ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,352, issued on May 26, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Method for stable operation of a steam reforming system" was invented by Ernst Sichtermann (Dortmund, Germany) and Ralph Piontek (Minden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can be employed to regulate and stably operate a steam reforming system that is operated by steam reforming, that has a capacity utilization level that can be regulated, and that comprises a steam reformer, a hydrogenating and desulfurizing unit that is positioned upstream of the steam reformer and is configured for feedstock desulfu...