US Patent Issued to Duke Technologies on July 14 for "Enhanced treatment of renewable feedstocks with integrated off-gas processing" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,037, issued on July 14, was assigned to Duke Technologies LLC (Fayetteville, Ark.).

"Enhanced treatment of renewable feedstocks with integrated off-gas processing" 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 system for treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstocks containing oxygen and contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins comprises a reactor having a heat source for heating an interior of the reactor. The reactor is configured to receive the feedstock at a flo...