ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,034, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Method for providing synthesis gas by means of an additional electric heater" was invented by Martin Mai (Dortmund, Germany), Klaus Nolker (Dortmund, Germany), Bernd Keil (Dortmund, Germany) and Tarek El Hawary (Holzwickede, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reformer for steam reforming a hydrocarbon-containing mixture, including a combustion chamber, a burner arranged within the combustion chamber, a first reactor tube which is arranged at least in sections within the combustion chamber, a catalyst arrange...