ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,280, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Dalian, China) and Dalian Ocean University (Dalian, China).

"Vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology" was invented by Yong Yang (Dalian, China), Xingyao Zhang (Dalian, China), Zelong Xie (Dalian, China), Yuzhe Zhang (Dalian, China), Kun Zhang (Dalian, China) and Shengqiang Shen (Dalian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology belongs to the technical fields of waste heat utilization and ste...