US Patent Issued to NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE-S.R.L. on July 7 for "Centrifugal compressor with energy recovery from a recycle line" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,460, issued on July 7, was assigned to NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE-S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).

"Centrifugal compressor with energy recovery from a recycle line" was invented by Massimo Camatti (Florence, Italy) and Manuele Bigi (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal compressor is described comprising an anti-surge return line is disclosed, wherein a radial expan-sion impeller is arranged downstream the compressor discharge and one or more flow regulators are arranged between the compressor discharge and the radial expansion impeller, and wherein the radial expansion impeller discharge is connected with the anti-surge...