US Patent Issued to Energy Recovery on Aug. 19 for "Control of refrigeration and heat pump systems that include pressure exchangers" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,528, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Energy Recovery Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.).

"Control of refrigeration and heat pump systems that include pressure exchangers" was invented by Azam Mihir Thatte (Kensington, Calif.), Matthew Hans Truax (Alameda, Calif.), Michael Paul Gustafson (Dublin, Calif.), Joseph Michael Marchetti (Spring, Texas), James Elliott McLean Jr. (Houston) and David Deloyd Anderson (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a pressure exchanger (PX). The PX is coupled to a motor that controls an operating speed of the PX. The system further includes a condenser. An outlet of the condens...