US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on Feb. 10 for "Ammonia production systems and methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,591, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Wash.).

"Ammonia production systems and methods" was invented by Amanda M. Lines (West Richland, Wash.), Samuel S. Morrison (Richland, Wash.), Lance R. Hubbard (Richland, Wash.) and Samuel A. Bryan (Richland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ammonia production systems are provided that can include: a reactor configured to receive N2 and H2; catalyst within the reactor, the catalyst comprising material having a band gap less than3 eV; and a radiation conduit extending into the reactor and configured to expose the N2, H2, and catalyst to the radiation an...