ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,301, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Desalination system and desalination process therefor" was invented by Naef A.A. Qasem (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A desalination system. The desalination system includes a vapor-absorption refrigeration (VAR) unit. The VAR unit includes a first desorber and a second desorber, an absorber, an evaporator, a condenser, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, a first lithium bromide (LiBr) solution pump and a second LiBr solution pump, and at least four throttling valves. The desalination...