ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,630, issued on May 26, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"System and method for cooling a methanol reactor effluent vapor stream in methanol production plant" was invented by Bryce Williams (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Tobias Oelmann (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for cooling a methanol r synthesis reactor effluent vapor stream in a methanol production plant, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving, using an inlet of a cooler, the methanol synthesis reactor effluent vapor stream from an inte...