ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,299, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MAXI-THERME INC. (Montreal, Canada).
"Heat exchange system and method" was invented by Gabriel Cossette-Labrosse (Montreal, Canada) and Patrick Lach (Venise-en-Quebec, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The heat exchange system includes a flooded heat exchanger unit where a first fluid is heated by a second fluid. The flooded heat exchanger has a second fluid circuit control valve at its downstream end. A steam detection device is connected to the second fluid circuit downstream of the heat exchanger. A normally closed valve is located on the second fluid circuit downstream of the heat excha...