Patents by Inventor Stephanie Serreau

Stephanie Serreau 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: 7732639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing acrylic acid by oxidizing propylene and then acrolein, involving the recycling of gases that had not reacted by means of a partial oxidation of the propane, in parallel, at the end of the acrylic acid recovery step, then returning, to the propylene-converting reactor, a gas rich in both propane and propylene having been subjected to a second passage in the acrylic acid recovery column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Stephanie Serreau, Fabienne Desdevises
  • Publication number: 20080139844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing acrylic acid by selective oxidation of propane in a circulating fluidised bed or in a fluidised bed in the presence of a catalyst having structure Mo1VaXbZcSidOx(I), wherein X represents tellurium or antimony and Z represents niobium or tantalum, and in which: —a is between 0.006 and 1, inclusive; —b is between 0.006 and 1, inclusive; —c is between 0.006 and 1, inclusive; d is between 0 and 3.5, inclusive; and x is the amount of oxygen bound to the other elements and depends on the oxidation states thereof, which is performed under partial propane conversion conditions and without the introduction of water vapour into the initial gas mixture used to supply the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Dominique Garrait, Anne Le Gall, Guy Bazin, Stephanie Serreau
  • Patent number: 7345198
    Abstract: The invention concerns the production of acrylic acid from propane in the presence of molecular oxygen. Said method consists in passing a gas mixture comprising propane, molecular oxygen, water vapour and, optionally, an inert gas, on a catalyst of formula (I) MolVaTebNbcSidOx to oxidize propane into acrylic acid, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture being not less than 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Arkema
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Fabienne Desdevises, Stéphanie Serreau, Damien Vitry, Wataru Ueda
  • Patent number: 7332625
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane, which consists in passing a gas mixture including propane, water, vapor, and optionally an inert gas and/or molecular oxygen, on a catalyst of formula (I): Mo1VaSbbNbcSidOx, wherein: a ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; b ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; c ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; d ranges between 0 and 3.5, inclusively; and x is the amount of oxygen bound to the other elements and depends on their state of oxidation, for oxidizing propane into acrylic acid, and which is carried out in the presence of molecular oxygen, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture is not less than 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Arkema
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Fabienne Desdevises, Stéphanie Serreau, Damien Vitry, Wataru Ueda
  • Publication number: 20080004468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing acrylic acid by oxidizing propylene and then acrolein, involving the recycling of gases that had not reacted by means of a partial oxidation of the propane, in parallel, at the end of the acrylic acid recovery step, then returning, to the propylene-converting reactor, a gas rich in both propane and propylene having been subjected to a second passage in the acrylic acid recovery column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Stephanie Serreau, Fabienne Desdevises
  • Patent number: 7161028
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane in the absence of molecular oxygen. Said method is characterized in that it consists in passing a gas mixture free of molecular oxygen and comprising propane, water vapour, as well as, optionally, an inert gas, over a catalyst including molybdenum, vanadium, tellurium, oxygen and at least another element X selected among niobium, tantalum, tungsten, titanium, aluminium, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium, platinum, antimony, bismuth, boron, indium and cerium, and on a co-catalyst of formula (II): Mo1Bia?Feb?Coc?Nid?Ke?Sbf?Tig?Sih?Cai?Nbj?Tek?Pbl?Wm?Cun?. The invention also concerns a solid catalytic composition comprising said catalyst and co-catalyst and the use of said composition for producing acrylic acid from propane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Stephanie Serreau, Julien Jacquel
  • Publication number: 20060183941
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane, which consists in passing a gas mixture including propane, water, vapour, and optionally an inert gas and/or molecular oxygen, on a catalyst of formula (I): Mo1VaSbbNbcSidOx, wherein: a ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; b ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; c ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; d ranges between 0 and 3.5, inclusively; and x is the amount of oxygen bound to the other elements and depends on their state of oxidation, for oxidizing propane into acrylic acid, and which is carried out in the presence of molecular oxygen, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture is not less than 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Fabienne Desdevises, Stephanie Serreau, Damien Vitry, Wataru Ueda
  • Publication number: 20060128989
    Abstract: The invention concerns the production of acrylic acid from propane in the presence of molecular oxygen. Said method consists in passing a gas mixture comprising propane, molecular oxygen, water vapour and, optionally, an inert gas, on a catalyst of formula (I) Mo1VaTebNbcSidOx to oxidize propane into acrylic acid, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture being not less than 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: Arkema
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Fabienne Desdevises, Stephanie Serreau, Damien Vitry, Wataru Ueda
  • Publication number: 20050054880
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane in the absence of molecular oxygen. Said method is characterized in that it consists in passing a gas mixture free of molecular oxygen and comprising propane, water vapour, as well as, optionally, an inert gas, over a catalyst including molybdenum, vanadium, tellurium, oxygen and at least another element X selected among niobium, tantalum, tungsten, titanium, aluminium, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium, platinum, antimony, bismuth, boron, indium and cerium, and on a co-catalyst of formula (II): Mo1Bia?Feb?Coc?Nid?Ke?Sbf?Tig?Sih?Cai?Nbj?Tek?Pbl?Wm?Cun?. The invention also concerns a solid catalytic composition comprising said catalyst and co-catalyst and the use of said composition for producing acrylic acid from propane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Stephanie Serreau, Julien Jacquel