ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,273, issued on June 24, was assigned to Cryostone LLC (Grand Island, N.Y.).
"Combined thermal energy storage and contaminant removal" was invented by Nicki Stuckert (Grand Island, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas separation process in which the thermal storage of the heat in the gas is desired as well as the gas separation. This invention outlines a novel process and system whereby the thermal storage efficiency can be vastly increased by matching the gas sorption fronts and the thermal fronts to cause thermal front sharpening. The gas separation process and system include an adsorption vessel having an adsorbent in an amoun...