US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Method for capturing carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides in flue gas and conversion thereof to carbon source and nitrogen source needed for algae growth" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,355, issued on March 31.

"Method for capturing carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides in flue gas and conversion thereof to carbon source and nitrogen source needed for algae growth" was invented by Cheng-Jen Lin (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating a flue gas, comprising: step (A) desulfurizing a flue gas to obtain a desulfurized flue gas, comprising NOx, SOx, and CO2; step (B) providing oxygen for an oxidization to obtain an oxidized flue gas; step (C) rinsing the oxidized flue gas with water to obtain a rinsed flue gas and a nitric acid solution; and step (D) contacting the rinsed flue gas wit...