ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,375, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston) and Providence College (Providence, R.I.).
"Farm waste-derived recyclable photothermal evaporator" was invented by Yi Zheng (Canton, Mass.), Yanpei Tian (Boston), Xiaojie Liu (Boston) and Yinsheng Wan (Lincoln, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbonized manure photothermal evaporator derived from naturally abundant farm waste has high solar absorptance, effective water transportation, and rapid salt dissipation. It achieves high evaporation under 1-sun irradiance and is recyclable, durable, and cost-effective for use in energy-efficient solar-driven interf...