US Patent Issued to KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE on Nov. 11 for "Device and method for producing methanol from carbon dioxide" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,777, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE (Karlsruhe, Germany).

"Device and method for producing methanol from carbon dioxide" was invented by Francisco Vidal-Vazquez (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Roland Dittmeyer (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Peter Pfeifer (Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for producing methanol from carbon dioxide. The apparatus includes a first circulation process for a circulating water and methanol which includes an absorption stage for carbon dioxide, a desorption stage with a hydrogen feed, a first heat exchanger, an outlet, a circulation pump...