US Patent Issued to WOOD ITALIANA on March 24 for "Hydrogen production process and plant" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,746, issued on March 24, was assigned to WOOD ITALIANA S.R.L. (Corsico, Italy).

"Hydrogen production process and plant" was invented by Fabio Ruggeri (Corsico, Italy), Valentina DePetri (Corsico, Italy), Daniele Brambilla (Corsico, Italy) and Ashkan Ebrahimi (Corsico, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the production of hydrogen comprises: a first steam reforming step of a feedstock containing hydrocarbons to obtain a first synthesis gas; a first synthesis gas shift and cooling step on the first synthesis gas; a separation step for separating the first synthesis gas into a high concentration hydrogen stream and a tai...