US Patent Issued to Air Products and Chemicals on Oct. 14 for "Process and apparatus for compressing hydrogen gas in a hybrid compression system" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,377, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.).

"Process and apparatus for compressing hydrogen gas in a hybrid compression system" was invented by Gregory W. Henzler (Emmaus, Pa.), Nicolas John Haryett (Surrey, Great Britain), Ghassan Altimany (North Wales, Pa.) and Patrick J. Smith (Schnecksville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stable discharge pressure of compressed hydrogen gas generated from the electrolysis of water is achieved and maintained at the outlet of a "hybrid" multistage compression system comprising at least a first section comprising at least one centrifugal compressor...