ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,392, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Sulzer Management AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).
"Rotary pressure exchanger" was invented by Karel De Raeve (Winterthur, Switzerland) and Bartosz Kus (Winterthur, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary pressure exchanger includes a housing and a rotor mounted within the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction. The rotor extends from a first rotor end in the axial direction to a second rotor end, a plurality of channels is inside the rotor for transferring pressure from the first fluid to the second fluid, and each channel extends parallel to the ax...