Patents Assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles
  • Publication number: 20240010932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for capturing organometallic impurities in a gasoline-type hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds and olefins, wherein said feedstock is brought into contact with hydrogen and a capture mass comprising a nickel-based active phase, and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal distribution of mesopores and wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm corresponds to between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of mesopores with a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 mm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 mm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie DEVERS, Etienne GIRARD, Philibert LEFLAIVE
  • Publication number: 20240010931
    Abstract: Method for treating a partially desulphurised sulphur-containing hydrocarbon feedstock from a preliminary hydrodesulphurisation step in the presence of a catalyst comprising an active phase comprising a group VII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina support comprising a bimodal distribution of mesopores, wherein: -the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm is between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of the support; -the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm is between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the support; -the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm is between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20240010933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut wherein said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a catalyst comprising an alumina support obtained by dehydration of an aluminum hydroxide or oxyhydroxide at a temperature of between 400° C. and 1200° C. and for a time of between 0.1 seconds and 5 seconds, at least one metal from group VIB, at least one metal from group VIII, and phosphorus are brought into contact, the molar ratio between the phosphorus and the metal from group VIB being between and 0.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT, Charlie BLONS
  • Publication number: 20240009655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a recycled catalyst comprising at least one metal M1 from group VI B, and/or at least one metal M2 from group VIII, optionally phosphorus and/or sulfur, and a support based on oxide(s). The process comprises the recycling of at least a part of the metal or metals of a source catalyst comprising the metal M1 and/or the metal M2 common with the recycled catalyst to be produced, with: an extraction by an extraction solution of the metal M1 and/or of the metal M2 from said source catalyst, in order to obtain a solution of extracted metal/metals, then—an impregnation of the support with an impregnation solution resulting from said solution of extracted metal/metals, in order to obtain an impregnated substrate, said extracted metal(s) remaining in the liquid phase from the extraction until the impregnation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie DEVERS, Pierre-louis CARRETTE, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Marine MINIERE
  • Patent number: 11865530
    Abstract: Process for preparing a catalyst containing an active phase based on a group VIII metal and a porous support, comprising the following steps: bringing said support into contact with an organic compound comprising at least oxygen and/or nitrogen; bringing the porous support into contact with a solution containing a precursor of the active phase comprising a group VIII metal; drying the catalyst precursor at a temperature of less than 200° C. so as to obtain a dried catalyst precursor; calcining the dried catalyst precursor at a temperature of between 200° C. and 1100° C. under a stream of inert gas and/or of oxidizing gas, it being understood that the velocity of said gas stream, defined as the mass flow rate of said gas stream per volume of catalyst per hour, is greater than 1 litre per gram of catalyst and per hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Damien Delcroix, Romain Chenevier
  • Patent number: 11866396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an NCC process and an apparatus for producing light olefins and aromatics, wherein the C5+ fraction (16) of the cracking effluent is separated into a C5 fraction (25) recycled into the NCC reactor (4) and a C6+ fraction (26), and wherein the C6+ fraction (26) is sent into an aromatics extraction unit (30) to produce an aromatics-enriched fraction (31) and a low-aromatics fraction (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Thinon, Anne Claire, Vania Santos-Moreau
  • Publication number: 20230416617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for capturing organometallic impurities in a gasoline-type hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds and olefins, wherein said feedstock is brought into contact with hydrogen and a capture mass comprising a nickel-based active phase, and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal distribution of mesopores and wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm corresponds to between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of mesopores with a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20230415131
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the hydrodesulfurization of an olefinic gasoline cut containing sulfur, wherein said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a catalyst are brought into contact, said catalyst comprising a group VIB metal, a group VIII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal mesopore distribution and wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm corresponds to between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Patent number: 11851338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the rapid synthesis of an AFX-structure zeolite comprising at least: i) mixing, in an aqueous medium, a FAU-structure zeolite having an SiO2 (FAU)/Al2O3 (FAU) molar ratio of between 2.00 and 100, a nitrogen-containing organic compound R, at least one source of at least one alkali and/or alkaline-earth metal M of valence n, with the following molar composition: (SiO2 (FAU))/(Al2O3 (FAU)) between 2.00 and 100, H2O/(SiO2 (FAU)) between 1 and 100, R/(SiO2 (FAU)) between 0.01 and 0.6, M2/nO/(SiO2(FAU)) between 0.005 and 0.45, wherein SiO2 (FAU) denotes the amount of SiO2 provided by the FAU zeolite and Al2O3 (FAU) denotes the amount of Al2O3 provided by the FAU zeolite, until a homogeneous precursor gel is obtained; ii) hydrothermally treating said precursor gel obtained at the end of step i) under autogenous pressure at a temperature of between 120° C. and 250° C., for 4 to 12 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Raquel Martinez Franco, Bogdan Harbuzaru, Eric Llido, David Berthout
  • Publication number: 20230405573
    Abstract: A method for selective hydrogenation of gasoline including polyunsaturated compounds and light sulfur compounds wherein the gasoline and hydrogen is brought into contact with a catalyst containing a group VIB metal, a group VIII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal mesopore distribution and wherein the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm is 10 to 30% by volume of the total pore volume of the substrate, the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm is 30 to 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the substrate; the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm is 30 to 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Patent number: 11839872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and to a process for the fluidized bed catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock, in which: a first feedstock (2) is cracked in a dense fluidized bed reactor (1) in the presence of a catalyst (3) to produce a first effluent; and at least one second feedstock (10) is cracked in a transport fluidized bed reactor (4) in the presence of the catalyst (3) supplied by the dense fluidized bed reactor (1) to produce a second effluent, the second feedstock (10) being a heavier feedstock than the first feedstock (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Ann Cloupet, Ludovic Raynal
  • Publication number: 20230381758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a bifunctional catalyst using an IZM-2 zeolite, a hydrogenating function and a matrix. The preparation method according to the invention uses a specific heat treatment of the catalyst which improves its selectivity for the isomerisation of paraffinic feedstocks in middle distillates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabrice DIEHL, Christophe BOUCHY
  • Publication number: 20230381767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic bed comprising a particular photocatalytic catalyst. The bed comprises structuring particlesa made of inorganic material, b, combined with at least one semiconductor material, a, with photocatalytic properties, the combination being produced by mixing structuring particles made of inorganic material, b, with the semiconductor material, a, in the form of particles, —and/or by chemical or physicochemical deposition of the semiconductor material, a, on the structuring particles made of inorganic material, b, the structuring particles, b, being of substantially spherical shape and of mean diameter between 22 nm and 8.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Celine PAGIS, Audrey BONDUELLE SKRZYPCZAK
  • Patent number: 11826735
    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: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Carine Guegan
  • Publication number: 20230373892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the dehydrogenation of a feedstock comprising ethanol, using at least one multitubular reactor advantageously comprising a plurality of tubes comprising at least one dehydrogenation catalyst, and a calender, said feedstock being introduced into the tubes in gas form, at an inlet temperature of greater than or equal to 240° C., a pressure between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa, and a WWH between 2 and 15 h?1, wherein a heat-transfer fluid circulates in said calender at a flow rate such that the weight ratio of said heat-transfer fluid relative to said feedstock is greater than or equal to 1.0, and such that said heat-transfer fluid is introduced into said calender in gas form at an inlet temperature of greater than or equal to 260° C. and at an inlet pressure of greater than or equal to 0.10 MPa, and less than or equal to 1.10 MPa, and leaves the calender at least partly in liquid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe GABELLE, Vincent COUPARD, Rejane DASTILLUNG, Mickael MEJEAN
  • Publication number: 20230374555
    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, and produces ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-François JOLY, Frédéric FEUGNET
  • Patent number: 11820946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for converting a plastic feedstock and for converting used tyres to obtain carbon black, comprising the following steps: a) a solid feedstock (100) based on used tyres is sent into a reaction zone (10) in the presence of a liquid solvent (340) comprising aromatic compounds to at least partly dissolve said solid feedstock and to thermally decompose said dissolved solid feedstock so as to obtain carbon black (160) and a first hydrocarbon-based liquid fraction (120); b) a molten plastic feedstock (200) is sent together with at least a portion of the first hydrocarbon-based liquid fraction (120) obtained on conclusion of step a) into a conversion zone (20) to dissolve said molten plastic feedstock (200) and to thermally decompose said dissolved plastic feedstock so as to obtain a second hydrocarbon-based liquid fraction (230).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Thierry Gauthier, Romina Digne
  • Patent number: 11814579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition C which comprises, in an aqueous medium M: surfactants suitable for creating a foam in the presence of a gas; and polymers P based on acrylamide or acrylamido units, having a molecular mass of 1,000,000 to 20,000,000 g/mol; or: composition C has a viscosity of less than 6 mPa·s; and the content of polymer P is greater than the concentration limit beyond which the apparent viscosity of a foam obtained from composition C is greater by at least 10% than the apparent viscosity of a foam obtained from the same composition but deprived of polymers. The invention further relates to the use of these compositions as foaming compositions for EOR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Eloise Chevallier, Mikel Morvan, Vincent Miralles
  • Publication number: 20230357531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for depolymerizing a polyester feedstock comprising PET, said process comprising, prior to the step of depolymerization by glycolysis and to the step of purification of the depolymerization effluent, an improved step of conditioning the feedstock in which the polyester feedstock is conditioned in terms of temperature and pressure and then mixed with a diol effluent in a static or dynamic mixer in order in particular to substantially reduce the viscosity of the feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Yacine HAROUN, Adrien MEKKI-BERRADA, Olivier THINON, Cyprien CHARRA, Damien LEINEKUGEL LE COCQ, Mayara AZIM GONDIM PAIVA
  • Publication number: 20230356200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an original process for the preparation of a catalyst in the form of an extrudate comprising an acid zeolite with the structural code MFI, the zeolite content being between 45% and 90% relative to the total mass of the catalyst, and a binder, and optionally containing a hydrogenating active phase, comprising at least a) the mixture of said MFI zeolite and the binder, the average size of the elementary particles of said MFI zeolite being between 110 and 800 nm, b) the addition of said mixture a) of a peptizing agent c) the addition to said mixture of a neutralizing agent d) the shaping by extrusion of the mixture e) optionally, the drying of the solid, f) the heat treatment of the said solid obtained in the presence of water vapor at a temperature between 400 and 1000° C. in the presence of an air flow containing from 1 to 60% by volume of water, and g) optionally, the introduction of one or more precursors of a hydrogenating active phase on the solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Mathieu DIGNE, Antoine FECANT, Thomas REGAL, Chloe BERTRAND DRIRA