Patents by Inventor Antoine Fecant

Antoine Fecant 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).

  • Publication number: 20220023844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for deparaffinning a middle distillate feedstock, to convert, in good yield, feedstocks having high pour points into at least one cut having an improved pour point. Said process is performed with at least one catalyst comprising at least one hydro-dehydrogenating phase containing at least one metal from group VIB and at least one metal from group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and a support comprising at least one IZM-2 zeolite, a zeolite of WI framework type code and at least one binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Mathieu DIGNE, Antoine FECANT, Chloe BERTRAND-DRIRA
  • Patent number: 11208597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support also containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst having been prepared by introducing at least one hydrocarbon organic compound of formula CxHy. The invention also relates to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Dominique Decottignies, Romain Chenevier, Antoine Fecant
  • Patent number: 11077427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous monolith comprising between 20 wt.-% and 70 wt.-% TiO 2 relative to the total weight of the monolith, and between 30 wt.-% and 80 wt.-% a refractory oxide, selected from silica, alumina or silica-alumina, relative to the total weight of the monolith, characterized in that said porous monolith has a bulk density of less than 0.19 g/mL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Bernadet, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Renal-Vasco Backov, Serge Ravaine
  • Patent number: 11071972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst has been prepared by introducing at least one ether organic compound comprising not more than two ether functions and not comprising a hydroxyl group. The invention also relates to the process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Damien Delcroix, Manuel Corral Valero, Antoine Fecant
  • Publication number: 20210106977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction method carried out in liquid and/or gas phase under irradiation, using a photocatalyst containing a first semiconductor, particles comprising one or more metallic-state elements M, and a second semiconductor SC, wherein the method is carried out by contacting a feedstock containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound with the photocatalyst, then irradiating the photocatalyst such that the CO2 is reduced, and oxidising the sacrificial compound in order to produce an effluent containing at least in part C1 or above carbon molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Denis UZIO, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Serge RAVAINE
  • Publication number: 20210101134
    Abstract: Process for preparing a porous monolith comprising between 10% and 100% by weight of a semiconductor relative to the total weight of the porous monolith, which process comprises the following steps: a) a first aqueous suspension containing polymer particles is prepared; b) a second aqueous suspension containing particles of least one inorganic semiconductor is prepared; c) the two aqueous suspensions prepared in steps a) and b) are mixed in order to obtain a paste; d) a heat treatment of the paste obtained in step c) is carried out in order to obtain the monolith with multimodal porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Denis UZIO, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Serge RAVAINE
  • Publication number: 20210101133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous monolith comprising between 20 wt.-% and 70 wt.-% Ti0 2 relative to the total weight of the monolith, and between 30 wt.-% and 80 wt.-% a refractory oxide, selected from silica, alumina or silica-alumina, relative to the total weight of the monolith, characterized in that said porous monolith has a bulk density of less than 0.19 g/mL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Denis UZIO, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Serge RAVAINE
  • Publication number: 20210094000
    Abstract: Method for treating a gaseous feedstock containing molecular oxygen and one or more volatile compounds, which method comprises the following steps: a) bringing said gaseous feedstock containing molecular oxygen and one or more volatile organic compounds into contact with a monolith comprising silica and titanium dioxide, said monolith comprising a type-I macropore volume, of which the diameter of the pores is greater than 50 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm, of between from 0.1 to 3 ml/g, and a type-II macropore volume, of which the diameter of the pores is greater than 1 ?m and less than or equal to 10 ?m, of between from 1 to 8 ml/g; b) irradiating said monolith with at least one irradiation source producing at least one wavelength lower than 400 nm in order to convert said volatile organic compounds into carbon dioxide, said step b) being carried out at a temperature between ?30° C. and +200° C. and at a pressure between 0.01 MPa and 70 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Serge RAVAINE, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Michael LE BECHEC, Sylvie LACOMBE
  • Publication number: 20200276572
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide carried out in the liquid phase and/or in the gas phase under irradiation using a photocatalyst comprising a support made from alumina or silica or silica-alumina and nanoparticles of molybdenum sulfide or tungsten sulfide having a band gap greater than 2.3 eV, said method comprising the following steps: a) bringing a feedstock containing carbon dioxide and at least one sacrificial compound into contact with said photocatalyst, b) irradiating the photocatalyst with at least one source of irradiation producing at least one wavelength smaller than the width of the band gap of said photocatalyst so as to reduce the carbon dioxide and oxidise the sacrificial compound in the presence of said photocatalyst activated by said source of irradiation, in such a way as to produce an effluent containing, at least in part, C1 or above carbon-containing molecules, different from CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Audrey BONDUELLE-SKRZYPCZAK, Ranin ATWI
  • Patent number: 10695753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition that contains a first semiconductor SC1, particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state selected from among an element of groups IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and VA of the periodic table, and a second semiconductor SC2 that comprises indium oxide, with said first semiconductor SC1 being in direct contact with said particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state, with said particles being in direct contact with said second semiconductor SC2 that comprises indium oxide in such a way that the second semiconductor SC2 covers at least 50% of the surfaces of the particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state. The invention also relates to its preparation method as well as its application of photocatalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Dina Lofficial, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Eric Puzenat, Christophe Geantet
  • Patent number: 10682630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition that contains a first semiconductor SC1, particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state selected from among an element of groups IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and VA of the periodic table, and a second semiconductor SC2 that comprises cerium oxide, with said first semiconductor SC1 being in direct contact with said particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state, with said particles being in direct contact with said second semiconductor SC2 that comprises cerium oxide in such a way that the second semiconductor SC2 covers at least 50% of the surfaces of the particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state. The invention also relates to its preparation method as well as its application of photocatalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD—LYON 1
    Inventors: Dina Lofficial, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Eric Puzenat, Christophe Geantet
  • Patent number: 10655069
    Abstract: A process for the synthesis of linear paraffinic hydrocarbons from a feed of carbon monoxide and dihydrogen in the presence of a catalyst of a mesoporous oxide matrix and a content by weight of the element cobalt of 0.5% to 60%, wherein the catalyst is prepared by a) mixing, in an aqueous or hydro-organic solvent, a molecular precursor containing cobalt and a molecular precursor of the mesoporous oxide matrix containing element X of silicon, aluminium, titanium, zirconium and or cerium; b) aerosol spray drying the mixture to form spherical liquid droplets; c) drying to obtain solid particles at a temperature of 10° C. to 300° C.; d) activation by a reduction treatment to form nanoparticles of cobalt with an oxidation state of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Alexandra Chaumonnot, Antoine Fecant
  • Publication number: 20200129969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst has been prepared by introducing at least one ether organic compound comprising not more than two ether functions and not comprising a hydroxyl group. The invention also relates to the process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Damien DELCROIX, Manuel CORRAL VALERO, Antoine FECANT
  • Patent number: 10618036
    Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst being prepared by introducing at least one dicarboxylic acid comprising at least three carbon atoms. The invention also concerns its use in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Dominique Decottignies, Antoine Fecant
  • Patent number: 10618035
    Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst being prepared by introducing at least one organic compound comprising at least one ester function. The invention also concerns its use in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Dominique Decottignies, Antoine Fecant
  • Publication number: 20200070129
    Abstract: Fischer-Tropsch process for the synthesis of hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock including synthesis gas into contact with a catalyst prepared by the following: a porous support is brought into contact with a cobalt metal salt of which the melting point of the cobalt metal salt is between 30 and 150° C. for between 5 minutes and 5 hours, in order to form a solid mixture, the weight ratio of said cobalt metal salt to the porous oxide support being between 0.1 and 1; the solid mixture obtained is heated with stirring under atmospheric pressure at a temperature between the melting point of the cobalt metal salt and 200° C. for a period of time of between 30 minutes and 12 hours; the solid obtained is calcined at a temperature above 200° C. and below or equal to 1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie TELLIER, Antoine FECANT, Eugenie TAVERNIER
  • Publication number: 20200070137
    Abstract: Process for preparing a catalyst or a trapping mass comprising the following steps: bringing a porous oxide support into contact with a metal salt comprising at least one metal belonging to groups VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB or IIB, of which the melting point of said metal salt is between 20° C. and 150° C., for a period of between 5 minutes and 5 hours in order to form a solid mixture, the weight ratio of said metal salt to said porous oxide support being between 0.1 and 1; heating the solid mixture with stirring at a temperature between the melting point of said metal salt and 200° C. and for 5 minutes to 12 hours; calcining the solid obtained in the preceding step at a temperature above 200° C. and below or equal to 1100° C. under an inert atmosphere or under an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie TELLIER, Dominique DECOTTIGNIES, Antoine FECANT
  • Patent number: 10563131
    Abstract: A process for the synthesis of linear paraffinic hydrocarbons from a feed comprising carbon monoxide and dihydrogen in the presence of a mesoporous oxide matrix and cobalt prepared by mixing, at least one molecular precursor of cobalt and at least one colloidal precursor of mesoporous oxide matrix and by silicon, aluminium, titanium, zirconium, cerium or mixtures thereof, dissolved in aqueous or hydro-organic solvent; spray drying the mixture obtained to form spherical liquid droplets; drying the droplets to obtain solid particles activating the solid particles by reduction to form nanoparticles of cobalt with an oxidation state of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Alexandra Chaumonnot, Antoine Fecant
  • Publication number: 20200047161
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support also containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst having been prepared by introducing at least one hydrocarbon organic compound of formula CxHy. The invention also relates to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Dominique DECOTTIGNIES, Romain CHENEVIER, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20190345031
    Abstract: A process for producing a syngas containing CO and H2 from a stream of light hydrocarbons and from combustion flue gases from a cement clinker production unit comprising at least one calcining kiln (300), and a means for discharging the combustion flue gases (500) from the calcining kiln to the outside of said unit, said process comprising the following steps: at least some of the combustion flue gases (70) obtained in said clinker production unit are collected upstream of said means for discharging the combustion flue gases (500); a reaction stream (113) comprising a stream of light hydrocarbons (110) containing methane and the combustion flue gases (70) is prepared; said reaction stream (113) is sent to a tri-reforming reactor (1009) to obtain a syngas (114).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, HOLCIM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Alain FAVRE, Michel GIMENEZ, Carlos SANTOS RAMOS