ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,786, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SABIC Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Method and reactor for conversion of hydrocarbons" was invented by Sreekanth Pannala (Houston), Arno Johannes Maria Oprins (Houston) and Lei Chen (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor and method for the conversion of hydrocarbon gases utilizes a reactor (12, 312, 412, 512, 612) having a unique feed assembly with an original vortex combustion chamber (40, 340, 436, 536, 636), a diverging conduit (48, 348, 448, 548, 648), and a cylindrical reactor chamber (40, 340, 436, 536, 636). This design creates a compact reaction zon...