ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,373, issued on Jan. 13.
"Method and apparatus for thermal remediation of contaminant impacted media with hybrid energy systems" was invented by Robert D'Anjou (Long Beach, Calif.), Michael Dodson (Longview, Wash.), Allen Swift (Gig Harbor, Wash.) and James Keegan (Temecula, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for thermally remediating contaminant impacted media whereby heat and electricity are cogenerated by an integrated fuel combustor and semiconductor thermoelectric generation devices and applied as multiform energy to an individual, or multiple connected heating assemblies to generate and thermally conduct h...