US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Sept. 23 for "Downflow lipid conversion with upflow catalyst regeneration" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,460, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Downflow lipid conversion with upflow catalyst regeneration" was invented by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor system includes a reactor that treats a lipid feedstock using a metal oxide catalyst to produce a treated stream comprising a bio-oil. The reactor system includes a catalyst zone in which the metal oxide catalyst reacts with the lipid feedstock to produce the treated stream. The reactor system operates in a reaction mode, during which the lipid feedstock flows in a downward direction through ...