US Patent Issued to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on March 24 for "Activated carbon-cement composite coated polyurethane foam based solar thermal evaporator" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,766, issued on March 24, was assigned to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (India).

"Activated carbon-cement composite coated polyurethane foam based solar thermal evaporator" was invented by Sujith Lal (Tamil Nadu, India) and Sudip Batabyal (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a solar evaporation substrate for recovering water from a solution. The substrate includes a porous support and an activated carbon-cement composite. The disclosure also provides a solar thermal evaporation apparatus based on a novel substrate. The apparatus includes an open tray, a solution, a solar evaporation substrate, an enc...