ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,952, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TITAN WOOD Ltd. (London).
"Reactor system and process for wood modification" was invented by Karlijn Rademakers (Velp, Netherlands), Bernardus Jozef Maria Pol (London), Paul Bussemaker (Zevenaar, Netherlands) and Theodorus Gerardus Marinus Maria Kappen (Rosmalen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor system for the modification of lignocellulosic materials comprises a reaction vessel, a vacuum connection and an inlet and/or outlet connected to a gas flow loop connected to a heat exchanger and at least one fluid circulation device. Particularly, gas flow loop is arranged so as to ...