ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,143, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CALORITUM NV (Antwerp, Belgium).

"Advanced control method for an evaporation unit" was invented by Wouter Ducheyne (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to an advanced control method-including a fast response method-to stabilize, optimize and or maximize the output flow of an evaporation unit via ultrasonic controlled sound or vibration applied to the said evaporation unit. The invention further provides equipment wherein said method is being implemented, such as an evaporation or separation unit."

The patent was filed on June 26, 2020, under Appli...