US Patent Issued to Evonik Oxeno on Aug. 19 for "Process for producing carbon monoxide-containing streams" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,548, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG (Marl, Germany).

"Process for producing carbon monoxide-containing streams" was invented by Robert Franke (Marl, Germany), Peter Kreis (Dortmund, Germany) and Dirk Fridag (Haltern am See, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for providing a carbon monoxide-containing stream involves a separation of synthesis gas into a hydrogen-rich gas stream and a carbon monoxide-rich gas stream containing carbon monoxide to an extent of 85% by volume or more. The separation is effected in an arrangement composed of three membrane separation stages. Prior to the performa...