ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,254, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SCUDERI GROUP INC. (West Springfield, Mass.).

"Absorption chiller system with a transport membrane heat exchanger" was invented by Salvatore C. Scuderi (Westfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorption chiller system includes a generator section, a condenser section, an evaporator section and an absorber section all in fluid communication with each other and which operate to circulate a refrigerant therethrough. The evaporator section includes a transport membrane heat exchanger. The transport membrane heat exchanger includes a first and a second flow path. The first flow path is...