ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,013, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to UOP LLC (Rosemont, Ill.).
"Ethanol to ethylene process" was invented by Saikrishna Laxmirajam Gosangari (Gurugram, India), Manuela Serban (Northbrook, Ill.), Martha Leigh Abrams (Des Plaines, Ill.), Ashish Mathur (Gurgaon, India), Balkrishna Tope (Gurgaon, India), Eseoghene Jeroro (Chicago) and Jeannie Mee Blommel (Oregon, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for dehydration of ethanol to produce ethylene is provided. Ethanol is dehydrated to produce ethylene and the subsequent conversion of ethylene to longer chain olefins and then their hydrogenation to produce long chain paraffins. In...