US Patent Issued to Ellison Environmental Services on Dec. 9 for "Apparatus for the assessment of the performance of a ground source heat exchanger and associated test methods" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,871, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Ellison Environmental Services Ltd. (Corwen, Great Britain).

"Apparatus for the assessment of the performance of a ground source heat exchanger and associated test methods" was invented by Geoff Ellison (Corwen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing apparatus and an associated method for assessing the performance and integrity of a ground source heat exchanger installation are provided. The testing apparatus is configured to form a fluid tight, pressure resistant connection with the pipework of a ground source heat exchanger so as to create a test system. Fluid can then be pumped...