ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,981, issued on July 21, was assigned to SABIC Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Method and reactor for conversion of hydrocarbons" was invented by Lei Chen (Houston), Sreekanth Pannala (Houston) and David West (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor and method for the conversion of hydrocarbon gases utilizes a reactor (12, 312, 412, 512, 612, 712) having a unique feed assembly with an original vortex combustion chamber (40, 340, 436, 536, 636, 736), a diverging conduit (48, 348, 448, 548, 648, 748), and a cylindrical reactor chamber (40, 340, 436, 536, 636, 736). This design creates a compact combusti...