US Patent Issued to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude on May 6 for "Method for liquefying natural gas with improved exchanger configuration" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,235, issued on May 6, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Method for liquefying natural gas with improved exchanger configuration" was invented by Natacha Haik-Beraud (Champigny-sur-Marne, France), Jean-Marc Peyron (Creteil, France), Sophie Lazzarini (Saint Mande, France) and Thomas Morel (Champs-sur-Marne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for liquefying a hydrocarbon stream using at least one heat exchanger of the plate and fin type having at least one first part and one second part, the first and second parts being physically separate and e...