ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,073, issued on April 14, was assigned to Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc. (Lake Mary, Fla.).

"H2 dryer for power plant using electrolyzer" was invented by Todd Eric Carlson (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Leif Hsieh (Sanford, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for drying hydrogen in a hydrogen production facility comprises an electrolyzer for producing a flow of hydrogen gas, a drying device configured to remove moisture from the flow of hydrogen gas, a compressor configured to receive the flow of hydrogen gas from the drying device, and a recirculation line connected to output of the compressor to recirculate at least a portion of th...