ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,262, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Compressor train for chemical plant" was invented by Tomoaki Nogami (Hiroshima, Japan) and Dinesh Bhakar (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor train for a chemical plant includes a compression unit configured to compress a process gas of the chemical plant by being driven, a motor configured to drive the compression unit, a steam turbine rotated by steam generated in association with treatment of the process gas of the chemical plant and configured to assist in rotation of the motor, a steam introduction l...