US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS on April 14 for "Solar environmental control system, apparatus, and method relating thereto" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,528, issued on April 14, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas).

"Solar environmental control system, apparatus, and method relating thereto" was invented by Weihuan Zhao (Dallas) and Sheldon Q. Shi (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar environmental control system includes a solar powered apparatus and a heat transfer apparatus. The solar collection apparatus includes a solar collector for absorbing solar energy, a heat storage medium, and a generator. A heat transfer fluid circulates between the solar collector, the heat storage medium, and the generator."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2023, under Applicat...