US Patent Issued to TOPSOE on July 1 for "Synthetic fuels by electrically heated steam methane reforming" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,525, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).

"Synthetic fuels by electrically heated steam methane reforming" was invented by Peter Molgaard Mortensen (Roskilde, Denmark), Kim Aasberg-Petersen (Allerod, Denmark) and Charlotte Stub Nielsen (Holte, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a synthesis gas for use in the production of a hydrocarbon product, particularly a synthetic fuel, the method including the steps of: providing a hydrocarbon feed gas; optionally, purifying the hydrocarbon feed gas in a gas purification unit; optionally, prereforming the hydrocarbon feed gas together wi...