ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,314, issued on May 27, was assigned to GRANITEFUEL ENGINEERING INC. (Concord, Canada).

"Siloxane removal systems and methods" was invented by Shazam S. Williams (Toronto) and Linjie Hu (Vaughan, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for and methods of treating a fluid containing siloxanes, silanes and/or other silicon compounds. A hot box is configured to receive an initial flow of the fluid, react the flow with water at a temperature and pressure suitable for hydrolysis to generate a first treated flow, in which at least a portion is hydrolyzed to produce silicon dioxide and methane, and discharge the first treated flow. A s...