US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Feb. 11 for "Trans-critical thermodynamic system and method for removing solutes from fluid" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,147, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Trans-critical thermodynamic system and method for removing solutes from fluid" was invented by Ian M Bunce (Derby, Great Britain) and Chloe J Palmer (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trans-critical thermodynamic system includes an expansion device and a separator. The expansion device receives a supercritical fluid containing solutes. The expansion device is operable to expand the supercritical fluid to produce a sub-critical gas by reducing a temperature and/or a pressure of the supercritical fluid. The separator removes the solutes from the sub...