US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Oct. 7 for "Vapor-absorption refrigeration system" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,194, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Vapor-absorption refrigeration system" was invented by Naef A. A. Qasem (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor-absorption refrigeration (VAR) system. The VAR system includes a VAR section having a condenser, an absorber, an evaporator, a first desorber, a second desorber, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, at least four throttling valves, and at least two pumps. The VAR section heats a saline water feed stream using heat released from the absorber and the condenser, producing cooling effe...