ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,795, issued on July 15, was assigned to Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing).

"System and method for water-based chemical-looping hydrogen generation" was invented by Hongguang Jin (Beijing), Hao Zhang (Beijing), Hui Hong (Beijing), Yali Cao (Beijing) and Xiangyu Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a system and a method for water-based chemical-looping hydrogen generation. The method for water-based chemical-looping hydrogen generation comprises a water-based reduction process of oxygen carrier and a water-based oxidation process of oxygen carrier, wher...