ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,283, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Ecofuel Technologies LTD (Malta).

"Method and device for treatment of liquid hydrocarbons" was invented by Thomas Andreas Guenther (Portals Nous, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method and device for treatment of liquid hydrocarbons including purification and desulfurization of the liquid hydrocarbons using metallic sodium. The device comprises a vessel having attached a pressurizable pump and dispersing circuit comprising a pumping unit, a dispersing unit, a flow pipe and a throttle valve. The sodium together with the liquid hydrocarbons to be treated is circulated constantly...