ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,734, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lhoist North America Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Hydrated lime for carbon capture" was invented by Ian Saratovsky (Highland Park, Ill.), Kevin Dean Ingram (Fort Worth, Texas) and Susanna Helena Minnaar (Keller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for lime-based carbon capture. The composition comprises a calcium hydroxide component having a specific surface area of at least about 30 m2/g; free moisture in an amount of about 1.5 to about 30 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition; and one or more moisture-retaining additives ...