US Patent Issued to UOP on Aug. 18 for "Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to form an organic acid" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,811, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to UOP LLC (Rosemont, Ill.).

"Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to form an organic acid" was invented by Richa Baronia (Gurugram, India), Jyoti Goel (Gurugram, India), Sachin Daulatgir Giri (Gurugram, India), Sagar Sopan Ghadage (Gurugram, India) and Kuldeep Balram Mamtani (Gurugram, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide using a three-compartment cell provides low voltage requirements, high faradaic efficiencies, and high concentration of formic acid in product solutions. The applied voltage between anode and cathode should be le...