ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,360, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Treated water drying device and boiler system including the same" was invented by Koichiro Hirayama (Tokyo), Satoru Sugita (Yokohama, Japan), Seiji Kagawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Toshihiro Fukuda (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treated water drying device 20 for vaporizing treated water by heat of a combustion gas, the device 20 including a housing 21, a combustion gas supply port 26 for supplying the combustion gas to the housing 21, a water supply portion 27 for vaporizing the treated water by bringing the treated water into contact w...