US Patent Issued to Star Engine on May 27 for "Plant and process of converting thermal energy into mechanical and/or electrical energy" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,980, issued on May 27, was assigned to Star Engine S.R.L. (Negrar, Italy).

"Plant and process of converting thermal energy into mechanical and/or electrical energy" was invented by Gino Zampieri (Verona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process and plant (1) for converting thermal energy into electrical and/or mechanical energy. The plant includes a closed circuit (2), a pump (13) to circulate the working fluid in the closed circuit (2), an evaporator (3) to heat the working fluid to cause it to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, a volumetric expander (4) operating in the closed circuit (2...