US Patent Issued to Baltimore Aircoil on Oct. 27 for "Tubular membrane mass exchanger" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,858, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Baltimore Aircoil Co. Inc. (Jessup, Md.).

"Tubular membrane mass exchanger" was invented by Yohann Lilian Rousselet (Baltimore), Kevin Ellsworth Egolf (Hampstead, Md.) and Ellie M. Litwack (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a mass exchanger having an air inlet, air outlet, airflow generator, and a tubular membrane assembly. The tubular membrane assembly includes an inlet header, an outlet header, and a plurality of tubular membranes. The tubular membranes have side walls configured to facilitate mass transfer between air contacting the tubular membranes and working flu...