ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,204, issued on July 8, was assigned to ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Co. (Baytown, Texas).
"Pyrolysis product compression using CO 2 loop" was invented by Mark A. Rooney (Pasadena, Texas) and Paul F. Keusenkothen (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes, systems, and apparatus are provided for producing a compressed process gas comprising light olefin such as ethylene. The process utilizes a pyrolysis reactor to produce the process gas. A power generator utilizes a turbine operated based on an Allam cycle to produce shaft power for operating one or more compressors involved in processing of the process gas while produci...