Patents Assigned to CECA S.A.
  • Publication number: 20170239642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zeolite absorbent comprising at least one FAU zeolite with hierarchical porosity and comprising barium or barium and potassium, and the external surface area of which is greater than 20 m2·g?1, and the non-zeolite phase content being between 6% and 12% by weight with respect to the total weight of the absorbent. The present invention also relates to the use of such a zeolite absorbent as an adsorption agent, as well as the method for separation of para-xylene from aromatic isomer fractions with 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: CECA S.A., IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Catherine LAROCHE, Arnaud BAUDOT
  • Publication number: 20170226031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating meta-xylene from C8 aromatic fractions, using a zeolitic adsorbent based on sodium-exchanged or sodium-and-lithium-exchanged agglomerated crystals of zeolite Y, with a large external surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Arnaud BAUDOT, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Serge NICOLAS
  • Publication number: 20170217858
    Abstract: The invention relates to zeolitic absorbents based on at least one zeolite with hierarchical porosity, containing barium or barium and potassium, to the uses thereof for separating para-xylene from aromatic fractions containing 8 carbon atoms, and to the method for separating para-xylene from aromatic fractions containing 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Amaud BAUDOT
  • Patent number: 9605230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of zeolites or of agglomerates based on zeolites in order to improve the thermal stability of oils and the invention is targeted in particular at the use of these zeolitic compounds for stabilizing the oils or the formulations based on oils participating in the composition of refrigerants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Beatrice Boussand
  • Patent number: 9587202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing the total acidity of refrigerating compositions comprising at least one refrigerant with at least one lubricant, said process comprising at least one stage of bringing said composition into contact with at least one zeolitic adsorbent based on powder formed of zeolite(s) or on agglomerates formed of zeolite(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Beatrice Boussand
  • Publication number: 20160289146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zeolitic granular material having a connected zeolitic structure across the entire volume thereof, having high mechanical resistance to crushing in the bed, and optimised material transfer in the macro-mesopores. The invention also relates to the method for preparing said zeolitic granular material, as well as to the use thereof as an adsorbent material in co-current or counter-current liquid phase separation methods, typically in a simulated mobile bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: CECA S.A., IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Ludivine BOUVIER, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Cécile LUTZ, Anne-Sophie GAY, Florent MOREAU
  • Publication number: 20160207024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous Faujasite zeolite with an Si/Al ratio which is strictly greater than 1.4 and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Serge NICOLAS
  • Publication number: 20160207025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolitic adsorbents based on agglomerated crystals of FAU zeolite comprising barium and/or potassium, with large external surface area, combining optimum properties in terms of selectivity and mechanical strength. These adsorbents find applications in the separation of cuts of C8-aromatic isomers and notably of xylenes, in the separation of isomers of substituted toluene such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene, toluenediamine, in the separation of cresols, and polyhydric alcohols, such as sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicants: CECA S.A., IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Ludivine BOUVIER, Serge NICOLAS, Cecile LUTZ, Marie-Laurence LABEDE
  • Publication number: 20160193586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous zeolite and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Quitterie PERSILLON, Serge NICOLAS, Yvan LECOMTE
  • Publication number: 20160176720
    Abstract: The present invention concerns Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity having an Si/AI atomic ratio strictly greater than 1.4 and less than or equal to 6, having controlled and optimised crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Serge NICOLAS, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20160137517
    Abstract: The present invention concerns zeolites with hierarchical porosity having a molar ratio Si/Al of between 1 and 1.4, inclusive, of which the average diameter, as a number, is between 0.1 ?m and 20 ?m, having controlled and optimized crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Serge NICOLAS, Karine LOPEZ, Cecile LUTZ, Ludivine BOUVIER
  • Publication number: 20160090655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for inhibiting the corrosion of the metals used in the oil industry, and more generally in all types of industries for drilling for fossil compounds or ores, such as gas or oil. The corrosion-inhibiting formulations are stable during storage, and have improved properties due to the presence of at least one compound having at least one triazine unit. The invention also relates to the use of at least one compound comprising at least one triazine unit in a corrosion-inhibiting formulation, as well as to the use of said corrosion-inhibiting formulation in the oil, gas and mining industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Tong Eak POU, Jean Francois DEVAUX
  • Publication number: 20160067673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite adsorbents based on agglomerated crystals of zeolite EMT comprising barium and/or potassium. These adsorbents find applications in the separation of aromatic C8 isomer fractions, especially of xylenes, in the separation of substituted toluene isomers, such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene and toluenediamine, and in the separation of cresols, and in the separation of polyhydric alcohols, such as sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas BATS, Catherine LAROCHE, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Ludivine BOUVIER
  • Publication number: 20160009614
    Abstract: Process for separating xylenes starting from a feed comprising cuts of isomers of aromatic hydrocarbons containing 8 carbon atoms, in a simulated moving bed, by selective adsorption of a xylene isomer in the presence of a desorbent, by means of particles of agglomerated zeolitic adsorbent based on zeolite crystals with a number-average diameter less than or equal to 1.2 ?m, wherein the number-average diameter of said particles of adsorbent is between 150 ?m and 500 ?m and the mechanical strength measured by the Shell method series SMS1471-74 adapted for agglomerates with a size below 500 ?m is greater than or equal to 2 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Damien LEINEKUGEL LE COCQ, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Frederic AUGIER, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Sylvie SZENDROVICS, Quitterie PERSILLON
  • Publication number: 20150306565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolitic adsorbents based on small agglomerated crystals of zeolite X comprising barium, combining optimum properties in terms of selectivity and of mechanical strength. These adsorbents have applications in the separation of fractions of aromatic C8 isomers and in particular xylenes, in the separation of substituted toluene isomers, such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene or toluenediamine, in the separation of cresols and in the separation of polyhydric alcohols, such as sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: CECA S.A., IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Ludivine BOUVIER, Stephane KIEGER, Catherine LAROCHE, Philibert LEFLAIVE
  • Patent number: 9061918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a zeolite of the faujasite X type having a low silica content, more precisely a zeolite LSX having a Si/Al atomic ratio lower than or equal to 1.15, having a high crystallinity rate and whereof the crystals have a controlled particle size distribution. The present invention also relates to the method for preparing said zeolite LSX.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Serge Nicolas, Guy-Henri Durand
  • Patent number: 9050581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aggregate zeolitic adsorbents based on zeolite X and zeolite LSX. These adsorbents are particularly suitable for separating C8 aromatic isomers and in particular xylenes, separating sugars, separating polyhydric alcohols, separating isomers of substituted toluenes, separating cresols, separating dichlorobenzenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: CECA S.A., Institut Francais Du Petrole
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Stéphane Kieger, Catherine Laroche, Philibert Leflaive, Tom Frising
  • Patent number: 8932386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agglomerated zeolite adsorbent containing at least one polymer matrix that is greatly laden with at least one zeolite adsorbent. The invention also relates to the method for preparing such an adsorbent and to the uses thereof, particularly as an adsorbent of moisture, odors, volatile organic components, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Serge Nicolas, Alice Medevielle, Patrick Alex
  • Publication number: 20140366774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to industrial bitumen compositions comprising at least one industrial bitumen, and at least one surface-active agent for reducing the viscosity of said bitumen. The present invention also relates to the use of said industrial bitumen compositions for the preparation of industrial bitumen-containing products, as well as the products thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: GILLES BARRETO, JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ LEON
  • Publication number: 20140343332
    Abstract: A composition for inhibiting corrosion of the upper part (or roof) of a pipeline for conveying wet hydrocarbons, i.e. hydrocarbons comprising a variable amount of water, comprises at least one Amine 1 with vapour pressure greater than or equal to 10 mmHg, and at least one Amine 2 with vapour pressure greater than or equal to 0.1 mmHg and less than 10 mmHg. The use of such a composition, and also to the method of inhibiting top-of-line corrosion employing the inhibitor composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Tong Eak Pou, Stéphane Boito