PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Proteum Energy, LLC is adding to its intellectual property portfolio with the grant of a new patent by the Indian Patent Office on March 31, 2022. The new patent issued for “refining assemblies and methods for rich natural gas” supports the company’s proprietary steam non-methane reforming (SnMR™) technology which is used to produce clean hydrogen and low-carbon hydrogen-rich designer fuel blends.
Using this patented technology and other innovations, Proteum Energy® can process waste gas, non-methane hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons, such as ethanol, into clean hydrogen, low-carbon synthetic natural gas and CO2. This flexible system enables Proteum Energy® to adjust production parameters to customer specifications for purity, heating value, Methane Number and Wobbe Index.
“India is moving quickly to implement technologies that will reduce its carbon emissions,” said Larry Tree, CEO of Proteum Energy®. “This patent positions Proteum Energy to help support India in its efforts to convert waste and rich natural gas and ethanol resources into clean hydrogen.”
About Proteum Energy® – Headquartered in Phoenix Arizona, Proteum is a producer of low-cost clean hydrogen from waste and rich natural gas and renewable ethanol. With its patented and proven reformation SnMR™ technology, Proteum can provide fuel cell grade clean hydrogen for heavy-duty transportation, low carbon hydrogen-rich designer fuels for power plants, and hydrogen pipeline production for direct injection at natural gas processing plants.