MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641097965 A) filed by Sri Eshwar College Of Engineering on August 12, 2026, for Co-Located Circular Economy Refinery (ccer-1500).

Inventors include Dr. S. Sumathi; Devaranjan J; K S Abishek; and Birundha S.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: This invention comprises the development of a modular, bench-top scale device and method for the co-location recovery of industrial waste heat, wastewater and green hydrogen through a zero vacuum gap near-field thermophotovoltaic (z-TPV) device. In particular, the present invention integrates a ceramic-copper thermal emitter assembly, a sub-...