ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,816, issued on May 20, was assigned to INPIPE ENERGY INC. (Portland, Ore.).
"Pipeline energy recovery system" was invented by Gregory T. Semler (Portland, Ore.), Caitlin Forinash (Portland, Ore.) and Todd E. Stevens (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a power-generating fluid flow arrangement. In one example, the fluid flow arrangement may include a primary conduit flowing a pressurized fluid and a bypass conduit coupled to the primary conduit. The bypass conduit may divert a portion of the pressurized fluid flow from the primary conduit to drive rotation of a turbine. A dual solenoid o...