US Patent Issued to Donaldson on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for removing organic compounds from water used to generate steam" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,602, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for removing organic compounds from water used to generate steam" was invented by Matthew P. Goertz (Bloomington, Minn.) and Jonathan G. Parsons (Lino Lakes, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for producing steam includes a source of superheated water with superheated water output; a membrane filtration system in fluid communication with the superheated water output and including a membrane filter with a permeate side and an opposing retentate side. The membrane filter includes a separation membrane constructed to reject o...