ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,024, issued on March 18, was assigned to LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC (Bloomfield, N.J.).

"Recuperative heat exchanger system" was invented by Richard John Jibb (Bloomfield, N.J.), David Guymon (Bloomfield, N.J.), Ron Herbanek (Bloomfield, N.J.), Vincenzo Marco Brignone (Bloomfield, N.J.) and Roberto Groppi (Bloomfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a turbine and a recuperative heat exchanger system. The recuperative heat exchanger system is configured to receive exhaust gases from the turbine. The recuperative heat exchanger system may include a precool section to cool the exhaust gases, a major heating section ...