US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University on Feb. 10 for "System, method, and device for continuous CO 2 capture using a CO 2 pump membrane" (Arizona, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,710, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System, method, and device for continuous CO 2 capture using a CO 2 pump membrane" was invented by Matthew Green (Phoenix) and Klaus Lackner (Longmont, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous CO2 capture system, method, and device are disclosed. The device includes a CO2 pump membrane including a moisture-swing material, and a cavity having a first fluid. The CO2 pump membrane separates the first fluid from a second fluid, the fluids creating a water concentration gradient across the membrane and tran...