US Patent Issued to Kerionics on Dec. 23 for "Method for separating gases in an oxy-fuel combustion process by using oxygen-permeable membranes" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,639, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Kerionics S.L. (Valencia, Spain).

"Method for separating gases in an oxy-fuel combustion process by using oxygen-permeable membranes" was invented by Jose Manuel Serra Alfaro (Alaquas, Spain), Isaac Herraiz Cardona (Alaquas, Spain) and David Catalan Martinez (Alaquas, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for separating gases which comprises: a first step in which a gas fuel stream comprising combustible substances that produce gas products when oxidised, and an oxygen-rich inlet stream are passed through at least two modules of oxygen-separating ceramic membran...