ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,310, issued on July 29, was assigned to Synhelion SA (Chur, Switzerland).
"Process system for recovering heat and a method for operating same" was invented by Andrea Pedretti-Rodi (Bellinzona, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process system (1, 60, 100, 130, 160, 180, 190) comprising heat stores (3,4,30,61,61a-61d,62,62a-62d,110,163-165,181-183, 195-198), which are designed to store heat between an upper (To) and a lower temperature (Tu) and to discharge the same again, and comprising a conduit arrangement (L) for the transport of heat-transporting medium to the heat stores (3,4,30,61,61a-61d,62,6...