US Patent Issued to Duke Technologies on April 7 for "Conversion of gums to naphtha, sustainable jet fuel, and diesel products" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,429, issued on April 7, was assigned to Duke Technologies LLC (Fayetteville, Ark.).

"Conversion of gums to naphtha, sustainable jet fuel, and diesel products" was invented by Michael D. Ackerson (Fayetteville, Ark.), Michael Steven Byars (Fayetteville, Ark.), Kyle Ackerson (Prairie Grove, Ark.) and John Coleman (Lowell, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstock is carried out by introducing a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing gums and/or resins into a reactor at a flow velocity of from 20 ft/sec to 100 ft/sec. The feedstock is heated within the reactor to a temperature...