US Patent Issued to 8 Rivers Capital on March 25 for "Systems and methods for improved carbon capture associated with molten metal production" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,640, issued on March 25, was assigned to 8 Rivers Capital LLC (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for improved carbon capture associated with molten metal production" was invented by Rodney John Allam (Lanhill, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for the production of molten metals direct oxidative combustion of one or more solid fuels. The systems and methods may be combined with coal gasifiers and related components for reducing overall energy requirements as well as external fuel sources, e.g., through the use of endogenously-generated hydrogen. In beneficial aspects...