US Patent Issued to Research Triangle Institute on Sept. 16 for "Internal combustion engine as a chemical reactor to produce synthesis gas from hydrocarbon feeds" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,271, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

"Internal combustion engine as a chemical reactor to produce synthesis gas from hydrocarbon feeds" was invented by John Reeves Carpenter III (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), David Douglas Barbee (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Apoorv Agarwal (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine is operated at fuel-rich conditions by adjusting one or more operating parameters such as, for example, a throttle, an ignition timing, a load coupled to the engine, a fuel pressure, power to a supercharg...