ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,269, issued on April 22, was assigned to T.EN PROCESS TECHNOLOGY INC. (Houston).
"Hybrid ethylene cracking furnace" was invented by Thomas M. Pickett (Houston), Yong Wang (Houston), Chinh Dang (Houston), William Larson (Houston), John Murphey III (Houston), George Dabney Jr. (Houston), Huynh Pham (Houston) and Astrid Han (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cracking furnace for cracking a hydrocarbon feed, the furnace including a firebox having a single radiant zone including, a first plurality of cracking coils each having a first shape arranged within the firebox. The radiant zone includes a second plurality of cracking coils e...