US Patent Issued to HALDOR TOPSOE on March 3 for "Combination of structured catalyst elements and pellets" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,425, issued on March 3, was assigned to HALDOR TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).

"Combination of structured catalyst elements and pellets" was invented by Martin Ostberg (Tune, Denmark) and Kim Aasberg-Petersen (Allerod, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam reformer is provided which comprises at least one externally-heated tube. Each tube comprises a first catalyst bed comprising a first catalyst in particulate form and a second catalyst supported on a structure, wherein said first catalyst bed is located between the inlet of the tube and the second catalyst supported on said structure. A process for steam reforming of a ...