ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,690, issued on June 17, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).

"Method of controlling the renewable energy use in an LNG train" was invented by Giuseppe Sassanelli (Florence, Italy), Giampaolo Gabbi (Florence, Italy), Carmine Allegorico (Florence, Italy) and Giulia Rontini (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling the renewable energy absorbed by a hybrid power train for driving a load, and in particular compressors for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is disclosed. The method comprises an analysis of the health status of part and of the whole hybrid power plant that drive ...