deficient conditions. The method may include, while flowing the oxygen-containing gas at oxygen deficient conditions over the catalyst, heating the catalyst to a first temperature to begin combusting...