US Patent Issued to Universiteit Antwerpen on April 7 for "System and method for the electrochemical conversion of a gaseous compound" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,577, issued on April 7, was assigned to Universiteit Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium).

"System and method for the electrochemical conversion of a gaseous compound" was invented by Bert De Mot (Edegem, Belgium) and Tom Breugelmans (Nijlen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method with improved water management for the electrochemical conversion of a gaseous compound, in particular CO2, in a zero-gap electrolyzer comprises the direct injection of a liquid, such as water, in the gaseous feed comprising the gaseous compound (CO2) and providing the gas/liquid mixture to the membrane electrode assembly of the zero-gap electro...