ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,077, issued on April 1, was assigned to TIANJIN UNIVERSITY (Tianjin, China).
"Propane dehydrogenation and ammonia synthesis coupling system and process" was invented by Jinlong Gong (Tianjin, China), Jian Qin (Tianjin, China), Chunlei Pei (Tianjin, China), Zhenpu Lu (Tianjin, China) and Guodong Sun (Tianjin, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propane dehydrogenation and ammonia synthesis coupling system and process. By means of coupling a propane dehydrogenation reaction byproduct, i.e., hydrogen, and high-purity hydrogen required in an ammonia synthesis reaction as a raw material, liquid ammonia can be co-produced as well as a h...