Patents by Inventor Nicolas Cadran
Nicolas Cadran 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: 11213802Abstract: A mesoporous mixed oxide catalyst that comprises silicon and at least one metal M that is selected from the group that consists of the elements of groups 4 and 5 of the periodic table and mixtures thereof, with the mass of metal M being between 0.1 and 20% of the mixed oxide mass.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Nicolas Cadran, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Arnold Lambert
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Patent number: 11148983Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst comprising at least the element tantalum, and at least one mesoporous oxide matrix that has undergone an acid wash comprising at least 90% by weight of silica before washing, the mass of the element tantalum being in the range 0.1% to 30% of the mass of said mesoporous oxide matrix.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Nicolas Cadran, Alexandra Chaumonnot
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Patent number: 10975000Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst that comprises at least the tantalum element, at least an aldolizing element and at least a mesoporous oxide matrix, with the tantalum mass being between 0.1 and 30% of the mesoporous oxide matrix mass, the mass of the at least one aldolizing element being between 0.02 and 4% of the mesoporous oxide matrix mass, and use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Nicolas Cadran, Alexandra Chaumonnot
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Patent number: 10792644Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst that comprises a mesoporous oxide matrix, with said matrix comprising at least one oxide of an element X that is selected from among silicon and titanium, taken by itself or in a mixture, with said catalyst comprising at least the tantalum element and the niobium element, with the tantalum mass representing between 0.1 to 30% by weight of the mass of the mesoporous oxide matrix, the niobium mass representing between 0.02 to 6% by weight of the mass of the mesoporous oxide matrix, the content by mass of the tantalum element being greater than or equal to the content by mass of the niobium element. The invention also relates to the use of this catalyst in a method for the production of 1,3-butadiene from a feedstock that comprises at least ethanol.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Nicolas Cadran, Alexandra Chaumonnot
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Publication number: 20180208522Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst comprising at least the element tantalum, and at least one mesoporous oxide matrix that has undergone an acid wash comprising at least 90% by weight of silica before washing, the mass of the element tantalum being in the range 0.1% to 30% of the mass of said mesoporous oxide matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Nicolas CADRAN, Alexandra CHAUMONNOT
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Publication number: 20180200696Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst that comprises a mesoporous oxide matrix, with said matrix comprising at least one oxide of an element X that is selected from among silicon and titanium, taken by itself or in a mixture, with said catalyst comprising at least the tantalum element and the niobium element, with the tantalum mass representing between 0.1 to 30% by weight of the mass of the mesoporous oxide matrix, the niobium mass representing between 0.02 to 6% by weight of the mass of the mesoporous oxide matrix, the content by mass of the tantalum element being greater than or equal to the content by mass of the niobium element. The invention also relates to the use of this catalyst in a method for the production of 1,3-butadiene from a feedstock that comprises at least ethanol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Nicolas CADRAN, Alexandra CHAUMONNOT
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Publication number: 20180201553Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst that comprises at least the tantalum element, at least an aldolizing element and at least a mesoporous oxide matrix, with the tantalum mass being between 0.1 and 30% of the mesoporous oxide matrix mass, the mass of the at least one aldolizing element being between 0.02 and 4% of the mesoporous oxide matrix mass, and use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Nicolas CADRAN, Alexandra CHAUMONNOT
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Publication number: 20180200694Abstract: A mesoporous mixed oxide catalyst that comprises silicon and at least one metal M that is selected from the group that consists of the elements of groups 4 and 5 of the periodic table and mixtures thereof, with the mass of metal M being between 0.1 and 20% of the mixed oxide mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Nicolas CADRAN, Alexandra CHAUMONNOT, Arnold LAMBERT
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Patent number: 9776933Abstract: Production of 1,3-butadiene ethanol, that is more than 50% of the total weight of feedstock: A) conversion of feedstock and of ethanol effluent from separation B to a conversion effluent being a majority of 1,3-butadiene, water and ethylene, and to a hydrogen effluent, operating at a pressure between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa, a temperature between 300 and 500° C. in the presence of at least one catalyst; B) separation of conversion effluent originating from A and hydration effluent from C to an ethanol effluent, a butadiene effluent, a water effluent and an ethylene effluent; C) hydration of ethylene fed by ethylene effluent and/or water effluent both from separation B, to produce an ethanol hydration effluent then being recycled to separation B.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Rejane Dastillung, Nicolas Cadran, Marc Jacquin, Raphael Huyghe, Beatrice Fischer
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Publication number: 20160376206Abstract: Production of 1,3-butadiene ethanol, that is more than 50% of the total weight of feedstock: A) conversion of feedstock and of ethanol effluent from separation B to a conversion effluent being a majority of 1,3-butadiene, water and ethylene, and to a hydrogen effluent, operating at a pressure between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa, a temperature between 300 and 500° C. in the presence of at least one catalyst; B) separation of conversion effluent originating from A and hydration effluent from C to an ethanol effluent, a butadiene effluent, a water effluent and an ethylene effluent; C) hydration of ethylene fed by ethylene effluent and/or water effluent both from separation B, to produce an ethanol hydration effluent then being recycled to separation B.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Rejane DASTILLUNG, Nicolas CADRAN, Marc JACQUIN, Raphael HUYGHE, Beatrice FISCHER
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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: 8754247Abstract: A catalyst is described which comprises at least one IZM-2 zeolite and at least one matrix, said zeolite having a chemical composition expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxides by the following general formula: XO2: aY2O3: bMnO, in which X represents at least one tetravalent element, Y represents at least one trivalent element and M is at least one alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal, a and b respectively representing the number of moles of Y2O3 and MnO; and a is in the range 0.001 to 0.5, b is in the range 0 to 1 and n is in the range 1 to 2. Said catalyst is used in various processes for the transformation of hydrocarbon feeds.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Amandine Cabiac, Nicolas Cadran, Emmanuelle Guillon, Vincent Lecocq, Sylvie Maury
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Patent number: 8629073Abstract: A catalyst is described which comprises at least one IZM-2 zeolite, at least one matrix and at least one metal selected from metals from groups VIII, VIB and VIIB, said zeolite having a chemical composition expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxides by the following general formula: XO2:aY2O3:bM2/nO, in which X represents at least one tetravalent element, Y represents at least one trivalent element and M is at least one alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal with valency n, a and b respectively representing the number of moles of Y2O3 and M2/nO; and a is in the range 0.001 to 0.5 and b is in the range 0 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Sylvie Maury, Amandine Cabiac
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Patent number: 8309781Abstract: A process for the production of C3-C6 light olefins from ethanol is described, and said process comprises at least the passage of a feedstock that contains ethanol into at least one reaction unit that is provided with at least one catalyst that comes in the form of spherical balls with a diameter of between 1 and 3 mm, each of said spherical balls comprising at least one zeolite and at least one alumina-based substrate and having a pore distribution such that the macropore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry is between 0.10 and 0.20 ml/g and the mesopore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry is between 0.25 and 0.35 ml/g.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Vincent Coupard, Emmanuelle Guillon, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Cadran
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Publication number: 20120022279Abstract: A catalyst is described which comprises at least one IZM-2 zeolite and at least one matrix, said zeolite having a chemical composition expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxides by the following general formula: XO2: aY2O3: bMnO, in which X represents at least one tetravalent element, Y represents at least one trivalent element and M is at least one alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal, a and b respectively representing the number of moles of Y2O3 and MnO; and a is in the range 0.001 to 0.5, b is in the range 0 to 1 and n is in the range 1 to 2. Said catalyst is used in various processes for the transformation of hydrocarbon feeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Amandine Cabiac, Nicolas Cadran, Emmanuelle Guillon, Vincent Lecocq, Sylvie Maury
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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: 20110190562Abstract: A catalyst is described which comprises at least one IZM-2 zeolite, at least one matrix and at least one metal selected from metals from groups VIII, VIB and VIIB, said zeolite having a chemical composition expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxides by the following general formula: XO2:aY2O3:bM2/nO, in which X represents at least one tetravalent element, Y represents at least one trivalent element and M is at least one alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal with valency n, a and b respectively representing the number of moles of Y2O3 and M2/nO; and a is in the range 0.001 to 0.5 and b is in the range 0 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Sylvie Maury, Amandine Cabiac
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Publication number: 20110034750Abstract: A process for the production of C3-C6 light olefins from ethanol is described, and said process comprises at least the passage of a feedstock that contains ethanol into at least one reaction unit that is provided with at least one catalyst that comes in the form of spherical balls with a diameter of between 1 and 3 mm, each of said spherical balls comprising at least one zeolite and at least one alumina-based substrate and having a pore distribution such that the macropore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry is between 0.10 and 0.20 ml/g and the mesopore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry is between 0.25 and 0.35 ml/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Vincent Coupard, Emmanuelle Guillon, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Cadran