ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,935, issued on July 21, was assigned to Ohmium International Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Systems and methods of ammonia synthesis" was invented by Arne Ballantine (Incline Village, Nev.) and Chockkalingam Karuppaiah (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for synthesizing ammonia includes a reactor including an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and an energy source arranged to deliver energy to one or more reactants receivable through the inlet portion of the reactor, and the energy source activatable to reduce nitrogen to ammonia in the presence of hydrogen, at least one hydrogen pump in fluid communication with the out...