ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,479, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project as such owners exist now and in the future (Edmonton, Canada).
"Techniques to mitigate stripper fouling in fluid cokers" was invented by Jason Wiens (Edmonton, Canada), Gibran Alamgir (Edmonton, Canada), Chung Huu Ta (Edmonton, Canada) and Michael Wormsbecker (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid coking operation for converting bitumen to lighter hydrocarbons can be controlled or monitored using a stripper fouling indicator to mitigate foulant accumulation on the sheds of the stripper within the lower section ...