ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,930, issued on July 21, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Hydrogen sulfide conversion" was invented by Ahmad D. Hammad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Yahya T. Al-Janabi (Al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power is provided to an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes an anode side and a cathode side. A solution is flowed to the anode side. The solution includes hydrogen sulfide dissolved in water. Water is flowed to the cathode side. The water flowed to the cathode side can be in the form of steam. Providing power to the electrochemical cell facilitates production of sulf...