ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,288, issued on March 25, was assigned to Energy Tech Innovations LLC (Mukwonago, Wis.).

"Integrated biogas treatment and carbon dioxide based disinfection for water treatment" was invented by Bryan R. Johnson (Mukwonago, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biogas treatment process is integrated with a water treatment process to adjust the pH level of the water and to provide more effective disinfection of the water. A water wash process is utilized to separate methane and carbon dioxide present in the biogas. During the water wash process, the biogas is mixed with water and the carbon dioxide is absorbed into the water. Because th...