ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,838, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Generon IGS Inc. (Houston).
"Modular pressure-swing adsorption system" was invented by Thomas J. Jeffers (Spring, Texas) and Steven Reese (Humble, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) system includes a plurality of substantially similar pairs of towers, each tower containing adsorbent material for separating a gas into components. Each tower has a top header and the bottom headers, the headers being connected to extensions which define conduit segments. When a new pair of towers is placed alongside an existing pair of towers, the conduit segments are aligned to...