US Patent Issued to ELYSIS on Dec. 30 for "System and method for collecting and pre-treating process gases generated by an electrolysis cell" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,788, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ELYSIS LP (Montreal).

"System and method for collecting and pre-treating process gases generated by an electrolysis cell" was invented by Michel Meyer (La Tour-en Maurienne, France) and Roy A. Glisan (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for collecting and pretreating process gases produced in an electrolytic cell during aluminum production are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a collecting unit configured to draw off primary process gases from the electrolytic cell, for instance by drawing-off primary process gases from orifices purposely made over the e...