MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202637087536 A) filed by Acp Technologies, LLC on July 17, 2026, for System And Process For Increasing A Softening Point Of Isotropic Pitch.
Inventors include Holcombe, Thomas C.; Boyer, Chris; Malone, Lane; and Lucchi, Dominic.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: A process for increasing a softening point of isotropic pitch includes providing a hydrocarbon feed including isotropic pitch having a first softening point and mixing the hydrocarbon feed with a carrier gas such that a mixture of the hydrocarbon feed and the carrier gas establishes at least one chosen from an annular-mist flow regime and a mist flow regime. The annular-mist flow regime includes a liquid film layer and a dispersion of entrained droplets, and the mist flow regime includes a dispersion of entrained droplets. The mixture of the hydrocarbon feed and the carrier gas approaches a vapor-liquid equilibrium. The process also includes discharging an effluent of the mixture into a separation vessel and separating a vapor phase and a liquid phase in the separation vessel. The liquid phase includes isotropic pitch having a second softening point greater than the first softening point.
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