ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,633, issued on June 10, was assigned to EnhancedGEO Holdings LLC (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
"Thermochemical reactions using geothermal energy" was invented by Greg Lindberg (Thonotosassa, Fla.) and Kimberly C. Conner (Wetumpka, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing hydrogen by thermochemical splitting of water includes injecting one or more feed streams of water into a reaction chamber. The method further includes using heat from a subterranean heat source to carry out the thermochemical splitting of water to form hydrogen and oxygen in the reaction chamber. The formed products are subsequently removed from the reac...