ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,479, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Inherently safe oxygen/hydrocarbon gas mixer" was invented by Vasily Simanzhenkov (Calgary, Canada), Shahin Goodarznia (Calgary, Canada), Bolaji Olayiwola (Calgary, Canada), Kamal Serhal (Calgary, Canada) and Michael Koselek (Red Deer, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of safely mixing a hydrocarbon with an oxidant is provided. The hydrocarbon and oxidant are saturated with a non-flammable liquid in pre-mix zones that are flooded with the non-flammable liquid and fluidly connected to a common mixing zone that is partially ...