ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,394, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA (Oslo, Norway).
"Method and fluidized bed granulator for the production of granules from a slurry" was invented by Howard Volke (Axel, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for granulating a slurry in a fluidized bed granulator having a main longitudinal direction from a seed end where granulation is initiated, to a product discharge end where granules are discharged from the fluidized bed granulator, including at least one fluidized bed compartment, an injection section and a granulation section, separated by a bottom plate including one or more injection n...