US Patent Issued on Aug. 5 for "Process for recycling contaminated solid materials and purification of gases" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,451, issued on Aug. 5.

"Process for recycling contaminated solid materials and purification of gases" was invented by Sherif Farag (Saint-Constant, Canada) and Mai Attia (Saint-Constant, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for recycling contaminated solid material is provided. The process comprises heating the material yielding a solid phase, an oil phase, and a gas phase. Prior to being heated, the material is subjected to a pre-treatment involving a dehalogenation agent (DHA). The gas phase obtained is further subjected to a purification treatment. The DHA agent used is regenerated using a regeneration agent (RGA) and fu...