Patents Assigned to L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés George Claude
  • Patent number: 11679355
    Abstract: An adsorber for purifying or separating a gas stream, wherein a granular-material filling system is made up of a cylinder that is perforated over all or part of its height, of the top end thereof of diameter Dext, and of the bottom end thereof. The distance Din-Dext is greater than twice the size of particles of the second granular material. A first granular material and the second granular material follow one another in the direction of circulation of the gas stream and are such that M>ADN. And, the second granular material is in contact both with at least a part of the outer surface of the granular-material filling system and at least a part of the inner surface of the domed top end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Guillaume Rodrigues, Bernard Fraioli, Patrick Pereira, Patrick Le Bot, Benjamin Morineau
  • Patent number: 11673804
    Abstract: Proposed is a process and a plant for production of pure carbon monoxide and hydrogen by steam reforming of hydrocarbons, preferably methane or naphtha, to afford a raw synthesis gas and subsequent, multistage workup, purification and fractionation of the raw synthesis gas to afford the target products, wherein the material streams obtained as by-products of the process chain are also to be advantageously utilized. This is achieved according to the invention by providing the recirculating compressor provided for recycling of the by-product material streams with a plurality of parallel, independently operable compressor stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Tadiello, Yue Chen
  • Patent number: 11673805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing hydrogen by reforming hydrocarbons with steam, and for separation of carbon dioxide. The process includes one endothermic and one autothermal reforming step for production of a synthesis gas stream, wherein heat generated in the autothermal reforming step is utilized for heating in the endothermic reforming step. The process also includes a step of converting the synthesis gas stream obtained for enrichment with hydrogen, a step of separating the hydrogen thus prepared by pressure swing adsorption, and a step of separation of carbon dioxide from the residual gas obtained in the pressure swing adsorption. The reforming units for the endothermal and autothermal reforming steps are arranged parallel to one another or in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Sophia Schmidt, Teja Schmid McGuinness
  • Patent number: 11673904
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing Pt(PF3)4 (CAS # 19529-53-4) comprises dissolving a platinum compound having a general formula, Pt(Hal)2(PF3)x, in an anhydrous solvent forming a Pt(Hal)2(PF3)x solution, wherein Hal=F, Cl, Br or I, x=1, 2, adding a metal powder and excess amount of PF3 into the Pt(Hal)2(PF3)x solution, and forming Pt(PF3)4 through a reaction between Pt(Hal)2(PF3)x, PF3 and the metal powder under a reaction condition. The method further comprises synthesizing Pt(Hal)2(PF3)xthrough the steps of dispersing a platinum precursor having a general formula, Pt(Hal)2, into the anhydrous solvent forming a suspension of Pt(Hal)2, wherein Hal=F, Cl, Br or I, introducing PF3 into the suspension of Pt(Hal)2, and forming the solution of the platinum compound Pt(Hal)2(PF3)xin the anhydrous solvent through a reaction of PF3 and Pt(Hal)2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude Et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Grigory Nikiforov, Nicolas Blasco
  • Patent number: 11673102
    Abstract: Apparatus for introducing a gas into a main medium, comprising: a main conduit for guiding the main medium, a multitude of injection lines for guiding the gas, wherein each of the injection lines has a respective end section with a respective outlet opening situated within the main conduit, and wherein the end sections are oriented essentially parallel to each other and to the main conduit. With the apparatus a gas can be introduced in particular into waste water for obtaining a biologically activated sludge. Thereby, interaction between the gas and the waste water can be particularly pronounced due to a particularly large liquid-gas-interface caused by particularly extensive turbulences. Further, shear stress acting on particles in the activated sludge can be advantageously low, thus avoiding damage of the biological particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Joerg Schwerdt, Jan Mante
  • Publication number: 20230173925
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes a method for venting pressurized hydrogen gas from a device for simulating a refueling operation for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Samuel TROMPEZINSKI, Francis EYNARD
  • Patent number: 11666717
    Abstract: A resuscitation bag system (1) useable for resuscitating a person in cardiac arrest, and having a gas control unit (90) with a first valve (92) fluidly connected to a first (922) and to a second conduit (923), the first (922) and second conduits (923) being arranged in parallel and further fluidly connected to the first conduit element (56), the first conduit (922) having a first flow restriction (924) configured for limiting the gas flow to a first flowrate, and the second conduit (923) comprising second flow restriction (925) configured for limiting the gas flow to a second flowrate, with the second flowrate being less than the first flowrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Air Liquide Medical Systems, L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Thierry Boulanger, Jean-Christophe Richard
  • Patent number: 11667526
    Abstract: Proposed are a process and a plant for producing a synthesis gas product stream having an adjustable H2/CO ratio and a pure hydrogen stream, wherein it is provided according to the invention that a substream of a deacidified synthesis gas stream is supplied to a membrane separation plant fitted with a hydrogen-selective membrane and the remaining substream is supplied to a pressure swing adsorption plant, wherein the latter affords a pure hydrogen stream and a fuel gas stream. The hydrogen-enriched permeate stream obtained from the membrane separation is likewise supplied to the pressure swing adsorption plant, thus enhancing the yield of pure hydrogen. The hydrogen-depleted retentate stream obtained from the membrane separation is discharged as a synthesis gas product stream and if of a suitable composition may be utilized as oxo gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventor: Joerg Ott
  • Patent number: 11661653
    Abstract: Disclosed are vapor delivery systems comprise a housing body defining an interior volume therein, a plurality of flow resistors for receiving a carrier gas, to generate gas distribution lines in the interior volume, at least two surfaces having the solid or liquid precursor applied thereto to allow passage of the carrier gas thereover along the gas distribution lines to mix with a solid or liquid precursor vapor, a gas-collecting device downstream of the gas distribution lines to deliver a mixture of the carrier gas and the solid or liquid precursor vapor out of the system, and a flow controller fluidically connected to a carrier gas source to control a feed flow rate of the carrier gas feeding into the interior volume. A gas distribution flow rate along each gas distribution line is controlled by the feed flow rate of the carrier gas feeding into the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Yumin Liu
  • Publication number: 20230160533
    Abstract: The present invention is at least industrially applicable to recovery of Hydrogen boil off gas during tube trailer refilling with liquid Hydrogen by a sequences of steps that redirects gaseous Hydrogen from the tube trailer to a Hydrogen liquefaction plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Bertrand DEMOLLIENS, Richard DUBETTIER, Teixeira GUILLAUME, Michael A. TURNEY
  • Publication number: 20230160530
    Abstract: A cryogen storage vessel at an installation is filled with liquid cryogen from a liquid cryogen storage tank that has a pressure lower than that of the vessel. After headspaces of the vessel and tank are placed in fluid communication with another via a gas transfer vessel and are pressure-balanced, a pump in a liquid transfer line connected between the tank and the vessel is operated to transfer amounts of liquid cryogen from the tank to the vessel via the liquid transfer line and pump as amounts of gaseous cryogen are transferred, through displacement by the pumped cryogenic liquid, from the vessel to the tank. Following filling, the tank is disconnected and then driven to another location to repeat the filling process with a second vessel that is at a different location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Joshua LIGHT, Jerry HAYES, Laurent ALLIDIERES, Thomas FAYER, cyril BENISTAND-HECTOR
  • Publication number: 20230160531
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes an apparatus for simulating a refueling operation for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). The fuel is compressed hydrogen gas dispensed by hydrogen refueling station (HRS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Samuel TROMPEZINSKI, Francis EYNARD
  • Publication number: 20230160537
    Abstract: A cryogenic fluid transfer device comprising a first tank, a second tank, and a fluid transfer circuit, wherein the first tank comprises a cryogenic fluid distribution tank configured to store a cryogenic fluid in a liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in a gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the second tank comprises a cryogenic receiving tank configured to house the cryogenic fluid in liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the fluid transfer circuit is configured to connect the first and second tanks, the fluid transfer circuit comprising a first pipe connecting the upper parts of the first and second tanks and comprising at least one valve, and a second pipe connecting the lower part of the first tank to the second tank that comprises a pump that has an inlet connected to the first tank and an outlet connected to the second tank, wherein: the pump and the at least one valve of the first line are configured so as to ensure a fluidic connec
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Joshua LIGHT, Jerry HAYES, Laurent ALLIDIERES, Thomas FAYER, Cyril BENISTAND-HECTOR
  • Publication number: 20230160534
    Abstract: A cryogen storage vessel at an installation is filled with liquid cryogen from a liquid cryogen storage tank that has a pressure lower than that of the vessel. After headspaces of the vessel and tank are placed in fluid communication with another via a gas transfer vessel and are pressure-balanced, a pump in a liquid transfer line connected between the tank and the vessel is operated to transfer amounts of liquid cryogen from the tank to the vessel via the liquid transfer line and pump as amounts of gaseous cryogen are transferred, through displacement by the pumped cryogenic liquid, from the vessel to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Joshua LIGHT, Jerry HAYES, Laurent ALLIDIERES, Thomas FAYER, Cyril BENISTAND-HECTOR
  • Publication number: 20230160528
    Abstract: Device for filling pressurized gas tanks, in particular hydrogen tanks of vehicles, comprising a fluid transfer circuit having an upstream end connected to a plurality of sources (2 to 10) of pressurized fluid and a downstream end comprising at least one dispenser intended to be connected to a tank to be filled, the sources (2 to 10) being connected in parallel to the at least one dispenser, each source (2 to 10) comprising a fluid outlet connected to a respective outlet valve (22 to 30), the sources (2 to 10) being connected in parallel in different subgroups to respective transfer lines (35 to 37), i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Benjamin FISCHER, Herve PAOLI
  • Publication number: 20230160634
    Abstract: A pressurized CO2 rich gas is cooled down to condense at least part of the stream in a heat exchanger. A bulk of the CO2 is separated by partial condensation and distillation in order to obtain at least one non-condensable gas from a separation vessel. The non-condensable gas is optionally heated up to a temperature lower than ?20° C. (membranes performances is greatly enhanced by low temperature operation). The non-condensable gas is introduced into a membrane permeation unit, producing a residue stream and a permeate stream (the permeate stream is enriched in CO2). The permeate stream is recycled to the process, optionally after compression. The method is auto-refrigerated, i. e. no external refrigerant is used to provide cooling below 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Sandeep KARODE, Sudhir KULKARNI, Paul TERRIEN
  • Publication number: 20230160529
    Abstract: A cryogen storage vessel at an installation is filled with liquid cryogen from a liquid cryogen storage tank that has a pressure lower than that of the vessel. After headspaces of the vessel and tank are placed in fluid communication with another via a gas transfer vessel and are pressure-balanced, a pump in a liquid transfer line connected between the tank and the vessel is operated to transfer amounts of liquid cryogen from the tank to the vessel via the liquid transfer line and pump as amounts of gaseous cryogen are transferred, through displacement by the pumped cryogenic liquid, from the vessel to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Joshua LIGHT, Jerry HAYES, Laurent ALLIDIERES, Thomas FAYER, Cyril BENISTAND-HECTOR
  • Publication number: 20230151929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving stability of a hydrogen gaseous dispensing system. An example of such system is hydrogen powered vehicle fuel filling station. Vehicle is filled by multiple high pressure gaseous hydrogen tubes, usually one tube at a time. For safety and reliability reasons a control requirement for such system is to be able to deliver the hydrogen at constant rate to the fuel tank so that its rate of pressure increase stays constant during entire filling process. A dual pressure regulator arrangement is proposed to better maintain flow continuity and/or pressure during tube switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Pierre-Philippe GUERIF, Paul KONG, Wendy May Yee YIP, Aaron HARRIS, Jorge LOPEZ
  • Patent number: 11644119
    Abstract: 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 having a collection of valve shutter(s) having at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve having a member for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s), the control member being mounted to allow the body to move 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 member actuates the collection of valve shutter(s) into a position in which the circuit is open with a first bore section
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Samuel Vignerol, Antoine Frenal, Denis Muller, Hervé Paoli, Morgan Lamiable, Johan Broechler, Claudio Di Filippo
  • Publication number: 20230135431
    Abstract: Device for storing and transferring cryogenic fluid, comprising at least one elementary container comprising a liquefied gas tank, the tank being provided with a first pipe for transferring fluid, which pipe has a first end connected to an upper end of the tank, the tank being provided with a second pipe for transferring fluid, which pipe has a first end connected to a lower end of the tank, the first and the second transfer pipes each comprising an assembly of respective valves, characterized in that the first transfer pipe comprises two arms forming two second ends connected in parallel to the first end of the first transfer pipe, the two second ends of the first transfer pipe each being provided with a respective fluidic connection coupling, and in that the second transfer pipe comprises two arms forming two second ends connected in parallel to the first end of the second transfer pipe, the two second ends of the second transfer pipe each being provided with a respective fluidic connection coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Jean-Marc BERNHARDT