ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,879, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.).
"Processes and apparatuses for burning a hydrogen fuel and a hydrocarbon fuel" was invented by Kurt E. Kraus (Tulsa, Okla.), Carl J. Stevens (Deerfield, Ill.) and Jeffrey J. Guenther (Arlington Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and apparatuses for heating process fluid in a furnace. Fuel to the furnace is either hydrocarbons or hydrogen. The fuels may be sent to different furnaces or be sent at different times to the same furnace. Furnaces that are configured to receive both types of fuels may have different exhaust paths. An exhaust path for hy...