ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,245, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).
"Dual purpose energy plant" was invented by Carlos Henning (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and David Madden (Limerick, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating electricity with reduced or negative carbon emissions. The system includes a power plant section having an electricity generating unit having an input coupled to a hydrocarbon fuel supply and an energy exchange path. The system also includes a direct air capture (DAC) section having a CO2 adsorption device having a CO2 adsorbent material and a ventilator electrically co...