US Patent Issued to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation on July 21 for "Carbon dioxide capture process using hydrogels" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,958, issued on July 21, was assigned to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Acton, Australia).

"Carbon dioxide capture process using hydrogels" was invented by Colin D. Wood (Acton, Australia), Matthew B. Myers (Acton, Australia) and Cameron White (Acton, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to processes for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from low CO2 concentration gaseous streams. The process comprises contacting the gaseous stream with a hydrogel for absorbing at least some CO2 from the gaseous stream. The hydrogel comprises a cross-linked hydrophilic polymer comprisi...