Patents by Inventor Sophie Jullian

Sophie Jullian 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: 7343270
    Abstract: Method for modeling the flocculation conditions of hydrocarbon-containing fluids under pressure, related to a reference fluid. The asphaltenic properties are modeled from the results of an experimental study of a single asphaltenic reference fluid and by means of homothetic transformation laws. These reduced data allow to deal with asphaltenes flocculation in an industrial simulator working according to a simplified model. It is then possible to predict the amounts of asphaltenes that will flocculate in a reservoir or in a reactor during development, considering the variable pressure and composition conditions. Application: optimization of the development conditions of reservoirs or of an industrial reactor in which asphaltenic fluids undergo expansions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Pascal Mougin, Annabelle Pina, Sophie Jullian
  • Publication number: 20030167157
    Abstract: Method for modelling the flocculation conditions of hydrocarbon-containing fluids under pressure, related to a reference fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Pascal Mougin, Annabelle Pina, Sophie Jullian
  • Publication number: 20020175109
    Abstract: The invention provides a high octane number gasoline pool comprises at least 2% of di-branched paraffins containing 7 carbon atoms, and a process for producing this gasoline pool by hydro-isomerising a feed constituted by a C5 to C8 cut which comprises at least one hydro-isomerisation section and at least one separation section, in which the hydro-isomerisation section comprises at least one reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Karine Ragil, Sophie Jullian, Jean-Pierre Durand, Gerard Hotier, Olivier Clause
  • Patent number: 6353144
    Abstract: For producing three effluents which are respectively rich in straight chain paraffins, in mono-branched paraffins, and in di-branched and tri-branched paraffins possibly with naphthenic and/or aromatic compounds, from C5-C8 cuts or intermediate cuts (C5-C7, C6-C8, C7-C8, C6-C7, C7 or C8), comprising paraffinic and possibly naphthenic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons, and in some cases olefinic hydrocarbons, a chromatographic separation process uses a separation zone operating by adsorption. The process of the invention is of particular application when coupled with a hydro-isomerization process, which selectively recycles straight chain and mono-branched paraffins, necessary for paraffins containing at least 7 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Karine Ragil, Michel Bailly, Sophie Jullian, Olivier Clause
  • Patent number: 6338791
    Abstract: The invention provides a high octane number gasoline pool comprises at least 2% of di-branched paraffins containing 7 carbon atoms, and a process for producing this gasoline pool by hydro-isomerizing a feed constituted by a C5 to C8 cut which comprises at least one hydro-isomerization section and at least one separation section, in which the hydro-isomerization section and at least one separation section, in which the hydro-isomerization section comprises at least one reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Karine Ragil, Sophie Jullian, Jean-Pierre Durand, GĂ©rard Hotier, Olivier Clause
  • Patent number: 6290751
    Abstract: A method and plant to process a fluid comprising one or more compounds G2 having a kinetic diameter less than or equal to that of nitrogen and one or more compounds G1 having a kinetic diameter greater than or equal to that of methane. The method and plant use in combination, several adsorption and desorption stages during which a first stream F1 mainly comprising compounds G1, a second stream F2 enriched in compounds G2, a third stream F3 mainly comprising compounds G2 and a fourth stream F4 mainly comprising compounds G1 are produced. At least a fraction of stream F3 is used to flush adsorption section A1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Karine Ragil, Michel Thomas, Sophie Jullian
  • Patent number: 6251165
    Abstract: Process for recovering a solvent from a gas coming from a treating process using the solvent, the gas having a low temperature Ta and a high temperature Td, the difference Td-Ta being sufficient to carry out an adsorption step and a desorption step. The process is characterized in that/ a) a first solvent-containing gas stream is sent to an adsorption step, this gas being at a temperature Ta, at the end of this step the gas is practically solvent-free and the solvent is collected in a first adsorber, b) a second gas stream at a temperature Td, this gas being solvent-free, is sent to carry out desorption of a second adsorption means loaded with solvent during a previous step a), and c) the solvent is sent at least partly to a step of the treating process using the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Sophie Jullian, Etienne Lebas, Michel Thomas
  • Patent number: 5948948
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for isomerising a feed containing essentially hydrocarbons, preferably paraffins preferably containing 5 and/or 6 carbon atoms per molecule, in which said feed is treated in a distillation zone comprising an exhausting zone and a rectification zone associated with an isomerisation reaction zone, in the presence of an isomerisation catalyst and a gas stream containing hydrogen, characterized in that the reaction zone is at least partially internal to the distillation zone, and wherein the hydrogen-containing gas is fed by a dedicated gas distributor to the bottom of at least one catalytic bed within the isomerization reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Etienne Lebas, Sophie Jullian, Christine Travers, Pierre Capron, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Joly, Michel Thery
  • Patent number: 5863315
    Abstract: Four adsorbers 1 to 4, each operating in a cycle comprising (described for adsorber 2): an adsorption step 1 wherein a feed from adsorber 2 is circulated to adsorber 2; an adsorption step 2 wherein feed is injected to the bottom of adsorber 2 and a product rich in isoparaffins is recovered from the head of adsorber 2; an adsorption step 3 wherein a portion of the fluid leaving adsorber 2 is sent to adsorber 3; an adsorption step 4 wherein the head of adsorber 2 receiving the feed is connected to the bottom of adsorber 3; a first depressurisation step 5 wherein adsorber 2 at high pressure is connected to adsorber 4 at a lower pressure; a second depressurisation step 6 wherein the head of adsorber 2 is closed; a stripping step 7 wherein the bottom of adsorber 2, which receives desorbent overhead, is connected to the top of adsorber 2; two principal stripping steps 8 and 9 wherein adsorber 2 alone is supplied with desorbent; a stripping finishing step 10 wherein adsorber 2 is continued to be supplied with desorb
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Sophie Jullian, Jean-Louis Ambrosino, Alain Chansolme, Valerie Wiss-Henrard
  • Patent number: 5803953
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of natural gas that contains an odorant at a storage site is described, with this process including a storage phase and a draw-down phase which involve at least two adsorbers A and B and in which, during the storage phase, the odorant is extracted from the gas and, during the draw-down phase; the water and H.sub.2 S that are contained in the gas are extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Alexandre Rojey, Michel Thomas, Sophie Jullian
  • Patent number: 5233120
    Abstract: The isomerization of C.sub.5 /C.sub.6 n-paraffins to isoparaffins, comprises:a stage (1) of deisopentanizing a charge constituted by a light naphtha,a stage (2) of isomerizing the deisopentanization residue, an adsorption stage (3) carried out by passing the isomerization effluent onto an adsorbent retaining the n-paraffins and alternating with the adsorption stage (3), a desorption stage (4) carried out by lowering the pressure and stripping by means of an isopentane-rich gas flow from the deisopentanization stage.The isomerate freed from the n-paraffins in stage (3) is a product having a high octane number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Ari Minkkinen, Larry Mank, Sophie Jullian