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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2021
Applicant:

Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Michael A. Home, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2006.01); F25J 1/00 (2006.01); F25J 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 30/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2013.01); F25J 1/0022 (2013.01); F25J 1/0255 (2013.01); F25J 1/0257 (2013.01); G01N 30/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for improving the efficiency of liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction including receiving a gas feed stream at an LNG facility, condensing the gas feed stream into an LNG product stream, removing nitrogen from the LNG product stream via a nitrogen rejection unit coupled with the LNG facility to produce a final LNG product stream, analyzing one or more process samples taken throughout the liquefaction and nitrogen removal processes via mass spectrometry, and adjusting one or more aspects of the LNG processing system based on the analysis.


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Home, Michael. (2026). Process composition analysis via online mass spectrometry (U.S. Patent No. 12763308). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12763308

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