US Patent Issued to BASF on April 29 for "Zoned reactor for the reforming of NH 3" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,749, issued on April 29, was assigned to BASF SE.

"Zoned reactor for the reforming of NH 3" was invented by Elias Christopher Frei (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Matthias Felischak (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Lukasz Karwacki (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Nils Bottke (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Peter Heidebrecht (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an adiabatic, zoned reactor for the reforming of NH3 to N2 and H2, the reactor particularly comprising n reaction zones arranged in sequence and extending along the axial length L of the reactor, wherein n is an...