US Patent Issued on July 29 for "Reverse electrodialysis or pressure-retarded osmosis cell with heat pump" (Florida, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,711, issued on July 29.

"Reverse electrodialysis or pressure-retarded osmosis cell with heat pump" was invented by Rahul S. Nana (Panama City, Fla.) and Rafael A. Feria (Pickens, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system of generating electrical power or hydrogen from thermal energy is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a selectively permeable membrane, a first saline solution from a second saline solution, receiving, by the first saline solution and/or the second saline solution, thermal energy from a heat source, and mixing the first saline solution and the second saline solution in a controlled manner, c...