US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING on Nov. 3 for "Methane pyrolysis using stacked fluidized beds with electric heating of coke" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,656, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to EXXONMOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Methane pyrolysis using stacked fluidized beds with electric heating of coke" was invented by Ramesh Gupta (Berkeley Heights, N.J.), Amrit Jalan (Bridgewater, N.J.), Hugo S. Caram (Allentown, Pa.) and David C. Dankworth (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for conversion of methane and/or other hydrocarbons to hydrogen by pyrolysis while reducing or minimizing production of carbon oxides. The heating of the pyrolysis environment can be performed at least in part by using electrical heating...