MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547096413 A) filed by Equinor Low Carbon UK Limited, London, on Oct. 7, for 'improvements to energy performance in co2 capture.'
Inventor(s) include Franceschini, Gervas; Sale, Gregory John; and Parker, Imogen Francesca.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system for the capture of carbon dioxide, with an absorber to contact a CO2 containing gas stream with a sorbent, a desorber to release the CO2 from the sorbent and heat the sorbent to increase the sorbent temperature from a first temperature to a second temperature, a condenser, a lean return stream to return the sorbent from the desorber to the absorber, a flash vessel for reducing the pressure and temperature of the lean return stream and producing a flash vapor stream, a compressor for receiving the flash vapor stream and compressing it to produce a hot flash vapor stream and a controller to control the hot flash vapor stream temperature and inject it into the desorber at a temperature below a threshold."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/054298.
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