US Patent Issued to Enflex on Dec. 9 for "Process for separating hydrogen from an olefin hydrocarbon effluent vapor stream" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,464, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Enflex Inc. (Houston).

"Process for separating hydrogen from an olefin hydrocarbon effluent vapor stream" was invented by James Zhao (Houston) and Shukui Zhao (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more specific embodiments disclosed herein includes a method for separating hydrogen from an olefin hydrocarbon rich compressed effluent vapor stream, employing a integrated heat exchanger, multiple gas-liquid separators, external refrigeration systems, and a rectifier attached to a liquid product drum."

The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2022, under Application No. 17/966,314.

*For further...