ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,453, issued on May 6, was assigned to HALDOR TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).
"Methane rich gas upgrading to methanol" was invented by Peter Molgaard Mortensen (Roskilde, Denmark), John Bogild Hansen (Humlebaek, Denmark), Kim Aasberg-Petersen (Allerod, Denmark) and Charlotte Stub Nielsen (Holte, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed gas to methanol, including the steps of: providing a hydrocarbon feed gas; optionally, purifying the hydrocarbon feed gas in a gas purification unit; optionally, prereforming the hydrocarbon feed gas together with a steam feedstock in a prereforming unit; carry...