Michael S. McCartney
18Patents
12h-index
17Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 14, 1977 → Jun 13, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4552076A | Coal fired furnace light-off and stabilization using microfine pulverized coal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 43 | Expired |
| US4095929A | Low BTU gas horizontal burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 41 | Expired |
| US4672900A | System for injecting overfire air into a tangentially-fired furnace | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 39 | Expired |
| US4520739A | Nozzle tip for pulverized coal burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US5020454A | Clustered concentric tangential firing system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 27 | Expired |
| US4501204A | Overfire air admission with varying momentum air streams | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US4252069A | Low load coal bucket | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US7083658B2 | Hot solids gasifier with CO2 removal and hydrogen production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US4700637A | Volume reduction of low-level radiation waste by incineration | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US4434727A | Method for low load operation of a coal-fired furnace | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Expired |
| US6554061B2 | Recuperative and conductive heat transfer system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US5976224A | Separating carbon from ash | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US4090455A | Boiler start-up air heater | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US7445649B2 | Hot solids gasifier with CO2 removal and hydrogen production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US7896951B2 | Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of a fossil fuel | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US5816200A | Windbox with integral truss support and air admission, fuel admission and ignitor modules | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US7988752B2 | Hot solids gasifier with CO2 removal and hydrogen production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US8480768B2 | Hot solids gasifier with CO2 removal and hydrogen production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.