ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,627, issued on July 29, was assigned to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Integrated method for processing pyrolysis oils of plastics and/or solid recovered fuels loaded with impurities" was invented by Alain Quignard (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Wilfried Weiss (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Duc Nguyen-Hong (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for treating a plastics and/or solid recovery fuel pyrolysis oil, comprising: a) optionally, selective hydrogenation of the feedstock; b) hydroconversion in an ebullated bed, in an entrained bed and/or in a moving bed, to obtai...