ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,642, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Utah State University (Logan, Utah).
"Gas-liquid-solid separator" was invented by Yehor Pererva (Logan, Utah) and Ronald C. Sims (Logan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas-liquid-solid separator can include a separator body having a vertical outer wall and a gas collector having a vertical gas collector wall surrounded by the outer wall, with a gas inlet opening at a bottom of the gas collector. An annular volume between the gas collector wall and the outer wall can contain a plurality of inclined flow channels. The flow channels can have a channel inlet opening at the bottom and can slo...