ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,999, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Spring, Texas).
"Chloride removal for plastic waste conversion" was invented by Bryan A. Patel (Jersey City, N.J.), Clara M. Buchanan (Houston), Saurabh S. Maduskar (Houston), Brenda A Raich (Annandale, N.J.), Fritz A. Bernatz (Spring, Texas) and Cody M. Diaz (Raritan, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for reducing or minimizing the chloride content of products generated during co-processing of a plastic feedstock (such as plastic waste) in a refinery process. The reduction in chloride is achieved by mixing the plastic feedsto...