ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,886, issued on April 14, was assigned to SABIC Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Reactor for the conversion of hydrocarbons and method" was invented by Sreekanth Pannala (Sugar Land, Texas), Vladimir Shtern (Houston), Lei Chen (Sugar Land, Texas) and David West (Bellaire, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor (12) and method for the conversion of hydrocarbons utilizes a reactor (12) having a unique feed assembly (56) that creates an inwardly spiraling fluid flow pattern of the feed gases to form a swirling gas mixture that passes through a conduit (46) with a constricted neck portion or nozzle (52). A...