Patents by Inventor Chris Widner

Chris Widner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260227121
    Abstract: Electric, steam, or expansion driven compressors eliminate the ability to process feed gas with higher nitrogen content without a complex nitrogen rejection unit. An LNG slip stream from a high-stage (HS) flash drum vapor, subcooled high pressure LNG from methane economizer, or high pressure methane recycle stream is subcooled in a heat exchanger by low stage (LS) methane refrigerant. The subcooled slip stream is flashed to pressure higher than the LS flash drum pressure in a flash vessel. The vapor stream is recycled and is mixed with the vapor from LS flash drum. The high-nitrogen liquid stream from the side flash drum is sent to the LNG product. This process allows rejecting more light components including nitrogen to an LNG product eliminating the accumulation of light components in the system for the feed gas with high concentrations of light components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Qi Ma, Ying Irene Zhang, Jinghua Chan, Xun Jin, David Larkin, Will T. James, Chris Widner