ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,783, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA (Oslo, Norway).

"Method and system for operating a gas compressor in an ammonia and urea plant" was invented by Lino Giovanni Porro (Etterbeek, Belgium), Pieter Vidts (Gentbrugge, Belgium) and Nils D'Hoker (Gentbrugge, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a plant comprising an ammonia-producing unit and a urea-producing unit. The urea-producing unit comprises a gas compressor, a steam turbine fluidly connected to the ammonia-producing unit for receiving steam produced by the ammonia-producing unit, and connected to the gas compressor for ...