Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc Nocca

Jean-Luc Nocca 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: 10377957
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline containing sulphur-containing compounds, olefins and diolefins, comprising the following steps: a) fractionating the gasoline in a manner such as to recover at least one intermediate gasoline cut, MCN, comprising hydrocarbons and wherein the temperature difference (?T) between the 5% and 95% by weight distillation points is less than 60° C.; b) desulphurizing the intermediate gasoline cut MCN alone and in the presence of a hydrodesulphurization catalyst and hydrogen in a manner such as to produce a partially desulphurized intermediate gasoline cut MCN; and c) fractionating, in a splitter, the at least partially desulphurized intermediate gasoline cut MCN which has not undergone catalytic treatment subsequent to step b), in a manner such as to recover an intermediate gasoline with low sulphur and mercaptans contents from the column head and a cut of hydrocarbons containing sulphur-containing compounds including mercaptans from the column bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Clementina Lopez Garcia, Philibert Leflaive, Annick Pucci, Jean-Luc Nocca
  • Patent number: 10377956
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline containing sulphur-containing compounds, olefins and diolefins: a) fractionating the gasoline into at least: a light gasoline cut LCN; a primary intermediate gasoline cut, MCN; and a primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN; b) desulphurizing the primary intermediate gasoline cut MCN alone producing an at least partially desulphurized primary intermediate gasoline cut MCN; c) desulphurizing the primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN alone producing an at least partially desulphurized primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN; d) sending, as a mixture, the partially desulphurized primary intermediate gasoline cut MCN and the partially desulphurized primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN to a separation column separating a gaseous stream containing hydrogen and H2S, a secondary intermediate gasoline cut MCN with low sulphur and mercaptans contents and a secondary heavy gasoline cut HHCN containing sulphur-containing compounds including recombinant mercaptans; e) desulphurizing the secondary heavy g
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Adrien Gomez, Philibert Leflaive, Clementina Lopez Garcia, Annick Pucci, Marie Godard-Pithon, Jean-Luc Nocca, Guobing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180105756
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline containing sulphur-containing compounds, olefins and diolefins: a) fractionating the gasoline into at least: a light gasoline cut LCN; a primary intermediate gasoline cut, MCN; and a primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN; b) desulphurizing the primary intermediate gasoline cut MCN alone producing an at least partially desulphurized primary intermediate gasoline cut MCN; c) desulphurizing the primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN alone producing an at least partially desulphurized primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN; d) sending, as a mixture, the partially desulphurized primary intermediate gasoline cut MCN and the partially desulphurized primary heavy gasoline cut HHCN to a separation column separating a gaseous stream containing hydrogen and H2S, a secondary intermediate gasoline cut MCN with low sulphur and mercaptans contents and a secondary heavy gasoline cut HHCN containing sulphur-containing compounds including recombinant mercaptans; e) desulphurizing the secondary heavy g
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Adrien GOMEZ, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Clementina LOPEZ GARCIA, Annick PUCCI, Marie GODARD-PITHON, Jean-Luc NOCCA, Guobing ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170292080
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline containing sulphur-containing compounds, olefins and diolefins, comprising the following steps: a) fractionating the gasoline in a manner such as to recover at least one intermediate gasoline cut, MCN, comprising hydrocarbons and wherein the temperature difference (?T) between the 5% and 95% by weight distillation points is less than 60° C.; b) desulphurizing the intermediate gasoline cut MCN alone and in the presence of a hydrodesulphurization catalyst and hydrogen in a manner such as to produce a partially desulphurized intermediate gasoline cut MCN; and c) fractionating, in a splitter, the at least partially desulphurized intermediate gasoline cut MCN which has not undergone catalytic treatment subsequent to step b), in a manner such as to recover an intermediate gasoline with low sulphur and mercaptans contents from the column head and a cut of hydrocarbons containing sulphur-containing compounds including mercaptans from the column bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Clementina LOPEZ GARCIA, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Annick PUCCI, Jean-Luc NOCCA
  • Patent number: 9745524
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for treatment of a gasoline that comprises diolefins, olefins and sulfur-containing compounds including mercaptans, consisting of a stage for treatment of the gasoline in a distillation column (2) comprising at least one reaction zone (3) including at least one catalyst that makes it possible to carry out the addition of mercaptans to the olefins that are contained in the gasoline that distills toward the top of the catalytic column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Touzalin, Philibert Leflaive, Diamantis Asteris, Delphine Largeteau, Jean Luc Nocca
  • Publication number: 20150275105
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for treatment of a gasoline that comprises diolefins, olefins and sulfur-containing compounds including mercaptans, consisting of a stage for treatment of the gasoline in a distillation column (2) comprising at least one reaction zone (3) including at least one catalyst that makes it possible to carry out the addition of mercaptans to the olefins that are contained in the gasoline that distills toward the top of the catalytic column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Touzalin, Philibert Leflaive, Diamantis Asteris, Delphine Largeteau, Jean Luc Nocca
  • Patent number: 9074144
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for hydrogenation of benzene contained in a catalytic reformate, in which: The hydrogen that is present in the catalytic reformate is separated from the remainder of the reformate with separation means, A light benzene-enriched fraction is separated from the heavy reformate, The light reformate that contains the benzene is brought into contact with a nickel-based hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of between 90° C. and 150° C., a VVH of between 0.5 and 10, and with at least one portion of hydrogen that is obtained during the separation stage of the hydrogen at the top of the separator tank and used at the output pressure of said separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Jean Cosyns, Quentin Debuisschert, Jean-Luc Nocca, Delphine Largeteau
  • Publication number: 20150175910
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline comprising diolefins, olefins and sulphur-containing compounds including mercaptans: a) demercaptanization by addition of at least a portion of the mercaptans onto the olefins by bringing the gasoline into contact with at least one first catalyst; b) treatment of the gasoline obtained from a) with hydrogen in a distillation column comprising at least one reaction zone including at least one second catalyst. The operating conditions and the second catalyst of b) are selected such that in the distillation column, separation of the gasoline obtained from a) into a light gasoline fraction and a heavy gasoline fraction is carried out simultaneously with a reaction for thioetherification and selective hydrogenation of the diolefins of a gasoline fraction obtained from a) by contact with the second catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Touzalin, Philibert Leflaive, Diamantis Asteris, Delphine Largeteau, Jean Luc Nocca
  • Publication number: 20150166908
    Abstract: A process for treatment of gasoline comprising diolefins, olefins and sulphur-containing compounds including mercaptans. The process comprises: a) demercaptanization by addition of a portion of the mercaptans onto the olefins by bringing gasoline into contact with a first catalyst; b) separating the gasoline obtained from a) into a light gasoline cut and a heavy gasoline cut; c) introducing a stream of hydrogen and the second heavy gasoline cut obtained from b) into a distillation column comprising a reaction zone including a second catalyst in the sulphide form comprising a second support, a metal from group VIII and a metal from group VIb, to decompose the sulphur-containing compounds to form H2S; d) evacuating at a point located above the reaction zone at least one final light gasoline fraction comprising H2S, and at a point located below the reaction zone a desulphurized heavy gasoline fraction from the catalytic distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Touzalin, Philibert Leflaive, Diamantis Asteris, Delphine Largeteau, Jean-Luc Nocca
  • Patent number: 9005430
    Abstract: The invention relates to the integration of a process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle), that operates under a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.5 to 6.0 MPa, with a process for hydrotreatment/hydroconversion of middle and/or heavy distillates that operates at a hydrogen partial pressure that is at least 4.0 MPa higher than the hydrogen partial pressure of the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle). The integration resides in the use of the hydrogen-rich gas, obtained from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion effluents, in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle) and in the adjustment of the pressure level of this hydrogen-rich gas removed from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion. This invention makes it possible to considerably reduce the net consumption of make-up hydrogen in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Fournier, Jean Luc Nocca
  • Patent number: 8808533
    Abstract: Process for treatment of a feedstock, such as hydrocarbons that comprise at least 4 carbon atoms per molecule and that comprise at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, such that said feedstock is treated in a distillation zone, associated with a hydrogenation reaction zone, at least in part outside of the distillation zone, and an isomerization zone, so as to discharge—at the top of the distillation zone and at the bottom of the distillation zone—an effluent that is low in unsaturated compounds, whereby said process comprises the treatment of at least a second feedstock, comprising at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, at least partially directly injected into the hydrogenation zone that is outside of the distillation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean Luc Nocca, Quentin Debuisschert
  • Patent number: 8652321
    Abstract: Production of gasolines with low sulfur contents from a starting gasoline containing sulfur-containing compounds comprising a stage a) for selective hydrogenation of non-aromatic polyunsaturated compounds present in the starting gasoline, a stage b) for increasing the molecular weight of the light sulfur-containing products that are initially present in the gasoline that enters this stage, a stage c) for alkylation of at least a portion of the sulfur-containing compounds present in the product that originates from stage b), a stage d) for fractionation of the gasoline that originates from stage c) into at least two fractions, one fraction virtually lacking in sulfur-containing compounds, whereby the other contains a larger proportion of sulfur-containing compounds (heavy gasoline), a stage e) for catalytic treatment of the heavy gasoline for transformation of sulfur-containing compounds under conditions for the at least partial decomposition of hydrogenation of these sulfur-containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Quentin Debuisschert, Denis Uzio, Jean-Luc Nocca, Florent Picard
  • Publication number: 20110259792
    Abstract: Process for treatment of a feedstock, such as hydrocarbons that comprise at least 4 carbon atoms per molecule and that comprise at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, such that said feedstock is treated in a distillation zone, associated with a hydrogenation reaction zone, at least in part outside of the distillation zone, and an isomerization zone, so as to discharge—at the top of the distillation zone and at the bottom of the distillation zone—an effluent that is low in unsaturated compounds, whereby said process comprises the treatment of at least a second feedstock, comprising at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, at least partially directly injected into the hydrogenation zone that is outside of the distillation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Luc NOCCA, Quentin Debuisschert
  • Publication number: 20110139680
    Abstract: The invention relates to the integration of a process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle), that operates under a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.5 to 6.0 MPa, with a process for hydrotreatment/hydroconversion of middle and/or heavy distillates that operates at a hydrogen partial pressure that is at least 4.0 MPa higher than the hydrogen partial pressure of the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle). The integration resides in the use of the hydrogen-rich gas, obtained from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion effluents, in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle) and in the adjustment of the pressure level of this hydrogen-rich gas removed from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion. This invention makes it possible to considerably reduce the net consumption of make-up hydrogen in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: IFP
    Inventors: Antoine Fournier, Jean Luc Nocca
  • Publication number: 20100307958
    Abstract: Production of gasolines with low sulfur contents from a starting gasoline containing sulfur-containing compounds comprising a stage a) for selective hydrogenation of non-aromatic polyunsaturated compounds present in the starting gasoline, a stage b) for increasing the molecular weight of the light sulfur-containing products that are initially present in the gasoline that enters this stage, a stage c) for alkylation of at least a portion of the sulfur-containing compounds present in the product that originates from stage b), a stage d) for fractionation of the gasoline that originates from stage c) into at least two fractions, one fraction virtually lacking in sulfur-containing compounds, whereby the other contains a larger proportion of sulfur-containing compounds (heavy gasoline), a stage e) for catalytic treatment of the heavy gasoline for transformation of sulfur-containing compounds under conditions for the at least partial decomposition of hydrogenation of these sulfur-containing compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Quentin DEBUISSCHERT, Denis UZIO, Jean-Luc NOCCA, Florent PICARD
  • Publication number: 20100016645
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for hydrogenation of benzene contained in a catalytic reformate, in which: The hydrogen that is present in the catalytic reformate is separated from the remainder of the reformate with separation means, A light benzene-enriched fraction is separated from the heavy reformate, The light reformate that contains the benzene is brought into contact with a nickel-based hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of between 90° C. and 150° C., a VVH of between 0.5 and 10, and with at least one portion of hydrogen that is obtained during the separation stage of the hydrogen at the top of the separator tank and used at the output pressure of said separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Jean COSYNS, Quentin Debuisschert, Jean-Luc Nocca, Delphine Largeteau
  • Patent number: 7374667
    Abstract: For the production of gasoline with a low sulfur content, a process comprises at least one stage for transformation of sulfur-containing compounds consisting of an alkylation or adsorption of sulfur-containing compounds and/or an increasing of the weight of light sulfur-containing compounds, at least one stage for treatment in the presence of an acid catalyst and at least one desulfurization treatment of at least a portion of the gasoline. The process can also optionally comprise at least one stage for selective hydrogenation of diolefins and optionally at least one fractionation of the gasoline that is obtained into at least two fractions: light gasoline and heavy gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignees: BP Corporation North America, Inc., Institute Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Quentin Debuisschert, Denis Uzio, Jean-Luc Nocca, Florent Picard, David B Arnett, Mike Grayson, Donald E Zeek, Carl Snider
  • Patent number: 7052598
    Abstract: A process for the production of gasoline with a low sulfur content that comprises at least one selective hydrogenation of diolefins, optionally at least one stage for transformation, preferably to increase their weight, for light sulfur-containing compounds that are present in the gasoline, at least one fractionation of the gasoline that is obtained into at least two fractions: light gasoline and heavy gasoline, then optionally a stage for transformation, preferably for alkylation or adsorption, of sulfur-containing compounds and a desulfurization treatment in a stage of at least a portion of the heavy fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, BP Corporation North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Quentin Debuisschert, Denis Uzio, Jean-Luc Nocca, Florent Picard
  • Patent number: 6972086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of gasoline with a low sulfur content comprising at least three stages: a first stage in which the sulfur-containing compounds present in the gasoline are at least partially transformed into H2S and into saturated sulfur-containing compounds; a second stage whose purpose is to eliminate the H2S from the gasoline produced in the first stage; and a third stage in which the saturated sulfur-containing compounds remaining in the gasoline are transformed into H2S. The process according to the invention optionally also comprises a pretreatment stage whose purpose is to hydrogenate the diolefins of the feedstock before the first stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Institut Français du Pétrole
    Inventors: Blaise Didillon, Denis Uzio, Jean-Luc Nocca, Quentin Debuisschert
  • Patent number: 6830678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of producing gasoline with a low sulphur content from a feedstock containing sulphur. This process comprises at least one step a1 of selectively hydrogenating the diolefins and acetylenic compounds, at least one separation of the gasoline (step b) obtained at step a1 into at least three fractions, at least one step c1 of treating the heavy gasoline separated at step b on a catalyst enabling the unsaturated sulphur compounds to be at least partially decomposed or hydrogenated and at least one step d to remove the sulphur and nitrogen from at least one intermediate fraction, followed by catalytic reforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Institut Francais DuPetrole
    Inventors: Blaise Didillon, Denis Uzio, Quentin Debuisschert, Jean-Luc Nocca