US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on July 15 for "Reciprocating freeze concentration for urine-based fertilizer production" (Vermont, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,846, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Reciprocating freeze concentration for urine-based fertilizer production" was invented by Abraham Noe-Hays (Putney, Vt.) and Nancy G. Love (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating a concentrated product from a feedstock includes a reciprocating concentration system that includes first and second chambers to which the feedstock is alternately provided and from which the concentrated product is alternately removed, and a heat transfer system in thermal communication with the first and second chambers, t...