ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,145, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HSustainability GmbH (Heidelberg, Germany).
"Method and device for carbonation" was invented by Maciej Zajac (Heidelberg, Germany), Nicolas Pato (Heidelberg, Germany) and Jan Skocek (Heidelberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for converting a starting material containing at least 40 wt.-% of calcium silicon (hydr)oxide phases and calcium aluminum (hydr)oxide phases into an SiO2 rich SCM and a calcium carbonate additive includes the steps: providing the starting material with a D90 of less than equal to1 mm, mixing the starting material with water or adjusting the water content to...