US Patent Issued to GTI Energy on Oct. 7 for "Liquid phase reforming of oxygenates for hydrogen production" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,965, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GTI Energy (Des Plaines, Ill.).

"Liquid phase reforming of oxygenates for hydrogen production" was invented by James Seaba (Barrington, Ill.) and Osman Akpolat (Northbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the liquid phase reforming (LPR) of oxygenated C,H-containing compounds such as alcohols, various strategies are disclosed for managing byproduct CO2. Important processing options include those in which electrolyte, consumed in capturing or precipitating the CO2 generated from LPR, is regenerated or not regenerated, with carbon emissions potentially being avoided in the latter case. With ...