US Patent Issued to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude on Nov. 4 for "Partial oxidation reactor with warm-up burner for production of synthesis gas" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,812, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Partial oxidation reactor with warm-up burner for production of synthesis gas" was invented by Maik Lehmann (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Alexander Roesch (Butzbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a partial oxidation reactor (POX reactor) having a warm-up burner for producing synthesis gas by partial oxidation of fluid carbon-containing fuels in the presence of an oxygen-containing oxidant and to a process for startup of the partial oxidation reactor According to ...