US Patent Issued to KT TECH on June 23 for "Process and apparatus for separation, removal, and purification of solid carbon outcoming from a hydrogen production reactor by methane and/or hydrocarbons cracking with low CO 2 emissions" (Italian, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,625, issued on June 23, was assigned to KT TECH S.P.A. (Rome).

"Process and apparatus for separation, removal, and purification of solid carbon outcoming from a hydrogen production reactor by methane and/or hydrocarbons cracking with low CO 2 emissions" was invented by Michael Epstein (Rishon LeZion, Israel), Gaetano Iaquaniello (Rome), Salvatore Romagnuolo (Rome) and Emma Palo (Battipaglia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an apparatus and method for continuously separating, removing and purifying the solid residue, resulting from the conversion of hydrocarbons into carbon and hydrogen, from the homogene...