ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,026, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Detection system for refrigerant in water" was invented by Peter Gustavsson (Kolmarden, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for continuously detecting refrigerant in water, wherein the water which possibly containing refrigerant gas is fed into a vessel via a water inlet, and air is supplied to the vessel via a gas buffer, and the water is pumped out of the vessel via a pump, wherein a lower pressure is set in the vessel than in the supplied water, so that the possibly containing refrigerant gas separates from the water. Gas r...