Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick Moriarty

Michael Patrick Moriarty has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Catalytic combustor for substantially eliminating nitrous oxide emissions
    Publication number: 20030192318
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas powered turbine which employs a heat exchanger and a catalyst to combust a fuel without the emission of undesired chemical species. A gas powered turbine requires expanding gases to power the turbine blades. Fuel is combusted to produce the required gases. A catalyst is employed to lower the combustion temperature of the fuel. The catalyst is placed on a set of tubes in the heat exchanger such that a portion of the thermal energy may be transferred to the air before it engages the catalyst. After encountering the catalyst, the combusted fuel increases the temperature of the air to an auto-ignition temperature so that no other ignition source is needed to combust additional fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Sprouse, Michael Patrick Moriarty, David Robert Matthews
  • Catalytic combustor and method for substantially eliminating nitrous oxide emissions
    Publication number: 20030192319
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas powered turbine which employs a heat exchanger and a catalyst to combust a fuel without the emission of undesired chemical species. A gas powered turbine requires expanding gases to power the turbine blades. Fuel is combusted to produce the required gases. A catalyst is employed to lower the combustion temperature of the fuel. The catalyst is placed on a set of tubes in the heat exchanger such that a portion of the thermal energy may be transferred to the air before it engages the catalyst. After encountering the catalyst, the combusted fuel increases the temperature of the air to an auto-ignition temperature so that no other ignition source is needed to combust additional fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Sprouse, Shahram Farhangi, Michael Patrick Moriarty, David Robert Matthews