US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING on May 12 for "Rotary bed for direct capture of CO2 from air" (New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,179, issued on May 12, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Rotary bed for direct capture of CO2 from air" was invented by Shelby Lux (Maplewood, N.J.), Jessica L. Ross (Humble, Texas) and Eric Simmers (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for performing direct air capture using a rotary sorbent bed configuration. The rotary sorbent bed is supported on a wheel that serves as a framework structure for supporting the sorbent bed. The sorbent bed can include one or more monoliths that form the support material for the sorbent bed, and a sorbent supported on the...