ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,211, issued on April 15, was assigned to University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain).
"Heat engine" was invented by Anthony Paul Roskilly (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain) and Andrew John Smallbone (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat engine including a compressor; an expander; a reactor in which first and second reactants in a working fluid can react with each other, the reactor arranged between the compressor and the expander; and a condenser for condensing a gas in the working fluid, the condenser arranged between the expander and the compressor. There is also provi...