Patents by Inventor Natacha Touchais

Natacha Touchais 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: 11492304
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the oligomerization of ethylene, carried out at a pressure of between 0.1 and 10.0 MPa, at a temperature of between 30 and 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Tiago Sozinho, Natacha Touchais
  • Publication number: 20210107846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the oligomerization of ethylene, carried out at a pressure of between 0.1 and 10.0 MPa, at a temperature of between 30 and 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic AUGIER, Alexandre VONNER, Tiago SOZINHO, Natacha TOUCHAIS
  • Patent number: 10857514
    Abstract: Reaction device which makes possible the oligomerization of olefins to give linear olefins and preferably linear ?-olefins, comprising a gas/liquid reactor and a reactor of plug-flow type. The reaction device is also employed in an oligomerization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Tiago Sozinho, Natacha Touchais
  • Publication number: 20200094213
    Abstract: Compartmentalized reactor which makes possible the oligomerization of olefins to give linear olefins and preferably to give linear ?-olefins, comprising a reaction chamber and at least one heat exchanger(s). The compartmentalized reactor is also employed in an oligomerization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic AUGIER, Alexandre VONNER, Tiago SOZINHO, Natacha TOUCHAIS
  • Publication number: 20200001266
    Abstract: Reaction device which makes possible the oligomerization of olefins to give linear olefins and preferably linear ?-olefins, comprising a gas/liquid reactor and a reactor of plug-flow type. The reaction device is also employed in an oligomerization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic AUGIER, Alexandre VONNER, Tiago SOZINHO, Natacha TOUCHAIS
  • Patent number: 9725376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock into ethylene comprising at least the stages: a) A stage for pretreatment of the ethanol feedstock on an acidic solid, b) A stage for evaporation of said pretreated ethanol feedstock in a heat exchanger, c) A stage for superheating said evaporated feedstock in such a way as to bring it to an inlet temperature that is compatible with the temperature of a dehydration reaction, d) A stage for dehydration of said feedstock that is obtained from stage c) in at least one adiabatic reactor that contains at least one dehydration catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Thomas Plennevaux, Emilie Kobel, Stephanie Fleurier, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko
  • Patent number: 9663414
    Abstract: A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock to ethylene by: a) preheating ethanol feedstock by heat exchange with effluent from e), b) pretreating the ethanol feedstock to produce pretreated ethanol feedstock, c) vaporizing a vaporization feedstock containing pretreated ethanol feedstock and at least a portion of the flow of treated water recycled in an exchanger to produce a vaporized feedstock, d) compressing said vaporized feedstock to produce a compressed feedstock, e) dehydrating said compressed feedstock in at least one adiabatic reactor, f) separating the effluent from the last adiabatic reactor of e) into an effluent containing ethylene and an effluent containing water, g) purifying at least a portion of the effluent containing water from 0 and separating at least one flow of treated water and at least one flow of unconverted ethanol, h) recycling at least a portion of the flow of treated water from g) upstream of c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Thomas Plennevaux, Emilie Kobel, Stephanie Fleurier, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko
  • Patent number: 9475999
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, whereby said process comprises a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for transformation of said purified feedstock into a light olefinic effluent that comprises at least 30% by weight of olefins that have between four to six carbon atoms relative to the total mass of the formed hydrocarbon compounds, whereby said stage works in the presence of a catalyst that comprises at least one zeolite that is selected from among the zeolites that have a structural type that appears in the following list: CHA, ERI, MTF, AEI, AEL, FER, EUO, MEL, MFS, TON, MTT and the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, IM-5 and IZM-2, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a stage for separation of the olefinic effluent that is obtained from stage b) in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the water that is formed during stage b) to produce
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay
  • Patent number: 9290704
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, comprising a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for dehydration of said purified feedstock into an effluent that is for the most part ethylene and comprises water, at least one stage for separating water, a first stage for oligomerization of the effluent that is for the most part ethylene into at least one olefinic effluent that comprises at least 80% by weight of olefins that have four or more carbon atoms, in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst that comprises at least one bivalent nickel compound, whereby a second oligomerization stage produces middle distillate hydrocarbon bases in the presence of an amorphous or zeolitic catalyst that has at least pore openings that contain 10 or 12 oxygen atoms, producing middle distillate hydrocarbon bases, and a fractionation stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou
  • Patent number: 9249364
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for converting a heavy feed which is flexible for the production of propylene, gasoline and middle distillate. The process uses a catalytic cracking unit and a unit for the oligomerization of C4 to C9 olefins. The process of the invention includes selective hydrogenation of the unrefined gasoline cut obtained from the catalytic cracking unit and separation between a light gasoline cut and a heavy gasoline cut, the light gasoline being directed to the oligomerization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Frédéric Feugnet, Francois Hugues, Natacha Touchais, Hugues Dulot, Annick Pucci
  • Publication number: 20150299068
    Abstract: A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock to ethylene by: a) preheating ethanol feedstock by heat exchange with effluent from e), b) pretreating the ethanol feedstock to produce pretreated ethanol feedstock, c) vaporizing a vaporization feedstock containing pretreated ethanol feedstock and at least a portion of the flow of treated water recycled in an exchanger to produce a vaporized feedstock, d) compressing said vaporized feedstock to produce a compressed feedstock, e) dehydrating said compressed feedstock in at least one adiabatic reactor, f) separating the effluent from the last adiabatic reactor of e) into an effluent containing ethylene and an effluent containing water, g) purifying at least a portion of the effluent containing water from 0 and separating at least one flow of treated water and at least one flow of unconverted ethanol, h) recycling at least a portion of the flow of treated water from g) upstream of c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Vincent COUPARD, Natacha TOUCHAIS, Thomas PLENNEVAUX, Emilie KOBEL, Stephanie FLEURIER, Walter VERMEIREN, Delphine MINOUX, Philip DE SMEDT, Cindy ADAM, Nikolai NESTERENKO
  • Publication number: 20150291485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock into ethylene comprising at least the stages: a) A stage for pretreatment of the ethanol feedstock on an acidic solid, b) A stage for evaporation of said pretreated ethanol feedstock in a heat exchanger, c) A stage for superheating said evaporated feedstock in such a way as to bring it to an inlet temperature that is compatible with the temperature of a dehydration reaction, d) A stage for dehydration of said feedstock that is obtained from stage c) in at least one adiabatic reactor that contains at least one dehydration catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Thomas Plennevaux, Emilie Kobel, Stephanie Fleurier, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko
  • Patent number: 9085502
    Abstract: A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock into ethylene, comprising the vaporization of said ethanol feedstock in a mixture with at least a portion of the recycled purified water stream from heat exchange with the effluent that is obtained from the last reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Stephanie Fleurier, Helena Gonzalez Penas, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam
  • Patent number: 9079812
    Abstract: A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock into ethylene, comprising the vaporization of said dilute hydrated ethanol feedstock in an exchanger, with heat exchange with the effluent that is obtained from a last reactor, with said mixture being introduced into said vaporization stage at a pressure that is lower than the pressure of the effluent that is obtained from the last reactor, the compression of the mixture that is vaporized in a compressor, the introduction of the vaporized and compressed mixture, into at least one adiabatic reactor that contains at least one dehydration catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Stephanie Fleurier, Helena Gonzalez Penas, Philip De Smedt, Walter Vermeiren, Cindy Adam, Delphine Minoux
  • Patent number: 8957270
    Abstract: A process for producing a base for a fuel from a C2 ethanol feedstock, by a first stage for oligomerization of the feedstock into a hydrocarbon effluent that contains a mixture of olefins for the most part having between 4 and 30 carbons, and contains a C10-C24 fraction that has a mean linearity that is greater than 60%, in the presence of a homogeneous catalytic system that contains a metal precursor of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, nickel and/or iron, a second stage for oligomerization of a portion of the effluent that is obtained from stage a), into a hydrocarbon effluent that contains a mixture of olefins for the most part having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms, and containing a C10-C24 fraction that has a mean linearity that is less than 50%, in the presence of a homogeneous catalytic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sandrine Berard, Stephane Harry, Natacha Touchais, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou, Cedrik Popelin, David Proriol, Lucien Saussine
  • Publication number: 20130190547
    Abstract: A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock into ethylene, comprising the vaporization of said ethanol feedstock in a mixture with at least a portion of the recycled purified water stream from heat exchange with the effluent that is obtained from the last reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Vincent COUPARD, Natacha Touchais, Stephanie Fleurier, Helena Gonzalez Penas, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam
  • Publication number: 20120004481
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, whereby said process comprises a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for transformation of said purified feedstock into a light olefinic effluent that comprises at least 30% by weight of olefins that have between four to six carbon atoms relative to the total mass of the formed hydrocarbon compounds, whereby said stage works in the presence of a catalyst that comprises at least one zeolite that is selected from among the zeolites that have a structural type that appears in the following list: CHA, ERI, MTF, AEI, AEL, FER, EUO, MEL, MFS, TON, MTT and the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, IM-5 and IZM-2, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a stage for separation of the olefinic effluent that is obtained from stage b) in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the water that is formed during stage b) to produce
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle GUILLON, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay
  • Publication number: 20110313221
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, comprising a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for dehydration of said purified feedstock into an effluent that is for the most part ethylene and comprises water, at least one stage for separating water, a first stage for oligomerization of the effluent that is for the most part ethylene into at least one olefinic effluent that comprises at least 80% by weight of olefins that have four or more carbon atoms, in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst that comprises at least one bivalent nickel compound, whereby a second oligomerization stage produces middle distillate hydrocarbon bases in the presence of an amorphous or zeolitic catalyst that has at least pore openings that contain 10 or 12 oxygen atoms, producing middle distillate hydrocarbon bases, and a fractionation stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou
  • Publication number: 20110282119
    Abstract: This invention describes a process for the production of bases for fuels (such as diesel and/or kerosene) from a C2 ethanol feedstock, whereby said process comprises at least a first stage for oligomerization of said feedstock into at least one hydrocarbon effluent that comprises a mixture of olefins that for the most part have between 4 and 30 carbons, whereby said olefin mixture comprises a C10-C24 fraction that has a mean linearity that is greater than 60%, in the presence of a homogeneous catalytic system that comprises at least one metal precursor that is selected from among the group that is formed by titanium, zirconium, hafnium, nickel and iron, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a second stage for oligomerization of at least a portion of the effluent that is obtained from stage a), into at least one hydrocarbon effluent that comprises a mixture of olefins that for the most part have between 4 and 30 carbon atoms, with said olefin mixture comprising a C10-C24 fraction that has a mean linearity that
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Sandrine BERARD, Stephane Harry, Natacha Touchais, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou, Cedrik Popelin, David Proriol, Lucien Saussine