Patents Assigned to IFP
  • Publication number: 20240309279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a slurry hydroconversion process of a heavy oil feedstock comprising: (a) preparing a first conditioned feedstock (103) by blending said heavy oil feedstock (101) with an organic chemical compound (102) comprising at least one carboxylic acid function and/or at least one ester function and/or an acid anhydride function; (b) preparing a second conditioned feedstock (105) by mixing a catalyst precursor composition (104) with said first conditioned feedstock so that a colloidal or molecular catalyst is formed when it reacts with sulfur; (c) heating the second conditioned feedstock in at least one preheating device; (d) introducing the heated second conditioned feedstock (106) into at least one slurry bed reactor and operating said slurry bed reactor in the presence of hydrogen and at hydroconversion conditions to produce an upgraded material (107), the colloidal or molecular catalyst being formed during step (c) and/or (d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Joao MARQUES, Thibaut CORRE, Jeremie BARBIER, Brett Matthew SILVERMAN, David M. MOUNTAINLAND, Sukesh PARASHER
  • Publication number: 20240300870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas/liquid reactor for the oligomerization of gaseous ethylene, comprising a central pipe which delimits inside the reactor chamber a central zone allowing a descending flow and an outer zone allowing an ascending flow, thus making it possible to increase the time of travel of the injected gas bubbles in the liquid phase, without increasing the volume of the liquid phase and thus the volume of the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Ludovic RAYNAL, Alexandre VONNER, Pedro MAXIMIANO RAIMUNDO
  • Patent number: 12083507
    Abstract: Nickel and copper catalyst, and an alumina support: nickel distributed both in the core of and on a crust at the periphery of the support, crust thickness being 2% to 15% of catalyst diameter; nickel density ratio between the crust and the core greater than 3; crust contains more than 25% by weight of nickel element relative to total weight of nickel in the catalyst; mole ratio between nickel and copper is 0.5 to 5, at least one portion of nickel and copper is a nickel-copper alloy; nickel content in the nickel-copper alloy is 0.5% to 15% by weight of nickel element relative to total weight of the catalyst; size of the nickel particles in the catalyst is less than 7 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Malika Boualleg
  • Patent number: 12083506
    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; the size of the nickel particles in the catalyst is less than 7 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Vincent Coupard, Malika Boualleg
  • Publication number: 20240293773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent composition for absorbing the carbon dioxide contained in a gaseous effluent comprising the combination of a base B or of a mixture of bases B of carbonate, hydrogen carbonate or hydroxide type with at least one unsaturated heterocyclic organic compound R(NH)n wherein the radical R is an alicyclic, monoaromatic or polyaromatic, or heterocyclic group having at least one nitrogen atom, and n is between 1 and 20, in an aqueous solvent Z and/or the product obtained by reaction of said base B or of said mixture of bases B with said compound R(NH)n in said aqueous solvent Z. The invention also relates to a process to capturing the CO2 in a gaseous effluent using said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Guillaume PETAUD, Etienne GIREL
  • Publication number: 20240287278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for depolymerization of a polyester feedstock, comprising: a) conditioning of the feedstock using a means for at least partially melting the feedstock and at least one mixer, which are fed with the feedstock and a diol stream, with a ratio by weight between the diol stream and the feedstock of between 0.01 and 6.00, the volume degree of dilution with diol in each mixer being between 3% and 70%; b) depolymerization of the polyester feedstock at 150-300° C., the ratio by weight between the diol and the diester in step b) being adjusted between 0.3 and 8.0; c) optionally, the separation of the diol, at a temperature of between 60 and 250° C. and a pressure lower than that of step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, JEPLAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yacine HAROUN, Cyprien CHARRA
  • Publication number: 20240287279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for depolymerization of a polyester feedstock comprising PET, comprising: a) a step for conditioning the polyester feedstock, to produce a conditioned feedstock stream; b) a step of depolymerization of the conditioned feedstock stream, at a temperature of between 150 and 300° C., in the presence of diol with a ratio by weight between the diol and the diester in the feedstock of between 0.3 and 8.0, to produce a reaction effluent; c) a step of separation of the diol from the reaction effluent, to produce at least a liquid monomers effluent; d) a step of separation of the liquid monomers effluent into a heavy impurities effluent and a prepurified monomers effluent; and e) a step of purification of the prepurified monomers effluent, comprising a substep e1) of adsorption at a temperature of between 50 and 200° C. and a crystallization substep e2), and producing at least one decolourized purified diester monomer effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, JEPLAN, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID CHICHE, Guillaume BLANCKE, Damien LEINEKUGEL LE COCQ, Frederic FAVRE, Yacine HAROUN, Olivier THINON, Adrien MEKKI-BERRADA, Mayara AZIN GONDIM PAIVA, Charles BONNIN, Cyprien CHARRA
  • Patent number: 12071509
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Thinon, Thierry Gauthier
  • Patent number: 12064751
    Abstract: Catalyst comprising nickel and sulfur on an alumina support, said catalyst being 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 more than 25% by weight of nickel element relative to the total weight of nickel contained in the catalyst, the size of the nickel particles in the catalyst, measured in oxide form, is between 7 and 25 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Anne-Claire Dubreuil, Vincent Coupard, Malika Boualleg
  • Publication number: 20240271780
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a CLC method and plant for a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising combustion of said hydrocarbon feedstock (8) on contact with an oxygen carrier in form of particles in a reduction zone (R0), and oxidation of the oxygen carrier from reduction zone (R0) on contact with an oxidizing gas, preferably air, in an oxidation zone. According to the invention, gaseous oxygen is released by the oxygen carrier in a sealing device (S1) operating in a dual fluidized bed and positioned in the path of said carrier from the oxidation zone to the combustion zone, and it is mixed with part of the combustion fumes intended to be recycled to the reduction zone. The gaseous oxygen then enables combustion of the residual unburned species that may be contained in the combustion fumes and/or it participates in the combustion of the hydrocarbon feedstock in the reduction zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Florent GUILLON, Airy TILLAND
  • Patent number: 12054679
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline containing sulfur compounds and olefins includes the following stages: a) hydrodesulfurization in the presence of a catalyst having an oxide support and an active phase having a metal from group VIB and a metal from group VIII, b) hydrodesulfurization at a higher temperature than that of stage a) and in the presence of a catalyst having an oxide support and an active phase with at least one metal from group VIII, c) separation of H2S formed, d) hydrodesulfurization at a low hydrogen/feedstock ratio and in the presence of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst having an oxide support and an active phase having a metal from group VIB and a metal from group VIII or an active phase with at least one metal from group VIII, and e) further separation of H2S formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Couderc, Adrien Gomez, Clementina Lopez-Garcia, Philibert Leflaive, Damien Hudebine, Floriane Maldonado
  • Patent number: 12055269
    Abstract: The present invention is a tank for storing pressurized gas. The tank comprises at least one tubular element (1) having a wall comprising a layer of prestressed concrete (6), at least one circumferential mechanical reinforcing layer (8), at least one axial mechanical reinforcing layer (7) and a sealing layer (5). The concrete from which the layer of prestressed concrete is made is chosen from ultra high performance fiber-reinforced concretes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventor: Vivien Esnault
  • Publication number: 20240254520
    Abstract: The present invention in general relates to enzymes with a polysaccharide oxidase activity. In particular, the invention relates to the field of second-generation ethanol production by oxidation and enzymatic hydrolysis of materials containing polysaccharides, in particular lignocellulosic biomass. The invention further relates to the field of celluloses, and to method for producing cellulose fibres and defibrillating cellulose substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Camille FILIATRAULT-CHASTEL, Antoine MARGEOT, Santa BLANQUET, Jean-Guy BERRIN, David NAVARRO
  • Patent number: 12049227
    Abstract: The invention is a method for determining a speed profile for minimizing emissions of at least one pollutant generated by a vehicle during a journey. The method requires a model of the vehicle dynamics, an analytical model of the emissions of the pollutant, and at least one speed profile model divided into at least two phases, each of the phases corresponding to a traction acceleration mode of the vehicle with a number of acceleration modes preferably being five. Then, a speed profile minimizing the emissions of at least one pollutant is determined by seeking, from speed profiles with respect to the distance, duration, and initial and final speeds of the journey and distinguished by distinct phase durations with the speed profile for which the emissions of the pollutant are modelled is by use of an analytical model for which the pollutants are the lowest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Robert Austin Dollar, Antonio Sciarretta, Laurent Thibault, Mohamed Laraki
  • Patent number: 12049591
    Abstract: Between 40% and 75% by weight of a first bitumen base B1 an asphalt obtained by a solvent deasphalting of a first vacuum residue R1 resulting from the distillation of an effluent hydroconverted by a process for the ebullated bed hydroconversion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, and Between 25% and 60% by weight of a second bitumen base B2 and/or of a flux F, F at least one heavy aromatic cut with a hydrogen content of greater than 8.5% by weight, B2, R1 or a second vacuum residue R2 resulting from a distillation of a crude oil or a mixture of R1 and R2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Alain Quignard, Wilfried Weiss, Isabelle Merdrignac, Jeremie Barbier
  • Patent number: 12048663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric propulsion system (1) for a rolling object, comprising a frame (2) with at least one motorized wheel (3), and at least one non-motorized wheel (4), a handlebar (6) and coupling means (5). Coupling means (5) are intended for gripping, orientation and lifting of at least one wheel of the rolling load. The means of orienting the wheel of the rolling object orient the wheel perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (x) of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Stephane Venturi, Bertrand Lecointe, Sandrine Debain, Elena Sanz
  • Patent number: 12050200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring the interior of a pipeline (1) positioned in contact with a soil (S) below a water mass (E), comprising implementation of the following steps by data processing means (11): (a) for at least one position along said pipeline (1), obtaining acoustic data descriptive of at least one cross-section of said pipeline (1) at said position, acquired by a mobile acoustic acquisition device (20) in said water mass (E), (b) estimating by quantitative migration from said acoustic data an estimated relative impedance perturbation profile in at least said cross-section of said pipeline (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventor: Vincent Clochard
  • Publication number: 20240239983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining a dialkyl phthalate and a reusable target PVC plastic from a PVC feedstock containing at least one phthalate, including: a) solid-liquid extraction of PVC feedstock in the form of particles by placing the particles in contact with a solvent to produce a liquid phase enriched in the phthalate and a solid phase including PVC plastic depleted in the phthalate; b) transformation of the phthalate of the liquid phase into dialkyl phthalate by transesterification using the solvent; c) a solid-liquid separation between the solid phase and the liquid phase to produce at least one solid stream including the PVC plastic depleted in the phthalate so as to obtain the target PVC plastic; d) a liquid-liquid separation of the liquid phase, to produce at least a first liquid effluent including the dialkyl phthalate and a second liquid effluent comprising said solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Nicolas CADRAN, Alexandra CHAUMONNOT, Vincent COUPARD, Damien DELCROIX, Marc JACQUIN, David PASQUIER
  • Publication number: 20240240091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating a plastics and/or solid recovery fuel pyrolysis oil, comprising: a) optionally, selective hydrogenation of the feedstock; b) hydroconversion in an ebullated bed, in an entrained bed and/or in a moving bed, to obtain a hydroconverted effluent; c) hydrotreatment of said hydroconverted effluent from step b) to obtain a hydrotreated effluent, without any intermediate separation step between steps b) and c), c?) optionally, hydrocracking of said effluent from step c), c) separation of the effluent from step c) or c?) in the presence of an aqueous stream, to obtain a gaseous effluent, an aqueous liquid effluent and a liquid hydrocarbon effluent; d) optionally a fractionation to obtain at least one gas stream and one cut with a boiling point of less than or equal to 175° C. and one cut with a boiling point of greater than 175° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Alain QUIGNARD, Wilfried WEISS, Duc NGUYEN-HONG
  • Publication number: 20240239725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for oligomerization in a reactor with zones of variable diameters comprising a step of recycling a precooled solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Olivier COTTE, Pierre-Alain BREUIL