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).
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Patent number: 11492304Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Frederic Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Tiago Sozinho, Natacha Touchais
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Publication number: 20210107846Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Frederic AUGIER, Alexandre VONNER, Tiago SOZINHO, Natacha TOUCHAIS
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Patent number: 10857514Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Frederic Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Tiago Sozinho, Natacha Touchais
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Publication number: 20200094213Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Frederic AUGIER, Alexandre VONNER, Tiago SOZINHO, Natacha TOUCHAIS
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Publication number: 20200001266Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Frederic AUGIER, Alexandre VONNER, Tiago SOZINHO, Natacha TOUCHAIS
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Patent number: 9725376Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Total Research & Technology FeluyInventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Thomas Plennevaux, Emilie Kobel, Stephanie Fleurier, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko
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Patent number: 9663414Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignees: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Thomas Plennevaux, Emilie Kobel, Stephanie Fleurier, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko
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Patent number: 9475999Abstract: 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 produceType: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay
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Patent number: 9290704Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou
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Patent number: 9249364Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Frédéric Feugnet, Francois Hugues, Natacha Touchais, Hugues Dulot, Annick Pucci
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Publication number: 20150299068Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicants: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Vincent COUPARD, Natacha TOUCHAIS, Thomas PLENNEVAUX, Emilie KOBEL, Stephanie FLEURIER, Walter VERMEIREN, Delphine MINOUX, Philip DE SMEDT, Cindy ADAM, Nikolai NESTERENKO
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Publication number: 20150291485Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicants: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Thomas Plennevaux, Emilie Kobel, Stephanie Fleurier, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko
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Patent number: 9085502Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignees: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Stephanie Fleurier, Helena Gonzalez Penas, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam
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Patent number: 9079812Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Vincent Coupard, Natacha Touchais, Stephanie Fleurier, Helena Gonzalez Penas, Philip De Smedt, Walter Vermeiren, Cindy Adam, Delphine Minoux
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Patent number: 8957270Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Sandrine Berard, Stephane Harry, Natacha Touchais, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou, Cedrik Popelin, David Proriol, Lucien Saussine
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Publication number: 20130190547Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUYInventors: Vincent COUPARD, Natacha Touchais, Stephanie Fleurier, Helena Gonzalez Penas, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Philip De Smedt, Cindy Adam
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Publication number: 20120004481Abstract: 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 produceType: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Emmanuelle GUILLON, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay
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Publication number: 20110313221Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou
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Publication number: 20110282119Abstract: 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 thatType: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Sandrine BERARD, Stephane Harry, Natacha Touchais, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou, Cedrik Popelin, David Proriol, Lucien Saussine