ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,831, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HONEYWELL LNG LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Apparatus and process for removal of heavy hydrocarbons from a feed gas" was invented by Mark Julian Roberts (Whitehall, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and process for removal of heavy hydrocarbons (e.g., hydrocarbons that include five or more carbons such as pentane and hexane, etc.) from a feed (e.g., a feed comprised of methane and impurities) can include a scrub column and a stabilizer column arranged so that a portion of a first stream output from the stabilizer column is fed to the scrubber column to function as a reflux stream. Embo...