ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,221, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to POWERTECH WATER INC. (Lexington, Ky.).
"Concentric electrochemical device" was invented by Alan Rassoolkhani (Lexington, Ky.), Joseph Stieha (Lexington, Ky.) and Timothy St. Onge (Lexington, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical device for reducing a dissolved metal of a liquid stream includes a carbonaceous cathode surrounding a metal-containing anode and a separator arranged between the metal-containing anode and the carbonaceous cathode. The electrochemical device further includes either one of: a conductive cathode current collector housing on the carbonaceous cathode or a non...