Patents Assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles
  • METHOD FOR CLEANING A REACTOR FOR PROCESSING A LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20220145232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing method at acidic or neutral pH in a reactor (4) for processing lignocellulosic biomass (P), said process including a continuous cleaning phase of the reactor which comprises introducing a basic aqueous solution (EB) into said reactor containing the biomass being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, AGRO INDUSTRIES RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Meriem BOURAS, Caroline AYMARD, Olivier CARNNOT
  • Process for the production of a terephthalate polyester from a monomer mixture comprising a diester
    Publication number: 20220135735
    Abstract: A process for the production of a terephthalate polyester, containing a stage a) for preparing an esterification feedstock containing at least one mixing section fed with at least one terephthalic acid feedstock and one diester monomer feedstock, where the ratio of the total number of moles of diol units with respect to the total number of moles of terephthalate units introduced into the mixing section is between 1.0 and 2.0, the mixing section being operated at a temperature between 25° C. and 250° C. and at a pressure greater than or equal to 0.1 MPa, an esterification stage b) to produce at least one reaction effluent and one aqueous effluent, a polycondensation stage c) to obtain at least the terephthalate polyester and an effluent containing at least one diol monomer, and a stage d) of treatment of the diols to obtain a purified diol stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Olivier THINON, Thierry GAUTHIER
  • Anti-clogging device for the upflow of a fluid
    Patent number: 11319505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the upflow of a single-phase fluid comprising at least two beds of solid particles and at least one bypass means for a portion of said fluid, and also to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic Augier, Frederic Bazer-Bachi
  • Flow-cooled power electronics
    Patent number: 11323012
    Abstract: The invention is a device (1) for cooling a power electronic system (EP) comprising at least one power electronic component (2) mounted on at least one circuit board (3), the cooling device (1) comprises a hose (4) for circulating a flow (5) at an ambient temperature. The cooling device (1) comprises a first heat exchange surface (6) that is thermally connected to the power electronic components (2) and at least one second heat exchange surface (7). The second heat exchange surface (7) is for heat exchange with the flow (5) circulating through the hose. The second heat exchange surface (7) is fitted inside the circulation hose (4) to remove heat by convection with the circulating flow (5). The second heat exchange surface (7) is thermally connected to the first heat exchange surface (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Alexandre Battiston, Laid Kefsi, Fabrice Le Berr
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYESTER TEREPHTHALATE INCORPORATING A DEPOLYMERIZATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20220127416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a terephthalate polyester from at least one feedstock of polyester to be recycled, integrating a process of depolymerization, advantageously by glycolysis, of the polyester to be recycled in order to produce a diester intermediate compatible with the specifications of the polymerization steps and comprising an optimized system for recycling the streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Olivier THINON, Thierry GAUTHIER
  • TWO-STAGE HYDROCRACKING PROCESS COMPRISING A HYDROGENATION STAGE UPSTREAM OF THE SECOND HYDROCRACKING STAGE, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MIDDLE DISTILLATES
    Publication number: 20220112435
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the use of a two-step hydrocracking process comprising a step of hydrogenation placed upstream of the second hydrocracking step, the hydrogenation step treating the unconverted liquid fraction separated in the distillation step in the presence of a specific hydrogenation catalyst. Furthermore, the hydrogenation step and second hydrocracking step are carried out under specific operating conditions and in particular under very specific temperature conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Anne-Claire DUBREUIL, Gerhard PIRNGRUBER, Emmanuelle GUILLON
  • Distribution system using meridian panels for a simulated moving bed separation method using N columns in series
    Patent number: 11298632
    Abstract: The present invention describes a fluid distribution and collection device of a simulated moving bed separation unit comprising N plates, themselves divided into meridian panels, which device makes it possible to maintain an approximately identical residence time for each portion of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Aude Royon-Lebeaud, Frederic Augier
  • Method for treating lignocellulosic biomass by impregnation
    Patent number: 11299758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating lignocellulosic biomass by means of an acidic liquor in order to produce “second-generation” (2G) sugary liquors. These sugary liquors may be used to produce other products via a biochemical pathway (e.g. alcohols such as ethanol, butanol or other molecules, for example solvents such as acetone, etc.). This process comprises analysis of the liquid streams withdrawn during the process and adjustment of the composition of the impregnation liquor so as to keep the acidic power of said streams constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, AGRO INDUSTRIES RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT, INSTITUTE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
    Inventors: Caroline Aymard, Pierre-Antoine Bouillon, Romain Rousset, Olivier Carnnot
  • System for the dynamic determination of the environmental footprint linked to the overall mobility of a user
    Patent number: 11295044
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for dynamic determination of an environmental footprint linked to the overall mobility of a user, comprising means for measuring a trip made by the user using a smart phone application which detects modes of mobility and modes of mobility in a motorized vehicle and style of driving; means for calculating a pollution footprint of the user, accounting for the real usage and global and local pollutants emitted during a given time interval using a server or onboard electronics in a control unit or in a connected vehicle; and means for exploiting the pollution footprint, including a connected object informing one of the user and the administrative authorities of the pollution footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Laurent Thibault, Gilles Corde
  • Production of aromatics by pyrolysis, water gas shift and aromatization of CO2
    Publication number: 20220098499
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a WGS water gas shift reaction section (50) suitable for treating the pyrolysis gas and for producing a WGS gas enriched in CO2 and in hydrogen; a CO2 aromatization reaction section (52) suitable for: at least partly treating the WGS gas to produce a hydrocarbon effluent comprising aromatic compounds, and feeding the feedstock with the hydrocarbon effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Catherine LAROCHE, Frederic FEUGNET
  • PRODUCTION OF AROMATICS BY REVERSE WATER GAS SHIFT, FERMENTATION AND RECYCLING TO PYROLYSIS.
    Publication number: 20220098624
    Abstract: Device and process for the conversion of a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is treated notably by means of a fractionation train (4-7), a xylene separation unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a reverse water gas shift RWGS reaction section (50) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water, to produce ethanol and recycle the ethanol to the inlet of the pyrolysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Production of aromatics by reverse water gas shift, fermentation and aromatization
    Publication number: 20220098498
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; an RWGS reverse water gas shift reaction section (51) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water and produces ethanol; and an aromatization reaction section (14) converts the ethanol into a mixture of aromatic and paraffinic compounds feeding the feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Variants of exoglucanases having improved activity and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11286472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression and optimization of enzymes involved in the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass. Disclosed are variants of the exoglucanase 1 of Trichoderma reesei, as well as the use of said variants with improved efficiency in methods for breaking down cellulose and for producing biofuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, Proteus
    Inventors: Cecile Persillon, Christophe Ullmann, Celine Ayrinhac, Olivier Bonzom, Sebastien Fort, Sylvie Armand, Stephanie Pradeau, Antoine Margeot, Lionel Rousseau, Françoise Le Roux
  • Device for gas-liquid separation, intended for three-phase fluidised bed reactors such as those used in the H-oil process
    Patent number: 11286430
    Abstract: A device for gas-liquid separation, intended to equip three-phase fluidized bed reactors such as those used in the H-oil process. The device has a succession of two bends situated in different planes, which device accomplishes excellent separation of the gas and of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Benjamin Amblard, Daniel Ferre, Jean-Francois Le Coz
  • Multi-metallic catalyst doped with phosphorus and yttrium
    Patent number: 11285464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support, at least one noble metal M, tin, phosphorus and yttrium, the content of phosphorus element being less than or equal to 1% by weight, and the content of yttrium being less than or equal to 1% by weight relative to the mass of the catalyst. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the catalyst and to the use thereof in reforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Carine Guegan
  • POLYOXOPOLYAMINE DESORBENTS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20220089937
    Abstract: The instant invention concerns the use of a compound of formula R1R2N—(CH2)m?NR3—(CH2)m??NR4R5 wherein each of m and m? is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and each of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is a group of formula —[O—CH2—CH(—CH3)—]n—[O—CH2—CH2]p—OH, wherein n is from 2 to 30; and p is from 5 to 50 for decreasing or inhibiting the anionic-surfactant retention phenomena in an oil reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: RHODIA OPERATIONS, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Mikel Morvan, Max Chabert, Sayak Roy
  • Process for the hydrocracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks
    Patent number: 11279892
    Abstract: A hydrocracking process: A. hydrotreating HDT the feedstocks, B. gas/liquid separation of effluent from A with a separation device having a chamber compartmentalized into an upstream degassing compartment and a downstream stripping compartment, the passage of the degassed liquid from the degassing compartment to the stripping compartment being provided by an opening made in the internal wall and/or by overflowing above the said internal wall separating the said compartments, C. hydrodesulfurization of gaseous effluent obtained in B and of an external feedstock, D. a first hydrocracking of liquid effluent resulting from B, E. gas/liquid separation of liquid effluent from D and of the liquid effluent from C, F. a fractionation of liquid effluent from E, G. a second hydrocracking of unconverted liquid fraction from F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Thomas Plennevaux, Thierry Gauthier, Patrick Bourges
  • TWO-STAGE HYDROCRACKING PROCESS COMPRISING A HYDROGENATION STAGE DOWNSTREAM OF THE SECOND HYDROCRACKING STAGE, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MIDDLE DISTILLATES
    Publication number: 20220081628
    Abstract: The invention relates to the implementation of a multi-stage hydrocracking process comprising a hydrogenation stage located downstream of the second hydrocracking stage, said hydrogenation stage treating the effluent produced in the second hydrocracking stage, in the presence of a specific hydrogenation catalyst. In addition, the hydrogenation and second hydrocracking stages are implemented under specific operating conditions and particularly under very specific temperature conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Anne-Claire DUBREUIL, Gerhard PIRNGRUBER, Emmanuelle GUILLON
  • PROCESS FOR THE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF SULFUR-CONTAINING OLEFINIC GASOLINE CUTS USING A REGENERATED CATALYST
    Publication number: 20220081627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a regenerated catalyst are brought into contact, said process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h?1; and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 Sl/l, said regenerated catalyst resulting from an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb and an oxide support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie DEVERS, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD
  • Separation of enzymes from by filter press and tangential filtration on a ceramic membrane
    Patent number: 11274122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating, from a culture medium, an enzymatic cocktail and the fungus Trichoderma Reesei, the culture medium resulting from enzyme production by the fungus, method in which: said culture medium is subjected, in a period of no longer than 30 h from the halting of production, to a separation on a filter press lined with a fabric having a porosity of 3-20 ?m, so as to obtain a filtrate having a corrected optical density OD at 600 nm of less than 2.5; and the liquid phase obtained is subjected to tangenital micro-filtration on a ceramic membrane having a cut-off limit of 0.5 to 1.4 ?m, so that the corrected OD at 600 nm does not exceed 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique
    Inventors: Mohamed Fadhel Ben Chaabane, Romain Rousset