ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,862, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Chart Energy & Chemicals Inc. (Ball Ground, Ga.).
"Mixed refrigerant system and method" was invented by Peter J. Turner (The Woodlands, Texas), Michael Malsam (Sugar Land, Texas), Douglas A. Ducote Jr. (The Woodlands, Texas) and Timothy P. Gushanas (Pearland, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cooling a gas with a mixed refrigerant includes a heat exchanger that receives and cools a feed of the gas so that a product is produced. The system includes a mixed refrigerant processing system having compression devices and aftercoolers as well as a low pressure accumulator and a high pres...