US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING on Aug. 4 for "Oxygen-enriched combustion for natural gas combined cycle operation" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,580, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Oxygen-enriched combustion for natural gas combined cycle operation" was invented by David C. Calabro (Bridgewater, N.J.), Edward W. Corcoran Jr. (Nazareth, Pa.), Neel Rangnekar (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) and Yu Wang (Lebanon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for operating a combined cycle power plant while enhancing the CO2 content of the flue gas generated by the power plant. The CO2 content is enhanced by using a combination of exhaust gas recycle and oxygen-enriched combustion. The oxygen-conta...