ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,611, issued on May 26, was assigned to ARQ Solutions (ES) INC. (Greenwood Village, Colo.).
"Method and system for controlling mercury emissions from coal-fired thermal processes" was invented by Sharon Sjostrom (Sedalia, Colo.), Connie Senior (Littleton, Colo.), Jonathan Lagarenne (Littleton, Colo.), Kenneth E. Baldrey (Denver), Ramon Bisque (Golden, Colo.), Michael D. Durham (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Nina Bergan French (Napa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to the use of elemental or speciated iodine and bromine to control total mercury emissions."
The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2022, under ...