ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,311, issued on May 27, was assigned to SKYTREE B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Process and apparatus for the reversible adsorption of carbon dioxide" was invented by Max Beaumont (Amsterdam), Piotr Thomasz Kasper (Amsterdam), Ian Smith (Amsterdam) and Alexander Gunkel (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10,110, 210, 310) for the separation and recovery of CO2, from air, by a cyclic adsorption/desorption process using a loose particulate sorbent for gas adsorption. The apparatus has a plurality of adjacent, parallel, spaced-apart layers (24,124, 224, 324), each having a stiff frame supporting a flexible, gas-permeable fabric en...