US Patent Issued to Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions on May 27 for "Systems and methods for ammonia purification" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,248, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods for ammonia purification" was invented by Charles Kimtantas (Sugar Land, Texas) and Martin Taylor (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for ammonia purification. More particularly, the systems and methods use a unique arrangement of a caustic wash, a water wash, an ammonia stripper and a caustic fractionator to recover ammonia otherwise lost during conventional purification."

The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/864,785.

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