Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Shepherd

Thomas L. Shepherd 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).

  • Sulfur-fueled magnetohydrodynamic power generation
    Patent number: 4107557
    Abstract: An improved, closed-cycle magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation system wherein the MHD generator is fueled by sulfur burned in oxygen, together with stages for recovering sulfur dioxide, reducing SO.sub.2 to elemental sulfur, and returning reduced elemental sulfur to the MHD unit such that higher flame temperatures and ionization factors are obtained while pollutants typically generated by fossil-fueled MHD power generation systems are essentially eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Airco, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas L. Shepherd