ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,283, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Flowserve Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Energy recovery turbocharger with integral motor/generator" was invented by Zachary Procita (Chalfont, Pa.), Scott C. Judge (Bethlehem, Pa.), Michael Huber Temesvari (Tribuswinkel, Austria) and Andreas Dreiss (Geestland, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy recovery turbocharger applicable to a pressurized process applies pressurized product fluid to a turbine runner that is mechanically cooperative with a pump impeller configured to pressurize a reactant fluid. An integral motor/generator, which can be coupled to the runner or impeller shaft, or di...