ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,839, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).
"Modular electricity generator" was invented by Alexandre James Gordon (Lysaker, Norway), Pierre Petit (Houston) and Robert Large (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may receive heat from a production fluid with a source heat exchanger. A device may transfer the heat to a working fluid with the source heat exchanger. A device may expand the working fluid in a turbine. A device may generate electricity with the turbine. A device may exhaust heat from the working fluid to an ambient liquid with a sink heat exchanger. A device may compress the working fl...