Patents Assigned to IFP
  • Patent number: 11820946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for converting a plastic feedstock and for converting used tyres to obtain carbon black, comprising the following steps: a) a solid feedstock (100) based on used tyres is sent into a reaction zone (10) in the presence of a liquid solvent (340) comprising aromatic compounds to at least partly dissolve said solid feedstock and to thermally decompose said dissolved solid feedstock so as to obtain carbon black (160) and a first hydrocarbon-based liquid fraction (120); b) a molten plastic feedstock (200) is sent together with at least a portion of the first hydrocarbon-based liquid fraction (120) obtained on conclusion of step a) into a conversion zone (20) to dissolve said molten plastic feedstock (200) and to thermally decompose said dissolved plastic feedstock so as to obtain a second hydrocarbon-based liquid fraction (230).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Thierry Gauthier, Romina Digne
  • Patent number: 11814579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition C which comprises, in an aqueous medium M: surfactants suitable for creating a foam in the presence of a gas; and polymers P based on acrylamide or acrylamido units, having a molecular mass of 1,000,000 to 20,000,000 g/mol; or: composition C has a viscosity of less than 6 mPa·s; and the content of polymer P is greater than the concentration limit beyond which the apparent viscosity of a foam obtained from composition C is greater by at least 10% than the apparent viscosity of a foam obtained from the same composition but deprived of polymers. The invention further relates to the use of these compositions as foaming compositions for EOR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Eloise Chevallier, Mikel Morvan, Vincent Miralles
  • Publication number: 20230356200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an original process for the preparation of a catalyst in the form of an extrudate comprising an acid zeolite with the structural code MFI, the zeolite content being between 45% and 90% relative to the total mass of the catalyst, and a binder, and optionally containing a hydrogenating active phase, comprising at least a) the mixture of said MFI zeolite and the binder, the average size of the elementary particles of said MFI zeolite being between 110 and 800 nm, b) the addition of said mixture a) of a peptizing agent c) the addition to said mixture of a neutralizing agent d) the shaping by extrusion of the mixture e) optionally, the drying of the solid, f) the heat treatment of the said solid obtained in the presence of water vapor at a temperature between 400 and 1000° C. in the presence of an air flow containing from 1 to 60% by volume of water, and g) optionally, the introduction of one or more precursors of a hydrogenating active phase on the solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Mathieu DIGNE, Antoine FECANT, Thomas REGAL, Chloe BERTRAND DRIRA
  • Publication number: 20230357531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for depolymerizing a polyester feedstock comprising PET, said process comprising, prior to the step of depolymerization by glycolysis and to the step of purification of the depolymerization effluent, an improved step of conditioning the feedstock in which the polyester feedstock is conditioned in terms of temperature and pressure and then mixed with a diol effluent in a static or dynamic mixer in order in particular to substantially reduce the viscosity of the feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Yacine HAROUN, Adrien MEKKI-BERRADA, Olivier THINON, Cyprien CHARRA, Damien LEINEKUGEL LE COCQ, Mayara AZIM GONDIM PAIVA
  • Patent number: 11806695
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide carried out in the liquid phase and/or in the gas phase under irradiation employing a photocatalyst of microporous crystalline metal sulfide type, said process being carried out by bringing a charge containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound into contact with said photocatalyst, then by irradiating the photocatalyst by at least one irradiation source producing at least one wavelength lower than the bandgap width of said photocatalyst, so as to reduce the CO2 and to oxidize the sacrificial compound, so as to produce an effluent containing, at least in part, C1 or more carbon-based molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Fecant, Raquel Martinez Franco, Gerhard Pirngruber, Philibert Leflaive
  • Patent number: 11808398
    Abstract: A pipe for transporting gas, notably carbon dioxide, includes at least one tubular element, tubular element consisting of a juxtaposition of concentric layers including, from inside to outside, at least one sealing layer, a wall including a prestressed concrete layer and at least one circumferential mechanical reinforcement layer. Furthermore, the concrete making up prestressed concrete layer is selected from among the ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concretes (UHPFRC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventor: Vivien Esnault
  • Patent number: 11795405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a regenerated catalyst are brought into contact, said process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h?1; and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 SI/I, said regenerated catalyst resulting from an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb and an oxide support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Philibert Leflaive, Etienne Girard
  • Publication number: 20230331991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for converting used tyres to obtain carbon black, comprising the following steps: a) sending a solid feedstock based on used tires to a reaction zone in the presence of a liquid solvent to obtain a vapor effluent and a first liquid effluent comprising the carbon black, b) sending the liquid effluent to a filtration and washing unit to obtain a filtered and washed carbon black cake and a second liquid effluent; c) sending said vapor effluent and the second liquid effluent to a fractionation zone to obtain at least one hydrocarbon cut; d) sending said hydrocarbon cut obtained at the end of step c) to the reaction zone as liquid solvent of step a); e) drying the carbon black cake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Ann CLOUPET, Romina DIGNE
  • Patent number: 11790138
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of controlling a wind turbine by determining the wind speed in the plane of a rotor (PR) of a wind turbine (1), by measuring the rotational speed of the rotor, the angle of the blades and the generated power. The method according to the invention implements a dynamic wind turbine model, a dynamic wind model and an unscented Kalman filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Guillemin, Hoai-Nam Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11786878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oligomerization process implemented in a gas/liquid reactor comprising a headspace recycle loop. The process more particularly relates to the oligomerization of ethylene to linear alpha-olefins such as 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene or a mixture of linear alpha-olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Frédéric Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Pedro Maximiano Raimundo
  • Patent number: 11788954
    Abstract: The invention is a method of determining at least one parameter representative of a change in a fluid due to a temperature variation of the fluid. The method includes placing the fluid in a medium transparent to radiation in a near-infrared domain; b) performing a spectral measurement by use of spatially resolved near-infrared spectroscopy for the fluid placed in the transparent medium, the spectral measurement being performed for at least two measurement angles and for at least two temperatures of the fluid; c) performing a multivariate analysis of the spectral measurement as a function of the temperature; and d) determining the parameter representative of a change in the fluid by using the multivariate analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Maud Rey-Bayle, Noemie Caillol, Cyril Cassar, Myriam Darbouret
  • Patent number: 11779879
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of capturing the CO2 from a gaseous effluent. The incoming gaseous effluent is burned with a fuel, so as to obtain a hot gaseous effluent rich in acidic compounds, and the hot gaseous effluent rich in acidic compounds is cooled to give a cold effluent rich in acidic compounds, which is subsequently used in the step of contacting with an absorbent solution rich in acidic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Berenice Moroy, Vania Santos-Moreau
  • Patent number: 11779915
    Abstract: A process for preparing a selective hydrogenation catalyst comprising nickel, copper and a support comprising at least one refractory oxide, comprising the following steps: bringing the support into contact with a solution containing at least one copper precursor and one nickel precursor; drying the catalyst precursor at a temperature of less than 250° C.; reducing the catalyst precursor by bringing said precursor into contact with a reducing gas at a temperature of between 150° C. and 250° C.; bringing the catalyst precursor into contact with a solution comprising a nickel precursor; a step of drying the catalyst precursor at a temperature of less than 250° C.; reducing the catalyst precursor by bringing said precursor into contact with a reducing gas at a temperature of between 150° C. and 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Malika Boualleg, Anne-Agathe Quoineaud
  • Patent number: 11781078
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; an RWGS reverse water gas shift reaction section (51) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water and produces ethanol; and an aromatization reaction section (14) converts the ethanol into a mixture of aromatic and paraffinic compounds feeding the feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Frederic Feugnet
  • Patent number: 11779908
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for rejuvenating an at least partially used catalyst originating from a hydroprocessing and/or hydrocracking process, the at least partially used catalyst being derived from a fresh catalyst comprising at least one group VIII metal (in particular, Co), at least one group VIB metal (in particular, Mo), an oxide support, and optionally phosphorus, the method comprising the steps: ?a) regenerating the at least partially used catalyst in a gas stream containing oxygen at a temperature between 300° C. and 550° C. so as to obtain a regenerated catalyst, ?b) then placing the regenerated catalyst in contact with phosphoric acid and an organic acid, each having acidity constant pKa greater than 1.5, ?c) performing a drying step at a temperature less than 200° C. without subsequently calcining it, so as to obtain a rejuvenated catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventor: Elodie Devers
  • Patent number: 11773337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a rejuvenated catalyst are brought into contact, said hydrodesulfurization process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h?1 and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 Sl/l, said rejuvenated catalyst resulting from a hydrotreating process and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb, an oxide support and at least one organic compound containing oxygen and/or nitrogen and/or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Etienne Girard, Philibert Leflaive
  • Publication number: 20230303991
    Abstract: The invention relates to the various uses of a fungus strain which belongs to the Trichoderma genus and in which the cel1a gene has been knocked out. The invention relates in particular to a method of producing proteins by a fungus strain which belongs to the Trichoderma genus and in which the cel1a gene has been knocked out, comprising at least two steps: a first step of growth in a batch phase in the presence of at least one carbon growth substrate, and a second step of producing proteins in a fed-batch phase in the presence of a composition comprising at least lactose and a second sugar, the lactose content in the composition representing approximately between 0 and 30% by weight of the total sugar content of the composition, in particular between 5 and 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Frédérique Bidard-Michelot, Etienne Jourdier, Vincent Grandperret, Christa Ivanova, Sabine Prigent, Céline Cohen, Antoine Margeot
  • Patent number: 11767479
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the use of a two-step hydrocracking process for the production of naphtha, comprising a step of hydrogenation placed downstream of the second hydrocracking step, the hydrogenation step treating the effluent resulting from the second hydrocracking step in the presence of a specific hydrogenation catalyst. Furthermore, the hydrogenation step and the second hydrocracking step are performed under specific operating conditions and in particular under quite specific temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Antoine Daudin
  • Publication number: 20230294081
    Abstract: A subject matter of the invention is a catalyst comprising a support and an active phase consisting of nickel, molybdenum and tungsten, and phosphorus, the nickel content, measured in the NiO form, is between 3% and 4% by weight; the molybdenum content, measured in the MoO3 form, is between 2% and 4% by weight; the tungsten content, measured in the WO3 form, is between 34% and 40% by weight; the phosphorus content, measured in the P2O5 form, is between 3% and 4% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the catalyst; the WO3/MoO3 molar ratio is between 5.3 and 12.4 mol/mol, the NiO/(WO3 + MoO3) molar ratio is between 0.20 and 0.33 mol/mol and the P2O5/(WO3 + MoO3) molar ratio is between 0.21 and 0.34 mol/mol. The invention also relates to its method of preparation and to its use in hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Etienne GIRARD, Audrey BONDUELLE
  • Publication number: 20230287283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a plastics pyrolysis oil, comprising: a) the selective hydrogenation of said feedstock to obtain a hydrogenated effluent; b) hydrotreatment of said hydrogenated effluent to obtain a hydrotreatment effluent; c) a first step of hydrocracking of said hydrotreated effluent to obtain a first hydrocracked effluent; d) separation of the hydrocracked effluent in the presence of an aqueous stream, to obtain a gaseous effluent, an aqueous liquid effluent and a hydrocarbon-based liquid effluent; e) fractionation of the hydrocarbon-based liquid effluent to obtain at least one gas stream and at least one naphtha cut and a heavier cut; f) a second step of hydrocracking of the heavier cut to obtain a second hydrocracked effluent; g) recycling of at least a portion of said second hydrocracked effluent into the separation step d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, REPSOL S.A.
    Inventors: Wilfried WEISS, Jérôme BONNARDOT, Iñigo RIBAS SANGÜESA