Patents Assigned to IFP
  • Patent number: 12190720
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for determining the amount of pollutant emissions (Q) from at least one vehicle over a road network section, wherein a pollutant emission model (MFE) is constructed by machine learning (APP) using macroscopic data (MAC) of a learning road network and traffic data (TRA). This model (MFE) is then applied to a road network section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Giovanni De Nunzio, Mohamed Laraki, Bassel Othman, Laurent Thibault
  • Patent number: 12180889
    Abstract: The present invention is a compressed-gas energy storage and recovery system and method. The system comprises a compression line (1), an air storage means (1000) and an expansion line (2). According to the invention, the compression line (1) and expansion line (2) comprise a heat storage means (200, 201, 202) including heat storage particles. The expansion line comprises means (600, 601, 602) for injecting and mixing liquid in expansion line (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: David Teixeira, Elsa Muller-Shernetsky
  • Publication number: 20240422024
    Abstract: A multi-port Ethernet fiber switch converts the TDD to OD and then provides the OD to multi-port Ethernet fiber switch ports for transmission on optical lines connected to the multi-port Ethernet fiber switch ports. The OD on the multiple optical lines is then transmitted to multiple integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access stations through the multiple optical lines. Each integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station includes an integrated OD to TDD converter/receiver that is positioned in a cavity in the wall in which the integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station resides. Each integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station includes one or more data ports, such as standard RJ-45 ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Connect, LLC
    Inventor: Eric S. Crawford
  • Publication number: 20240417631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production and separation device and method wherein: a reforming effluent (40) is produced and fractionated in a separation unit (1) and a fractionation train (5-6-7) for extracting benzene (22), toluene (23), xylenes (24) and C9-10 aromatics; aromatics are extracted from a feedstock (41) in a liquid-liquid extraction unit (14) to produce a first raffinate (43) and a first extract (42), the first extract (42) being sent to a benzene-toluene fractionation device (5); the xylenes are separated in a xylene separation unit (10) to produce a second extract (31) containing para-xylene, and a second raffinate (32) containing ortho-xylene and meta-xylene; and the second raffinate is isomerised in an isomerisation unit (11) so as to produce an isomerate (34) enriched in para-xylene sent to a fractionation train (5-6-7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Jeremy GAZARIAN, Thi Bich Ngoc DANG, Li ZHANG, Arnaud COTTE, Anaïs DORSEY
  • Patent number: 12168213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant for oligomerizing ethylene to produce oligomerized alpha-olefins, with production of a fouling by-product in the form of a deposit, said plant comprising a reaction section comprising: —a reactor (c) for two-phase gas/liquid or single-phase all-liquid oligomerization proceeding from an optional solvent, an oligomerization catalyst and ethylene, and —cooling means associated with said reactor in the form of at least one cooling circuit external to the reactor and/or in the form of a jacket of the walls of the reactor. Packings are disposed in the reaction section in order to increase the contact surface area per unit volume that is accessible to the deposition of the byproduct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Cyprien Charra, Olivier Cotte, Frédéric Favre, Slavik Kasztelan, Jérôme Pigourier
  • Patent number: 12168221
    Abstract: Catalyst comprising nickel and copper, in a proportion of 1% to 50% by weight of nickel element relative to the total weight of the catalyst, in a proportion of 0.5% to 15% by weight of copper element relative to the total weight of the catalyst, and an alumina support, said catalyst being characterized in that: the mole ratio between nickel and copper is between 0.5 and 5 mol/mol; at least one portion of the nickel and copper is in the form of a nickel-copper alloy; the nickel content in the nickel-copper alloy is between 0.5% and 15% by weight of nickel element relative to the total weight of the catalyst, the size of the nickel particles in the catalyst is less than 7 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Malika Boualleg
  • Publication number: 20240409863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing alcohol(s), according to which a culture medium containing a sugary carbon substrate (2) is introduced into a reaction section (1) comprising a support (4) on which micro-organisms are immobilised, in order to produce, by fermentation under the action of the said micro-organisms, a must (3) enriched with alcohol(s) and fermentation gas(es), such that the process is operated continuously in the liquid phase, and such that, in order to control production, the quantity of living micro-organisms immobilised on the support is monitored without intervention on the said supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Maxime CARRIE, Helene VELLY, Jean-Christophe GABELLE, Mohamed Fadhel BEN CHAABANE
  • Publication number: 20240399340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising: (a) an aluminium-doped sulphated zirconium oxide, —with an aluminium content of 0.8 to 3.0% by weight of the catalyst, —with a cristallographic phase containing at least 80%, in particular at least 85% or at least 90%, of zirconium oxide in the tetragonal phase, —with a crystallinity index for the zirconium oxide of at least 55%, in particular of at least 60% or at least 65% or 70%; (b) a refractory oxide selected from silica and/or alumina; (c) a group VIIIB metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Souad RAFIK-CLEMENT, Olivier DELPOUX, Gerhard PIRNGRUBER, Anne-Agathe QUOINEAUD, Robin CHAL
  • Publication number: 20240400917
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a pyrolysis oil from plastics and/or solid recovered fuels, comprising: a) optional selective hydrogenation of the feedstock; b) hydroconversion in an ebullated bed, entrained bed and/or moving bed, in order to obtain a hydroconverted effluent; c) separation of the effluent from step b) in the presence of an aqueous stream to obtain a gaseous effluent, an aqueous effluent and a hydrocarbon liquid effluent; d) optional fractionation to obtain at least one gaseous stream and a fraction having a boiling point of less than or equal to 150° C. and a fraction having a boiling point of greater than 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Marisa DE SOUSA DUARTE, Wilfried WEISS, Duc NGUYEN-HONG
  • Patent number: 12157712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oligomerization process implemented in a sequence of at least two gas/liquid reactors, placed in series, comprising at least one gas headspace recycle loop. The process more particularly relates to the oligomerization of ethylene to linear alpha-olefins such as 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene or a mixture of linear alpha-olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Frederic Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Pedro Maximiano Raimundo, Lionel Magna
  • Patent number: 12157792
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Olivier Thinon, Thierry Gauthier
  • Patent number: 12152267
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for treating lignocellulosic biomass comprising the following steps: a) conditioning the lignocellulosic biomass, b) washing said particles, c) separating the aqueous solution from the washed biomass particles, d) impregnating said lignocellulosic substrate with an acid liquor, e) carrying out a solid/liquid separation of the impregnated lignocellulosic substrate, f) pretreating said substrate from step e) by cooking, g) carrying out an enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated lignocellulosic substrate, h) carrying out a fermentation of the hydrolyzate from step g), and introducing the used aqueous washing solution into a step of said biomass treatment process which is after the pretreatment step f), and/or into an enzyme production step and/or into a step of producing/propagating the microorganisms necessary for steps g) or h).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Caroline Aymard, Severine Louesdon-Jeunet, Romain Rousset, Damien Hudebine
  • Patent number: 12152110
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating a lignocellulosic biomass comprising a solids content of not more than 80% by weight, said process comprising the use of at least one reactor (9,14) for treating said biomass, in which the or at least one of said reactors is fed with biomass via a feed means (6,11) creating a pressure increase between the biomass inlet and the biomass outlet of said feed means, in which said feed means is washed by circulation of a washing fluid between a washing inlet (7,12) and a washing outlet (8,13). According to the process, at least a portion of the washing fluid (8,13) exiting the fluid outlet of the at least one feed means (6,11) is reintroduced into the washing inlet of the same feed means or of another of said feed means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Institut National de Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation et L'Environment, Agro Industries Recherche Et Developpement
    Inventors: Caroline Aymard, Pierre-Antoine Bouillon, Meriem Bouras
  • Patent number: 12151994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the oligomerization of C2 to C4 olefin(s) in a gas/liquid or all-liquid oligomerization reactor (c) using a solvent, an oligomerization catalyst and olefin(s), in which compression and premixing are performed between a liquid phase comprising the solvent and a gaseous phase comprising said gaseous olefin(s) by a multiphase pump (b), with partial or total dissolution of the olefin(s) of the gaseous phase in the liquid phase and/or premixing between the two phases, before introduction of the premix obtained into said reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Ludovic Raynal, Philippe Pagnier, Yozika Glavan Moreno
  • Publication number: 20240384290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting several copies of a gene of interest into the genome of a fungus, said method comprising a step of transforming said fungus by using a vector comprising an expression cassette, said cassette comprising: (1) a TEF1 promoter identical to the endogenous TEF1 promoter of the species of fungus, (2) a gene of interest, and (3) a terminator that is not the endogenous TEF1 terminator of the fungus species. The invention also relates to the fungi obtained by such a method, and to the various uses of the strains modified in this manner. (no figure).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Hugues Mathis, Frédérique Bidard-Michelot
  • Patent number: 12139663
    Abstract: A method for sealing and/or consolidating a subterranean formation, the subterranean formation being traversed by at least one injection well, includes the steps of preparing a gelling aqueous solution comprising an alkaline solution of potassium silicate, acetic acid and an aluminate, and injecting from the injection well, into the subterranean formation, the gelling aqueous solution to seal and/or to consolidate the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Marc Fleury, Olivier Sissmann
  • Publication number: 20240351973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a crude diester monomer feedstock comprising: a) a step of mixing the crude diester monomer feedstock with an aqueous solvent, at a temperature of between 60° C. and 150° C., in order to obtain a diester monomer aqueous mixture, the amount of aqueous solvent introduced being adjusted so that the crude diester monomer feedstock represents between 20% and 90% of the total weight of the diester monomer aqueous mixture; b) a step of adsorbing the diester monomer aqueous mixture, at a temperature of between 60° C. and 150° C. and a pressure of between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa, in order to obtain a purified monomer effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, JEPLAN, INC.
    Inventors: David CHICHE, Guillaume BLANCKE, Damien LEINEKUGEL LE COCQ
  • Publication number: 20240351895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a microporous material shaped in the form of extrudates, tablets or beads having good mechanical crush strength and containing at least 90% by weight of KL zeolite (structural type LTL). This method comprises a stage of shaping a KL zeolite with at least one zeolitizable binder and at least one stage of zeolitization, in the presence of potassium hydroxide in one and/or the other of the stages, in order to obtain a material shaped in the form of extrudates, tablets or beads containing at least 90% by weight of KL zeolite and good mechanical crush strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Souad RAFIK-CLEMENT, Bogdan HARBUZARU
  • Patent number: 12121882
    Abstract: Catalyst comprising a nickel-based active phase and an alumina support, characterized in that: the nickel is distributed both on a crust at the periphery of the support, and in the core of the support, the thickness of said crust being between 2% and 15% of the diameter of the catalyst; the nickel density ratio between the crust and the core is strictly greater than 3; said crust comprises between 40% and 80% by weight of nickel element relative to the total weight of nickel contained in the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Vincent Coupard, Malika Boualleg, Carine Chollet, Alexandre Jouve
  • Patent number: 12126946
    Abstract: A multi-port Ethernet fiber switch converts the TDD to OD and then provides the OD to multi-port Ethernet fiber switch ports for transmission on optical lines connected to the multi-port Ethernet fiber switch ports. The OD on the multiple optical lines is then transmitted to multiple integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access stations through the multiple optical lines. Each integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station includes an integrated OD to TDD converter/receiver that is positioned in a cavity in the wall in which the integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station resides. Each integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station includes one or more data ports, such as standard RJ-45 ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Connect, LLC
    Inventor: Eric S. Crawford