Patents by Inventor Patrick Gilbeau

Patrick Gilbeau 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: 9663427
    Abstract: Process for producing epichlorohydrin comprising subjecting to a dehydrochlorination operation, dichloropropanol produced from glycerol comprising aldehydes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SOLVAY (Société Anonyme)
    Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Benoit Gosselin
  • Patent number: 9309209
    Abstract: Derivative of epichlorohydrin of natural origin, selected from the group consisting of glycidyl ethers presenting an epoxide equivalent weight higher than or equal to 50 g/equivalent and lower than or equal to 15000 g/equivalent, of glycidyl esters, of glycidyl amides, of glycidyl imides, of glycidyl amines, and of any mixture thereof, and of which the 14C mass content is such that the ratio 14C/12C is higher than 0.7 10?12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SOLVAY SA
    Inventor: Patrick Gilbeau
  • Patent number: 8795536
    Abstract: Process for degrading organic substances in an aqueous composition comprising a step (a) wherein, in a liquid reaction medium, said aqueous composition is reacted with at least one composition comprising hydroxide ions (OH?) and hypochlorite in a molar ratio between hydroxide and hypochlorite higher than or equal to 0.001 and lower than 1.5, in order to oxidize said organic substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Ward Blancke
  • Patent number: 8796478
    Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-epoxy-3-chloropropane by reaction between allyl chloride and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a solid catalyst and in the possible presence of at least one solvent in an epoxidation medium comprising at least two liquid phases under the conditions of reaction, comprising feeding continuously a reaction zone comprising the catalyst with at least allyl chloride, hydrogen peroxide and possibly at least one solvent at a total liquid linear velocity higher than or equal to 0.01 m/s and lower than or equal to 1 m/s, wherein the pressure drop across the reaction zone is lower than or equal to 25 kPa/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Frederic Gillin
  • Patent number: 8735614
    Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-epoxy-3-chloropropane by reaction between allyl chloride and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a solid catalyst and in the possible presence of at least one solvent in an epoxidation medium comprising at least two liquid phases under the conditions of reaction, wherein the catalyst exhibits an external surface to volume ratio lower than to 2.4 104 m?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Frederic Gillin
  • Patent number: 8591766
    Abstract: Continuous process for producing a chlorohydrin, wherein a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon, an ester of a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof is reacted with a chlorinating agent and an organic acid in a liquid reaction medium whose steady-state composition comprises the polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon and esters of the polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon whose sum content, expressed as moles of polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon, is greater than 1.1 mol % and less than or equal to 30 mol %, the percentage being based on the organic part of the liquid reaction medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Patrick Gilbeau
  • Publication number: 20130310581
    Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-epoxy-3-chloropropane by reaction between allyl chloride and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a solid catalyst and in the possible presence of at least one solvent in an epoxidation medium comprising at least two liquid phases under the conditions of reaction, comprising feeding continuously a reaction zone comprising the catalyst with at least allyl chloride, hydrogen peroxide and possibly at least one solvent at a total liquid linear velocity higher than or equal to 0.01 m/s and lower than or equal to 1 m/s, wherein the pressure drop across the reaction zone is lower than or equal to 25 kPa/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SA
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Frederic Gillin
  • Publication number: 20130303793
    Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-epoxy-3-chloropropane by reaction between allyl chloride and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a solid catalyst and in the possible presence of at least one solvent in an epoxidation medium comprising at least two liquid phases under the conditions of reaction, wherein the catalyst exhibits an external surface to volume ratio lower than to 2.4 104 m?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SA
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Frederic Gillin
  • Publication number: 20130274488
    Abstract: A mixture of compounds containing 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol, 2,3-dichloropropan-1-ol, and a halogenated ketone, where the halogenated ketone content of the mixture is at least 0.0001% by weight and less than or equal to 0.1% by weight relative to the 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol and 2,3-dichloropropan-1-ol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Patrick GILBEAU
  • Patent number: 8536381
    Abstract: Process for purifying hydrogen chloride, comprising at least one step of bringing said hydrogen chloride into contact with a scrubbing agent containing at least one chlorohydrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau
  • Patent number: 8519198
    Abstract: A mixture of compounds containing 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol, 2,3-dichloropropan-1-ol, and a halogenated ketone, where the halogenated ketone content of the mixture is at least 0.0001% by weight and less than or equal to 0.1% by weight relative to the 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol and 2,3-dichloropropan-1-ol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Patrick Gilbeau
  • Publication number: 20130211110
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing epichlorohydrin, comprising: (a) preparing epichlorohydrin to obtain a mixture comprising epichlorohydrin and water; (b) subjecting the mixture obtained in step (a) to a liquid-liquid phase separation to separate at least one first fraction (I) comprising most of the epichlorohydrin which was contained in the mixture before separation and at least one second fraction (II) comprising most of the water which was contained in the mixture before separation; and (c) drawing off the fraction (I) and the fraction (II); wherein the volume VI of the fraction (I) obtained in step (b) expressed in m3, the volume VII of the fraction (II) obtained in step (b) expressed in m3, the draw-off flow rate DI of the fraction (I) in step (c) expressed in m3/h, and the draw-off flow rate IN of the fraction (II) in step (c) expressed in m3/h, correspond to the following formula: (VII/VI)<(DII/DI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SA
    Inventors: Dominique Balthasart, Patrick Gilbeau, Philippe Krafft
  • Patent number: 8507643
    Abstract: A composition comprising glycerol and at least one cyclic oligomer of glycerol, a process for obtaining the composition, and its use in the manufacture of dichloropropanol and of derived products such as epichlorohydrin and epoxy resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Bruno Jestin
  • Publication number: 20130184477
    Abstract: Derivative of epichlorohydrin of natural origin, selected from the group consisting of glycidyl ethers presenting an epoxide equivalent weight higher than or equal to 50 g/equivalent and lower than or equal to 15000 g/equivalent, of glycidyl esters, of glycidyl amides, of glycidyl imides, of glycidyl amines, and of any mixture thereof, and of which the 14C mass content is such that the ratio 14C/12C is higher than 0.7 10?12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SA
    Inventor: Patrick Gilbeau
  • Publication number: 20130161201
    Abstract: Electrolysis process in which the anode compartment of an electrolytic cell is fed with at least one brine which has been subjected to a stripping treatment in the presence of at least one stripping agent at a pH less than or equal to the pH of the anode compartment of the electrolytic cell, such brine comprising at least one organic compound before the treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Bruno Fouchet
  • Patent number: 8471074
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing dichloropropanol according to which, a) in a liquid reaction medium containing water, which is in contact with a gaseous phase, glycerol is reacted with hydrogen chloride under a partial pressure of hydrogen chloride in the gaseous phase greater than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart, Maurizio Paganin
  • Publication number: 20130153401
    Abstract: A process for purifying a brine of organic compounds comprising: (a) supplying a brine that comprises at least one organic compound; (b) feeding at least one stripping zone with the brine from (a) and at least one stripping agent; (c) withdrawing from the stripping zone at least one fraction (I) consisting essentially of brine, the content of the organic compound being lower in fraction (I) than in the brine from step (a), and at least one fraction (II) consisting essentially of the stripping agent; wherein the temperature (T1) of the hotter fraction of the two fractions (I) and (II) and the temperature (T2) of the colder fraction of the two fractions (I) and (II), such temperatures expressed in degrees Celsius being the temperatures measured before any possible thermal conditioning which might be carried out before and/or during their withdrawal from the stripping zone, correspond to the following formula: 6×10?7(T1)3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SA
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Philippe Krafft, Jerome Ligot, Valentine Smets, Giancarlo Iavarone
  • Patent number: 8420871
    Abstract: Process for producing a chlorohydrin by reaction between a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon, an ester of a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon, or a mixture thereof, and a chlorinating agent, according to which the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon, the ester of a multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon, or the mixture thereof used contains at least one solid or dissolved metal salt, the process comprising a separation operation to remove at least part of the metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Ivan De Andolenko, Philippe Krafft, Freddy Gielen
  • Patent number: 8415509
    Abstract: A process for producing dichloropropanol by subjecting glycerol to a reaction with a chlorinating agent in the presence of a carboxylic acid catalyst to produce dichloropropanol, where the carboxylic acid is selected from mono carboxylic acids containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms, dicarboxylic acids selected from glutaric acid and adipic acid, and poly carboxylic acids selected from tri- and tetra-carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Benoît Gosselin, Sara Claessens
  • Patent number: 8399692
    Abstract: Product containing epichlorohydrin, wherein the amount of trichloropropane is of less than 0.01 g of trichloropropane per kg of product, a process for manufacturing the product and its use in various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart, Noel Boulos