US Patent Issued to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. on July 1 for "Seal leak gas recovery system using an ejector and method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,160, issued on July 1, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).

"Seal leak gas recovery system using an ejector and method" was invented by Sergio Cipriani (Florence, Italy), Tiziano Pellegrini (Florence, Italy), Giacomo Pampaloni (Florence, Italy), Eugenio Quartieri (Florence, Italy), Riccardo Beccaluva (Florence, Italy) and Stefano Rossin (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system comprises a rotary turbomachine, including dry gas seals. A seal leak gas collecting line fluidly connects the at dry gas seals to the seal leak gas inlet of the ejector. A seal leak gas discharging line fluidly co...