ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,221, issued on June 23, was assigned to PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY (Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia).
"Device and method for measuring thermal charging state in latent heat thermal energy storage systems" was invented by Obai Younis Taha Elamin (Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia), Jana Shafi (Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad Ghalambaz (Tomsk, Russia) and Pouyan Talebizadehsardari (Nottingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for measuring a thermal charging state in a latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system are provided. The device includes an energy storage unit with a phase change material (PCM)...