ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,228, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NetZeroImpact LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Integrated data center cooling and mineral recovery" was invented by James Patten (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example integrated datacenter cooling and mineral recovery system can include a waste heat stream produced by a datacenter. The waste heat stream can have a temperature greater than about 50deg C. A heat exchanger can have a cold side and a hot side thermally coupled to the waste heat stream. A brine stream can be sourced from a body of salt water, wherein the brine stream is coupled to the cold side of the heat exchanger such that th...