ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,066, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CFD RESEARCH Corp. (Huntsville, Ala.).
"Reverse convection power generation" was invented by Joseph Roger Herdy Jr. (Huntsville, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of power generation is provided that uses one or more structures made of zirconium tungstate in a convection fluid that rise or fall with temperature to create a reverse convection current cycle. The method can include heating the one or more zirconium tungstate structures to cause a decrease in volume and sink in the convection fluid. The method can include cooling the one or more zirconium tungstate structures to cause an...