US Patent Issued to Phillips 66 on March 11 for "Steam co-injection for the reduction of heat exchange and furnace fouling" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,796, issued on March 11, was assigned to Phillips 66 Co. (Houston).

"Steam co-injection for the reduction of heat exchange and furnace fouling" was invented by Tyler J. Stephenson (Bartlesville, Okla.), Keith H. Lawson (Bartlesville, Okla.), Bryony J. Merrall (Grimsby, Great Britain), Brody L McDougal (Ponca City, Okla.) and Howard L. Wilson (Bartlesville, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing or reducing the accumulation of fouling deposits within furnaces and heat exchangers in industrial systems by introducing a periodic steam blast. The steam blast is directed into the process stream from which fouling depos...