Patents by Inventor Nicolas ARIBERT
Nicolas ARIBERT 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: 11993559Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating an alcoholic feedstock, comprising: a) a stage of preheating of said alcoholic feedstock to a temperature of between 70° C. and 200° C.; b) a stage of pretreatment on an acidic solid, operating at a temperature of between 70° C. and 200° C., to produce a pretreated alcoholic feedstock; c) a stage of partial vaporization to produce a vaporized stream and a liquid stream; and d) a stage of purification of the liquid stream resulting from stage c), to give a stream rich in water, a stream rich in monoalcohol and a stream rich in impurities.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP Energies NouveliesInventors: Nicolas Aribert, Ludovic Chahen, Arnaud Lanoue, Vincent Coupard, Nikolai Nesterenko
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Publication number: 20220402839Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating an effluent obtained from an oligomerization step in a vaporization step. In particular, the oligomerization step is a step for dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene with a nickel-based catalytic system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Pierre-Alain BREUIL, Nicolas ARIBERT, Olivier COTTE
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Publication number: 20220064088Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating an alcoholic feedstock, comprising: a) a stage of preheating of said alcoholic feedstock to a temperature of between 70° C. and 200° C.; b) a stage of pretreatment on an acidic solid, operating at a temperature of between 70° C. and 200° C., to produce a pretreated alcoholic feedstock; c) a stage of partial vaporization to produce a vaporized stream and a liquid stream; and d) a stage of purification of the liquid stream resulting from stage c), to give a stream rich in water, a stream rich in monoalcohol and a stream rich in impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicants: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Nicolas ARIBERT, Ludovic CHAHEN, Arnaud LANOUE, Vincent COUPARD, Nikolai NESTERENKO
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Patent number: 11117844Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating alcohols to olefins, comprising a reaction step and a catalyst selectivation step.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignees: Total Research & Technology Feluy, IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Nicolas Aribert, Vincent Coupard, Nikolai Nesterenko, Christophe Thille, Julie Mounier
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Publication number: 20210078918Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating alcohols to olefins, comprising a reaction step and a catalyst selectivation step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicants: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Nicolas ARIBERT, Vincent COUPARD, Nikolai NESTERENKO, Christophe THILLE, Julie MOUNIER
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Patent number: 10544067Abstract: The present invention is a process for dehydrating an alcohol to prepare corresponding olefin(s), comprising: (a) providing a feed (A) comprising at least an alcohol having at least 2 carbon atoms, and preferably at most 5 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof optionally water, optionally an inert component, in a dehydration unit, (b) placing the feed (A) into contact with an acidic catalyst in a reaction zone of said dehydration unit at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the alcohol to make an olefin or a mixture of olefins having the same number of carbon atoms as the alcohol, (c) recovering from said dehydration unit an effluent (B) comprising: an olefin or a mixture of olefins, water, undesired by-products including aldehydes and lighter products resulting from degradation of said aldehydes under the conditions of step (b), optionally unconverted alcohol(s) if any, optionally the inert component, wherein, said feed (A)-providing step (a) comprises adding an effective amount of oneType: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUYInventors: Delphine Minoux, Nikolai Nesterenko, Cindy Adam, Walter Vermeiren, Philip De Smedt, Jean-Pierre Dath, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Aribert
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Patent number: 10472300Abstract: The present invention is a process for dehydrating an alcohol to prepare a corresponding olefin, comprising: (a) providing a composition (A) comprising at least an alcohol having at least 2 carbon atoms, optionally water, optionally an inert component, in a dehydration unit, (b) placing the composition (A) into contact with an acidic catalyst in a reaction zone of said dehydration unit at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the alcohol to make a corresponding olefin, (c) recovering from said dehydration unit an effluent (B) comprising: at least an olefin, water, undesired by-products including aldehydes and light products, optionally unconverted alcohol(s), optionally the inert component, wherein, said composition (A)—providing step (a) comprises adding an effective amount of one or more sulfur containing compound capable to reduce the undesired by-products by comparison with a non introduction of such sulfur containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: Total Research & Technology Feluy, IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Delphine Minoux, Nikolai Nesterenko, Cindy Adam, Walter Vermeiren, Philip De Smedt, Jean-Pierre Dath, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Aribert
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Publication number: 20190092706Abstract: The present invention is a process for dehydrating an alcohol to prepare corresponding olefin(s), comprising: (a) providing a feed (A) comprising at least an alcohol having at least 2 carbon atoms, and preferably at most 5 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof optionally water, optionally an inert component, in a dehydration unit, (b) placing the feed (A) into contact with an acidic catalyst in a reaction zone of said dehydration unit at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the alcohol to make an olefin or a mixture of olefins having the same number of carbon atoms as the alcohol, (c) recovering from said dehydration unit an effluent (B) comprising : an olefin or a mixture of olefins, water, undesired by-products including aldehydes and lighter products resulting from degradation of said aldehydes under the conditions of step (b), optionally unconverted alcohol(s) if any, optionally the inert component, wherein, said feed (A)-providing step (a) comprises adding an effective amountType: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Delphine Minoux, Nikolai Nesterenko, Cindy Adam, Walter Vermeiren, Philip De Smedt, Jean-Pierre Dath, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Aribert
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Patent number: 9902663Abstract: Production of a mixture of ethylene and propylene from a mixture containing ethanol and isopropanol and having a water content between 30 and 75 wt. % is obtained by a process comprising: a) contacting the mixture in a dehydration unit with a dehydration catalyst chosen from: an alumina (A) having a BET specific surface area between 200 and 350 m2/g, a mean mesopore diameter between 5 and 15 nm, a sodium content of less than 50 ppm by weight, and a sulphur content of less than 40 ppm by weight; and an alumina (B) having a BET specific surface area between 130 and 180 m2/g, a mean mesopore diameter between 14 and 20 nm, a sodium content between 300 and 600 ppm by weight, and a sulphur content between 800 and 1300 ppm by weight; b) withdrawing an effluent containing ethylene and propylene from the dehydration unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUYInventors: Nicolas Aribert, Laure Brandhorst, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Tom Vivien
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Patent number: 9902662Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a mixture of ethylene and propylene from a mixture containing ethanol and n-propanol and having a water content comprised between 30 and 75% by weight with respect to the total weight of the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUYInventors: Nicolas Aribert, Laure Brandhorst, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Tom Vivien
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Publication number: 20170355650Abstract: The present invention is a process for dehydrating an alcohol to prepare a corresponding olefin, comprising: (a) providing a composition (A) comprising at least an alcohol having at least 2 carbon atoms, optionally water, optionally an inert component, in a dehydration unit, (b) placing the composition (A) into contact with an acidic catalyst in a reaction zone of said dehydration unit at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the alcohol to make a corresponding olefin, (c) recovering from said dehydration unit an effluent (B) comprising : at least an olefin, water, undesired by-products including aldehydes and light products, optionally unconverted alcohol(s), optionally the inert component, wherein, said composition (A)-providing step (a) comprises adding an effective amount of one or more sulfur containing compound capable to reduce the undesired by-products by comparison with a non introduction of such sulfur containing compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Delphine Minoux, Nikolai Nesterenko, Cindy Adam, Walter Vermeiren, Philip De Smedt, Jean-Pierre Dath, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Aribert
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Publication number: 20170158580Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a mixture of ethylene and propylene from a mixture containing ethanol and n-propanol and having a water content comprised between 30 and 75% by weight with respect to the total weight of the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUYInventors: Nicolas ARIBERT, Laure BRANDHORST, Vincent COUPARD, Sylvie MAURY, TOM VIVIEN
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Publication number: 20170022124Abstract: Production of a mixture of ethylene and propylene from a mixture containing ethanol and isopropanol and having a water content between 30 and 75 wt. % is obtained by a process comprising: a) contacting the mixture in a dehydration unit with a dehydration catalyst chosen from: an alumina (A) having a BET specific surface area between 200 and 350 m2/g, a mean mesopore diameter between 5 and 15 nm, a sodium content of less than 50 ppm by weight, and a sulphur content of less than 40 ppm by weight; and an alumina (B) having a BET specific surface area between 130 and 180 m2/g, a mean mesopore diameter between 14 and 20 nm, a sodium content between 300 and 600 ppm by weight, and a sulphur content between 800 and 1300 ppm by weight; b) withdrawing an effluent containing ethylene and propylene from the dehydration unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUYInventors: Nicolas ARIBERT, Laure BRANDHORST, Vincent COUPARD, Sylvie MAURY, Tom VIVIEN