ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,874, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Organic rankine cycle with integrated fire extinguishing function" was invented by Toshimitsu Tanaka (Tokyo) and Ryo Takata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ORC configured to circulate a fire extinguishing agent and at least one fire extinguishing agent supply line. The ORC cycle includes a condenser provided on the ORC cycle and configured to liquefy a gaseous fire extinguishing agent that is the fire extinguishing agent in a gas state, a booster pump provided on a downstream side of the condenser on the ORC cycle and configured to pressuriz...