ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,338, issued on May 27, was assigned to Chart Energy & Chemicals Inc. (Ball Ground, Ga.).
"Side draw reflux heavy hydrocarbon removal system and method" was invented by Douglas A. Ducote Jr. (The Woodlands, Texas), Timothy P. Gushanas (Pearland, Texas), Mark R. Glanville (The Woodlands, Texas), Ravikumar Vipperla (Katy, Texas), Peter J. Turner (The Woodlands, Texas) and Brent A. Heyrman (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heavies removal heat exchanger cools at least a portion of a feed gas stream. A scrubbing section receives the cooled main feed gas stream. A stripping section receives a fluid stream from the scru...