ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,132, issued on March 4.
"Gasification or liquefaction of coal using a metal reactant alloy composition" was invented by Ronald G. Presswood Jr. (Houston) and Ian C. Bishop (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method and apparatus for gasifying or liquifying coal. In particular, the method comprises reacting a coal with a molten aluminum or aluminum alloy bath. The apparatus includes a reaction vessel for carrying out the reaction, as well as other equipment necessary for capturing and removing the reaction products. Further, the process can be used to cogenerate electricity using the excess heat generat...