Patents by Inventor Caroline Bouchet

Caroline Bouchet 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).

  • Patent number: 9359240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for desulphuration of the digestate and biogas in a digester (1) of urban and/or agricultural and/or industrial effluent, by biochemical and/or thermochemical processes, the digester consisting of an enclosure (2) which is closed at the top, in which anaerobic digestion of a mass of products to be treated making up the digestate (4) takes place, the digester comprising at least one loop (10) for external recirculation of the digestate; an oxidant is injected at least at one point (13, 14) of the loop (10), the injection conditions being as follows: the speed of circulation of the digestate in the loop (10) must be high enough to prevent the deposition of sulphur on the walls of the pipes; the contact time between the injected oxidant and the recirculated digestate recirculated from the injection point (13, 14) of the oxidant until the reinjection point (11b) of the digestate must be long enough for all the oxidant to be dissolved in the liquid phase of the digestate; the amou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: DEGREMONT
    Inventors: Caroline Bouchet, Roger Nicol, Claude Prevot
  • Publication number: 20130341269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for desulphuration of the digestate and biogas in a digester (1) of urban and/or agricultural and/or industrial effluent, by biochemical and/or thermochemical processes, the digester consisting of an enclosure (2) which is closed at the top, in which anaerobic digestion of a mass of products to be treated making up the digestate (4) takes place, the digester comprising at least one loop (10) for external recirculation of the digestate; an oxidant is injected at least at one point (13, 14) of the loop (10), the injection conditions being as follows: the speed of circulation of the digestate in the loop (10) must be high enough to prevent the deposition of sulphur on the walls of the pipes; the contact time between the injected oxidant and the recirculated digestate recirculated from the injection point (13, 14) of the oxidant until the reinjection point (11 b) of the digestate must be long enough for all the oxidant to be dissolved in the liquid phase of the digestate; the amo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: DEGREMONT
    Inventors: Caroline Bouchet, Roger Nicol, Claude Prevot