US Patent Issued to Praxair Technology on Feb. 10 for "Integrated gas turbine cycle and liquid air energy conversion system" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,252, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Praxair Technology Inc. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Integrated gas turbine cycle and liquid air energy conversion system" was invented by Henry E. Howard (Grand Island, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated gas turbine cycle and liquid air energy conversion system is provided that utilizes very high pressure air stream(s) produced from vaporization of a supercritical liquid air against a low pressure cryogenic gas. The cooled, low pressure cryogenic gas is then cold compressed to yield a moderate pressure cryogenic gas stream(s). Both the very high pressure air stream(s) and the moderate pre...