ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,738, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lummus Technology LLC (Houston).
"Fluorocarbon destruction method" was invented by Chad L. Felch (Kronenwetter, Wis.) and Philip A. Burclaff (Weston, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of destroying a fluorocarbon compound includes regenerating an adsorbent to remove the fluorocarbon compound and to produce a regeneration fluid having a concentration of the fluorocarbon compound and directing the regeneration fluid to an electro-oxidation system. The method also includes applying a current to the electro-oxidation system to oxidize the fluorocarbon compound within the regeneration f...