ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,931, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to HUANENG TAIYUAN DONGSHAN GAS TURBINE COGENERATION Co. LTD. (Taiyuan, China).

"Leakage monitoring device for pneumatic drain valve of steam turbine" was invented by Guoqing Hu (Taiyuan, China), Qinglong Kong (Taiyuan, China), Jiajia Xu (Taiyuan, China), Qiang Han (Taiyuan, China) and Xiaochao Zhang (Taiyuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a leakage monitoring device for a pneumatic drain valve of a steam turbine. The disclosure relates to the technical field of leakage monitoring of drain valve. The device includes an additional valve body, a top flange of the additional valve ...