ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,002, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Phillips 66 Co. (Houston).
"Process to convert light alkanes to diesel" was invented by Jianhua Yao (Bartlesville, Okla.), Kening Gong (Cypress, Texas), Huanxin Gao (Shanghai), Jiangang Lyu (Shanghai), Feng Xu (Shanghai), Wennian Wang (Shanghai), Ming Xu (Shanghai) and Yilun Wei (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a process for converting light alkanes to diesel are disclosed. In general, the process includes reacting a feed rich in one or more light alkanes with an aromatization catalyst to convert the light alkanes to aromatic hydrocarbons, reacting the aromatic hy...