ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,667, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).
"Integration of ammonia fuel for SMR for hydrogen production" was invented by Bryce Williams (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Teja Schmid McGuinness (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. Wherein, at least a portion of a fuel stream comprises a superheated ammonia stream. And, at least: a first portion of a hydrogen-rich stream is combined with a shifted syngas stream prior to introduction into a pressure s...