Patents Assigned to L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés George Claude
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Publication number: 20230012928Abstract: Device and method for filling pressurized gas tanks, comprising a pressurized gas source, a transfer pipe connected to a tank to be filled, the transfer pipe comprising a set of valve(s) and a compressor, the device comprising a sensor for detecting the presence of oil in the gas flowing in the transfer pipe downstream of the compressor, the device comprising a bypass pipe connected to the transfer pipe downstream of the compressor and comprising a set of at least two valve(s) in series which are configured to enable, in a first configuration, the gas flowing in the transfer pipe to be extracted in the bypass pipe and, in a second configuration, fluid isolation between the bypass pipe and the transfer pipe, wherein the valve assembly of the transfer pipe defines in the second configuration a closed storage space for the gas extracted and enclosed in the bypass pipe, the closed storage space comprising a pressure relief system for the gas extracted and enclosed in the bypass pipe for lowering the pressure of tType: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Tom RONY, Thibaut FRANCOIS
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Publication number: 20230019514Abstract: Disclosed is a method for purifying a main gas, in particular helium, from a source gas stream comprising the main gas, a main impurity, in particular nitrogen, and optionally another, secondary impurity, in particular oxygen, the method comprising a step of partial condensation of the gas stream in order to extract therefrom impurities in liquid form, in particular the main impurity, and to produce a gas stream enriched with main gas, characterized in that the method comprises, before the partial condensation step, a step of injecting into the gas stream a compound in which the main impurity of the gas to be treated is soluble and having a saturation vapor pressure lower than the saturation vapor pressure of the main impurity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Robin LADOUS, Golo ZICK
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Patent number: 11555556Abstract: A valve for pressurized fluid having a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) comprising at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve including a mechanism for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s), the control mechanism being mounted with the ability to move on the body between a rest position in which the collection of valve shutter(s) is in a position in which the circuit is closed and an active position in which the control mechanism actuates the collection of valve shutter(s) into a position in which the circuit is open to a first bore section.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Samuel Vignerol, Antoine Frenal, Denis Muller, Hervé Paoli, Morgan Lamiable, Johan Broechler, Claudio Di Filippo
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Patent number: 11554955Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the combined production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon mixture, in which the residual gas of a PSA H2 (12) is separated by permeation in order to reduce the hydrocarbon content thereof and the hydrocarbon-purified gas is separated at a low temperature to produce a carbon dioxide-rich liquid (22).Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventor: Jean-Pierre Tranier
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Patent number: 11555158Abstract: The invention relates to a gas scrubbing process and a corresponding plant for removal of acidic gas constituents from crude synthesis gas which make it possible by treatment of shifted and of unshifted crude synthesis gas in the gas scrubbing process and by combination of the thus-obtained partial product streams to produce a plurality of gas products having different compositions. In addition, the invention ensures that the flash gases obtained during decompression of the laden scrubbing medium are utilized materially and/or energetically in advantageous fashion.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Alfred Gubrinski, Pankaj Puri, Sharon Corbet, Dorit Rappold
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Publication number: 20230009727Abstract: A method for the liquefaction of hydrogen is provided. The can include the steps of: precooling a hydrogen feed stream in a precooling cold box having a heat exchanger disposed therein to form a cooled hydrogen stream, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to cool down the feed stream within the precooling cold box by indirect heat exchange between the hydrogen feed stream and a precooling refrigerant; and withdrawing the cooled hydrogen stream from the precooling cold box; introducing the cooled hydrogen stream to a plurality of liquefaction cold boxes, wherein the cooled hydrogen stream liquefies within the plurality of liquefaction cold boxes by indirect heat exchange against a liquefaction refrigerant to form a product hydrogen stream in each of the plurality of liquefaction cold boxes, wherein the product hydrogen stream is in liquid form or pseudo-liquid form wherein there are M total precooling cold boxes and N total liquefaction cold boxes, wherein M is less than N.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Michael A. TURNEY, Patrick LE BOT, Alain GUILLARD, Bobby Mon-Flan CHAN, Francois FUENTES
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Patent number: 11552531Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine comprising a stator and a rotor that are disposed in a casing comprising a first face provided with ribs and intended to be in contact with a cooling fluid, the machine being provided with a closing structure which is fastened in a leaktight manner to the first face of the casing so as to delimit with the first face of the casing a space forming a circuit for the cooling fluid of the motor, the closing structure being fastened to the first face of the casing by welding and/or brazing and/or crimping and comprising at least one cover, characterized in that the closing structure is fastened to the casing by welding and/or brazing and/or crimping only at said ribs.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventor: Fabien Durand
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Patent number: 11550972Abstract: A simulation method for the management of a pipeline network having input and output nodes (S1, S2, C1) and including defining operating states describing operating conditions of the pipeline network, determining, for each operating state STp, a three-dimensional dynamic matrix DMSTp whose each coefficient DMSTp(i,j,tk) corresponds to a pressure variation value from an initial pressure value at a j-th node at a k-th time step tk following a variation, at a i-th node, of a flow rate value, and estimating, for a given node at a given moment, a pressure value on the basis of an operating schedule providing information regarding variations of the flow rate value for each node and evolutions of the operating conditions of the pipeline network until the given moment, the estimation using the operating states and the three-dimensional dynamic matrices.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventor: Thierry Roba
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Patent number: 11549646Abstract: The invention primarily concerns a facility for storing and cooling a liquefied gas, for example a liquefied natural gas, the facility comprising at least one tank configured to contain the liquefied gas, a closed cooling circuit configured to be supplied with liquefied gas in the liquid state coming from the tank, at least one injection member configured for reinjecting cooled liquefied gas into the tank, the facility being characterized in that it comprises at least one connection line configured to recover a cooled gas from at least one remote container that is separate and independent from the facility.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Jean-Marc Bernhardt, Fabien Durand, Cecile Gondrand, Veronique Grabie
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Patent number: 11549182Abstract: Disclosed are Group 6 film forming compositions comprising Group 6 transition metal-containing precursors selected from the group consisting of: M(=O)2(OR)2??Formula I, M(=O)(NR2)4??Formula II, M(=O)2(NR2)2??Formula III, M(=NR)2(OR)2??Formula IV, and M(=O)(OR)4??Formula V, wherein M is Mo or W and each R is independently H, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, or SiR?3, wherein R? is H or a C1 to C6 alkyl group. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing and using the disclosed compositions to deposit Group 6 transition metal-containing films on substrates via vapor deposition processes.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Clément Lansalot-Matras, Julien Lieffrig, Christian Dussarrat, Antoine Colas, Jong Min Kim
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Patent number: 11542158Abstract: A burner for producing synthesis gas by partial oxidation of liquid or gaseous, carbon-containing fuels in the presence of an oxygen-containing oxidant and a moderator, which burner can be operated uncooled, i.e. without a fluid coolant being passed through the burner, is proposed. Steam or carbon dioxide or else mixtures of these materials are used as moderator. This is achieved by the feed channels being configured so that mixing of the fuel, the moderator and the oxidant occurs only outside the burner.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et l'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Joerg Ott, Veronika Gronemann, Maik Lehmann, Paul Manfred Krimlowski
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Patent number: 11543837Abstract: The invention can include a device and method for distributing a fluid in an industrial facility that comprises a fluid distribution pipe, a discharge pipe, a distribution valve that is positioned on the distribution pipe and controlling the distribution of fluid between an upstream area and a downstream area, a discharge valve positioned on the discharge pipe, and measuring means for measuring, in real time, a characteristic parameter of the distribution of the fluid within one of the pipes. A module is also included for calculating a sliding threshold value of the characteristic parameter and means configured to control the partial gradual opening or closing of the discharge valve depending on the result of the comparison of said sliding threshold value with an instantaneous value of the characteristic parameter, in order to improve reliability of the industrial facility.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Zahra Apert, Francois Demoisy, Alban Pivard
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Patent number: 11535803Abstract: A process for purifying a gaseous feed stream of natural gas including methane, CO2 and heavy hydrocarbons including step a): cooling the gaseous feed stream in a heat exchanger; step b): introducing the cooled stream into a phase-separating chamber to produce a liquid stream depleted in methane and enriched in heavy hydrocarbons and a gaseous stream; step c): separating the gaseous stream obtained from step b) in a first membrane producing at least one CO2-enriched permeate stream and a residual stream enriched in methane; step d): introducing the residual stream obtained from step c) into a phase-separator to produce a liquid stream and a gaseous stream; step e): heating the gaseous stream obtained from step d) by introducing it into the heat exchanger used in step a) counter-currentwise with the feed stream thereby producing a gaseous stream depleted in CO2 and enriched in methane.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLCInventors: Paul Terrien, Pascal Marty, Yong Ding
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Patent number: 11530782Abstract: Device for filling tanks with pressurized gas, in particular hydrogen gas tanks of motor vehicles, the device comprising at least one gas source, a transfer circuit comprising at least one upstream end connected to the source and at least one downstream end intended to be connected in removable fashion to a tank to be filled, the transfer circuit additionally comprising, between its upstream and downstream ends, a set of buffer storage container(s) which is (are) connected in parallel to the transfer circuit via a set of respective connecting valve(s), the transfer circuit comprising a portion of pipe(s) forming a loop, a plurality of the buffer storage container(s) being connected in parallel to the said loop, characterized in that the transfer circuit comprises a plurality of separate downstream ends each intended to be connected in removable fashion to a respective tank to be filled, the said downstream ends being connected in parallel to the said loop and comprising a set of respective linking valves, soType: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventor: Thibaut Francois
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Patent number: 11530781Abstract: Station for filling one or more tank(s) with pressurized gas, in particular pressurized hydrogen, comprising at least two pressurized gas source stores, a transfer pipe having an upstream end connected parallel to the source stores and a downstream end intended to be connected to a tank to be filled, the station comprising a valve assembly for controlling the transfer of gas between the sources and the tank to be filled and an electronic controller connected to the valve assembly and configured to control the valve assembly, the electronic controller being configured to implement successive transfers of gas between the source stores and the tank to be filled via successive pressure balancing sequences, the electronic controller being configured to determine the temperature attained by the gas in the source stores or by the source stores during transfers of gas and, when said attained temperature is below a determined threshold, to prevent or to interrupt this transfer of gas or to reduce the flow of gas transType: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Laurent Allidieres, Mathilde Weber, Etienne Werlen
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Patent number: 11530825Abstract: The invention relates to a process for cooling air-conditioning water used to air-condition a hospital building, comprising the steps of: (a) providing nitrogen in liquid form (LIN); (b) providing oxygen in liquid form (LOX); (c) providing air-conditioning water to be cooled; and (d) performing a heat exchange (4) between the air-conditioning water to be cooled and the nitrogen in liquid form (LIN) and/or the oxygen so as to cool the air-conditioning water and to vaporize the nitrogen and/or the oxygen and obtain nitrogen in gaseous form (GAN) and/or oxygen in gaseous form (GOX).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventor: Ben Pletincx
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Patent number: 11525628Abstract: Process for producing biomethane from a biogas stream including methane, carbon dioxide and at least one impurity chosen from ammonia, volatile organic compounds, water, sulfur-based impurities (H2S) and siloxanes. A biogas stream is dried, the at least one impurity is at least partially removed by solidification and removal of the impurity. The methane and the carbon dioxide contained in the biogas obtained from the second step are separated so as to produce a biomethane stream and a CO2 stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Guillaume Cardon, Antonio Trueba, Solene Valentin
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Patent number: 11519558Abstract: Device for supplying pressurized fluid, including a first valve accommodating an internal fluid circuit, the device having a second valve having an internal circuit, the second valve forming a separate physical entity from the first valve, the first valve and the second valve having respective coupling members that form a male/female quick-connection system for removably connecting the second valve to the first valve, the internal circuits including a set of control valves for allowing or preventing the flow of the fluid towards an outlet of the device when the second valve is coupled to the first valve via the quick-connection system.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Renaud Ligonesche, Antoine Frenal, Benjamin Fischer
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Patent number: 11519554Abstract: Method for filling a storage vessel with liquefied gas by means of a tank of liquefied gas, the method comprising a step of transferring liquefied gas from the tank into the storage vessel by means of a pressure differential, wherein the storage vessel prior to the transfer step has an internal pressure higher than the internal pressure of the tank, the method comprising, prior to the transfer step, a step of placing the tank and the storage vessel in fluidic communication in order to ensure a drop in the pressure in the storage vessel to the benefit of the tank and a step of increasing the pressure in the tank using a pressurizing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Laurent Allidieres, Anh Thao Thieu, Thomas Fayer
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Patent number: 11519425Abstract: Device and method for centrifugal compression of a working gas comprising a plurality of centrifugal compressors forming a plurality of compression stages and plurality of drive motors for driving the compressors, the device comprising a gas circuit comprising a first, inlet, pipe for the gas to be compressed, connected to an inlet of a first compressor, the circuit comprising a second pipe connected to an outlet of said first compressor, the second pipe being connected to an inlet of a second compressor, the circuit comprising at least one third, cooling, pipe having one end connected to the outlet of at least one of the compressors and at least one second end connected to an inlet of at least one motor for cooling thereof, the third, cooling, pipe comprising a first member for cooling the gas and two parallel branches respectively supplying two distinct motors of the device for their respective cooling.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventor: Fabien Durand