US Patent Issued to UMICORE on April 15 for "Catalytic system and method for the removal of HCN from off-gases of a fluid cracking unit using same, and FCC unit assembly including the catalytic system" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,980, issued on April 15, was assigned to UMICORE AG & Co. KG (Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany).

"Catalytic system and method for the removal of HCN from off-gases of a fluid cracking unit using same, and FCC unit assembly including the catalytic system" was invented by Hendrik-David Noack (Hanau, Germany) and David Taylor (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods directed at removing HCN from an FCC process flue gas (and/or generated in the catalyst system reactions themselves) such that the final HCN output is satisfactory; while, in so doing, avoiding undesirable levels of other pollutants contained in that exhaust gas suc...