ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,149, issued on April 29, was assigned to Baltimore Aircoil Co. Inc. (Jessup, Md.).

"Heat rejection apparatus, plume abatement system, and method" was invented by Preston Blay (Silver Spring, Md.), Yoon K. Shin (Ellicott City, Md.) and David Andrew Aaron (Reisterstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a heat rejection apparatus is provided including an evaporative heat exchanger and a primary fan operable to direct first ambient air into an air inlet, cause the first ambient air to interact with the evaporative heat exchanger to produce heated air, and discharge the heated air from an air outlet. The heat rejection app...