US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Feb. 10 for "Amine solvent-based carbon capture compositions" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,708, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Amine solvent-based carbon capture compositions" was invented by James Mcdonagh (Frodsham, Great Britain), Benjamin Hardy Wunsch (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.), Theodore G. van Kessel (Millbrook, N.Y.) and Flaviu Cipcigan (Warrington, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture includes 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, meglumine, or combinations thereof. A process of CO2 capture includes mixing a CO2-containing gas with the composition. A system includes a component for receiving a gas and ...