ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,402, issued on July 7.

"Processor-based organic Rankine cycle system for predictively-modeled recovery and conversion of thermal energy" was invented by Victor Juchymenko (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies and techniques for converting thermal energy into mechanical and/or electric energy using an integrated thermal energy recovery system. This system employs an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) with a propellant heat exchanger, an expander, and a condenser, coupled with heat exchangers for transferring waste heat from an engine to ORC propellant. Sensors generate data reflecting environmental and operational condi...