ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,709, issued on May 12, was assigned to Sulzer Management AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).
"Rotary pressure exchanger" was invented by Bartosz Kus (Winterthur, Switzerland) and Karel De Raeve (Winterthur, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary pressure exchanger includes a housing and a rotor. Channels are inside the rotor to transfer pressure from a first fluid to a second fluid. Each channel extends parallel to the axis of rotation, and the housing includes a first inlet port for supplying the first fluid to the channels, a first outlet port for discharging the first fluid from the channels, a second inlet port for suppling...