ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,439, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SALTWORKS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Richmond, Canada).

"System and method for cleaning of a forced-circulation evaporative crystallizer" was invented by Justin Donghoon Lee (Richmond, Canada) and Benjamin Sparrow (Richmond, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for cleaning of a forced-circulation evaporative crystallizer. The crystallizer is used to produce salt solids and includes a circulation pump, a heat exchanger, a separator, and a vapor processor. Solids deposits accumulate during salt solids production within at least one of the circulation pump, heat exchanger, and sepa...