ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,698, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to PRIME PLASMA INC. (Mt. Prospect, Ill.).
"Plasma induced hydrogen production" was invented by Surjit S. Randhava (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Sarabjit S Randhava (Evanston, Ill.) and Bongjoo Bryce Shim (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the production of hydrogen from an aliphatic hydrocarbon feed, uses a plasma reactor that thermodynamically breaks down the hydrocarbon into its constituent hydrogen and carbon building blocks while using the heat of the reaction product to preheat the feed high enough temperature for plasma reactor. The plasma can be energize...