ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,507, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Carbon capture entrainment system and method" was invented by Clarice E. Nelson (Valparaiso, Ind.), Venkatesh Pulletikurthi (West Lafayette, Ind.), Helber Antonio Esquivel-Puentes (Lafayette, Ind.), Luciano Castillo (Carmel, Ind.) and Maria Mirian Velay Lizancos (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The carbon capture system includes a wind turbine, a direct-air capture (DAC) system, and a processor. The wind turbine has a first location and/or a first position. The processor is communicatively coupled to the DAC system. The p...