ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,344, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hans Gude Gudesen (Gamle Fredrikstad, Norway).
"Thermal energy system and method" was invented by Hans Gude Gudesen (Lucerne, Switzerland) and Per-Erik Nordal (Asker, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy method for converting thermal to mechanical energy is disclosed. The method comprises circulating liquid and vapor phases of a working fluid in a closed loop comprising a recipient arranged at a lower part and a tube system comprising a rising part, a condenser section of a descending part and a hydrostatic pressure section of a descending part. A corresponding system is also disc...