US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies on Oct. 7 for "Methods for reducing fouling in upgrading reactors" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,015, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Methods for reducing fouling in upgrading reactors" was invented by David Koenigs (Pearland, Texas) and Sean W. Ewart (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing fouling in an oligomerizing reactor that includes upgrading C2 to C4 hydrocarbons within the oligomerizing reactor in the presence of a fouling inhibitor having a particle size D50 of less than 100 micro metre and forming linear alpha olefins and polymer during the oligomerizing, wherein the fouling inhibitor changes the morphology of the polymer."

The patent was f...