ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,351, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).
"Processes and systems for steam cracking hydrocarbon feeds" was invented by James L. Kendall (Humble, Texas), John R. DeLaney (Houston) and Mark A. Nierode (Kingwood, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and systems for steam cracking hydrocarbons. Liquid water can be combined with a preheated hydrocarbon feed to produce a mixture, which can be heated to produce a heated mixture. At least a portion of the heated mixture can be steam cracked to produce an effluent. A process gas, a steam cracker naphtha, a condensed process water, and o...