US Patent Issued to EnhancedGEO Holdings on June 3 for "Molten-salt mediated thermochemical reactions using geothermal energy" (Florida, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,573, issued on June 3, was assigned to EnhancedGEO Holdings LLC (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Molten-salt mediated 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 a molten salt heated by 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 s...