US Patent Issued to TERRAPOWER on Aug. 4 for "Ambient temperature thermal adapter for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,730, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TERRAPOWER LLC (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Ambient temperature thermal adapter for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle" was invented by Jon D McWhirter (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration cycle is connected to a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle by incorporating a CO2 condenser which is also the refrigeration cycle evaporator. The heat rejected by the carbon dioxide is absorbed by the refrigerant in the CO2 condenser. Work is done on the refrigerant to raise its temperature above the local ambient temperature. The heat absorbed from the power cycle and the w...