US Patent Issued to Linde on July 15 for "Method and device for producing synthesis gas with carbon dioxide return" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,789, issued on July 15, was assigned to Linde GmbH (Pullach, Germany).

"Method and device for producing synthesis gas with carbon dioxide return" was invented by Albrecht Heinzel (Munich), Thomas Haselsteiner (Dietramszell, Germany) and Stefan Pleintinger (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and to a device for producing a synthesis gas, which contains carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein natural gas having a first carbon dioxide partial pressure (CO2 pressure) is provided and is processed inter alia by means of a pressure increase to form a natural gas input for a thermochemical conversion, in which a synthesis raw gas h...