ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,914, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Low carbon emission hydrogen production" was invented by Yuk San Man (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Jose Choy Pernia (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrocarbon stream is reformed in the presence of oxygen and steam to produce a syngas stream. A hydrogen stream is separated from the syngas stream. The hydrogen stream is combusted to produce a steam stream. The steam stream is flowed to a turbine wheel of an electric generator, thereby causing the steam stream to expand while flowing across the turbine wheel and the turbine whe...