ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,142, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY (Zhanjiang, China).

"Systems for peak shaving with coupled surplus energy utilization and solid waste treatment" was invented by Qing Xu (Zhanjiang, China), Shengxian Xian (Zhanjiang, China), Jiayi Shao (Zhanjiang, China), Zhisi Yang (Zhanjiang, China), Ye Xie (Zhanjiang, China), Zijie Yin (Zhanjiang, China) and Dongxue Yao (Zhanjiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for peak shaving with coupled surplus energy utilization and solid waste treatment is provided. The system includes a solar concentrating tower provided with a heat absorber, a gasifier, a gas...