US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 9 for "Conversion of ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen using ammonia as a sweep gas" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,121, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Conversion of ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen using ammonia as a sweep gas" was invented by Mohammad Abdur Rakib (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Stephen N. Paglieri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Osamah Siddiqui (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Sai P. Katikaneni (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Kunho Lee (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to systems and methods for the production of hydrogen (H2) from ammonia (NH3) in a membrane reactor that include using ammonia as a sweep gas. Ammonia is converted to hydrogen and nitrogen (N2), an...