Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, in a series of articles related to solar energy we have revised such aspects of the technology as concentrating photovoltaics (30.04.2023), storage systems (05.06.2022 and 09.01.2023), solar tracking modules (20.06.2022, 22.12.2022, 27.03.2023), and experimental and unconventional solutions (08.04.2023). Now we will take a look at new advancements in the...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously we published several articles in the field of energy production from biomass, concerning such aspects as biomass gasification (pre-treatment of feedstock on 04.03.2023 and fluidized bed reactors on 31.01.2023) and cellulosic ethanol on 19.04.2023. In this article we will analyze patent documents disclosing inventions related to biofuel production from...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier, we published a series of articles dedicated to solar energy technologies, where we covered energy storage systems (05.06.2022 and 09.01.2023), solar tracking modules (20.06.2022, 22.12.2022, 27.03.2023), and experimental and unconventional solutions (08.04.2023). This time we are revising patent documents disclosing technical solutions related to...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier, in the field of energy production from biomass, we published articles related to biomass gasification technologies – concerning pre-treatment of feedstock (04.03.2023) and disclosing advancements in fluidized bed reactors (31.01.2023). This time we will revise technical solutions related to ethanol production from cellulosic biomass by analyzing patents...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, in a series of articles related to solar energy, we discussed such aspects of the industry as solar energy storage technologies (05.06.2022 and 09.01.2023), solar tracking systems in general (20.06.2022), and single-axis (22.12.2022) and dual-axis tracking systems (27.03.2023) in particular. Now we will take a glance at experimental and uncommon...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier, we have revised several subjects related to Concentrated solar power technologies, including solar energy storage technologies (05.06.2022 and 09.01.2023), solar tracking systems in general (20.06.2022) and single-axis tracking systems (22.12.2022). In this article we will analyze patents published in the past 20 years and recent patent applications in the...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, in a series of articles concerning enhanced oil recovery in general and steam-assisted enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology in particular, we have revised such topics as chemical stimulation (18.04.2022), gas injection or water flooding (09.05.2022), steam injection (06.08.2022), SAGD approach (06.12.2022), Steam generators (10.02.2023), and use of...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, on 31.01.2023 we revised technical solutions related to Fluidized bed reactor in Biomass gasification. Now, we will have a look at another aspect of this technology to find out, what are the trends in feedstock preparation for biomass gasification. For this purpose we have collected and analyzed using the Advanced Energy Technologies methodology more...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier we have revised a number of topics related to enhanced oil recovery, such as those related to chemical stimulation (18.04.2022), gas injection or water flooding (09.05.2022), steam injection (06.08.2022), and provided some information on individual aspects of steam-assisted oil recovery – SAGD approach (06.12.2022) and Steam generators (10.02.2023). This...

Aenert news. Invention analysisThe world's leading patent offices (WIPO, IP5) released key statistics for 2021 at the end of last year. Overall results are impressive. Thus, in 2021, 2.9m patent applications were filed (+4%) and almost 1.5m patents were granted (+10%) in the top 5 patent offices (CNIPA, EPO, JPO, KIPO, USPTO). Substantial decline in the number of granted patents was seen in EPO...