US Patent Issued to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC on June 24 for "Use of E-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene in heat pumps" (Delaware Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,385, issued on June 24, was assigned to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Use of E-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene in heat pumps" was invented by Konstantinos Kontomaris (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for producing heating in a heat pump that involves extracting heat from a working fluid comprising E-HFO-1336mzz, in a heat exchanger, thereby producing a cooled working fluid. Also disclosed is a method for producing heating in a heat pump wherein heat is exchanged between at least two cascade stages. Also disclosed is a heat pump apparatus including a working fluid heater, compres...