Patents Assigned to L'Exploitation Des
  • Publication number: 20140345206
    Abstract: A weather shelter for providing protection during assembly of a column at a remote manufacturing yard is provided. The weather shelter can include a frame mounted to a hanging platform, and extending upwards from the hanging platform, the hanging platform supported by the column; and a protective covering mounted on the frame having a side covering and a top covering, the protective covering configured to provide an inner atmosphere within the protective covering protected from external elements when the protective covering is secured to the column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Claude GRANGER
  • Publication number: 20140345102
    Abstract: A method for installing packing in a remote manufacturing yard is provided. The method can include the steps of manufacturing structured packing in a facility away from the remote manufacturing yard; splitting a level of the structured packing into a plurality of sections and then placing each section into a separate box for transport, wherein each box can include an inner profile configured to match its section of packing so as to reduce damage to the packing during transport; transporting the boxes to the remote manufacturing yard; and installing the packing into a column section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Claude GRANGER
  • Patent number: 8888873
    Abstract: A method for generating and purifying syngas and to an apparatus for generating and purifying syngas is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Natacha Haik-Beraud, Antoine Hernandez, Pascal Marty, Bernd Polster
  • Patent number: 8883618
    Abstract: Method for the treatment of a semiconductor substrate (2), in which an ion beam (4) is produced from a doping gas and is directed onto the semiconductor substrate (2), characterized in that the doping gas is fed through a plastic hose (6) to a unit (3) for producing an ion beam (4), and is then ionized. The method and the device advantageously permit the supply of the unit 3 for producing an ion beam 4 with a doping gas from customary gas reservoirs 14 such as customary compressed gas cylinders, for example. Voltage flashovers from the deflection elements 5 are effectively prevented by the use of a plastic hose 6. The method and the device thus permit the simple construction of a corresponding ion implantation apparatus in conjunction with possible inexpensive supply thereof with doping gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Tikovsky, Matthias Laumbacher, Gerhard Reichl
  • Patent number: 8877155
    Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen from an off-gas originating from a gas to liquid (GTL) process is provided. The method includes separating the light ends from the hydrocarbons using a cryogenic distillation column and then processing the light ends and the hydrocarbons to produce additional hydrogen product. The light ends are introduced to a CO shift reactor in the presence of steam to convert CO to CO2 and hydrogen. The hydrocarbons are introduced to a steam methane reformer in the presence of steam to convert hydrocarbons to hydrogen and CO. The resulting stream is treated in a second CO shift reactor to produce additional hydrogen and CO2. The hydrogen is then captured using a pressure swing absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Étude et l'Éxploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventor: Bhadra S. Grover
  • Patent number: 8877983
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 1-alkyl glycerol ether of the formula (I) in which: (a) an alkyl glycidyl ether of the formula (II) in which R is an unbranched or branched C1- to C24-alkyl group, where the alkyl group may be substituted with one or more hydroxy and/or C1- to C4-alkoxy group(s) and/or the alkyl chain may be interrupted by up to four oxygen atoms, is added to: (x) a carboxylic acid having 1-10 carbon atoms; (y) an ester of a carboxylic acid having 1-10 carbon atoms; and/or (z) an anhydride of a carboxylic acid having 1-10 carbon atoms. The low-water reaction mixture containing a catalytic amount of a strong acid is reacted at a temperature of more than 40° C. to give an acylated alkyl glycerol ether; and (b) the acylated alkyl glycerol ether is reacted in order to obtain the alkyl glycerol ether of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beilfuss, Martin Balthasar, Ralf Gradtke, Klaus Weber, Heinz-Georg Steffen
  • Patent number: 8869845
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurized gas dispensing device such as a tap, which includes a first end, to be placed in the opening of a pressurized gas storage tank, and a second end, including a connection interface selectively connectable to a device for controlling the filling and/or withdrawal of gas from the tank, the dispensing device including an internal gas circuit having an upstream end connecting inside the tank and a downstream end to be connected to said filling and/or withdrawal control device, the internal circuit including in series, upstream to downstream, a pressure regulator and a downstream insulation valve, the portion of the internal circuit located between the pressure regulator and the downstream insulation valve defining a so-called low-pressure chamber, the dispensing device; being characterized in that the connection interface includes at least one safety lock selectively movable between a first rest position, wherein the lock shapes the connection interface into a first configurat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Alessandro Moretti, Philippe Pisot
  • Patent number: 8870784
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the ventilatory anaesthesia of a patient by administration of a gas containing gaseous xenon that comprises a main gas circuit (CP) and a means for determining the xenon content (S6, M1) adapted for and capable of determining the gaseous xenon content in the main circuit (CP), and comprising at least one hot wire sensor (S6-E) including at least one electrically conducting wire (FC1) in direct contact with at least a portion of the xenon-containing gaseous flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Richard Blandin, Bernard Cariou, Christian Daviet, Sophie Dussud, Noureddine Kissi
  • Patent number: 8871168
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing monosilane by means of an apparatus comprising a reaction column, at least two upper condensers each with a reflux feed pipe, a bottom reboiler and an evaporation tank connected to a bottom portion of the reaction column; the process comprising: a) supplying dichlorosilane or a mixture of chlorosilanes to an upper stage of the reaction column via an upper feed injection point b) supplying a catalyst to said upper stage of the reaction column via a lower injection point c) introducing the resultant mixture from the top portion of the reaction column to the plurality of upper condensers d) separating monosilane from condensates in the upper condensers e) recycling the condensates through the reflux feed pipes to the upper stage of the reaction column f) bringing the condensates into contact with the catalyst in the reaction column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Isao Abe, Jérôme Beauvisage, Shinji Tomita
  • Patent number: 8869553
    Abstract: A process and a device for the cryogenic separation of a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, in particular of a mixture having, as main components, hydrogen and carbon monoxide is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Philippe Court, Antoine Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8864853
    Abstract: An additive mixture for fuels including a) at least one N-formal, b) at least one antioxidant and c) at least one corrosion inhibitor. The additive mixture ensures that the additized fuels and lubricants have biocidal and corrosion-inhibiting additization, especially when they include proportions of renewable raw materials, such as biodiesel, and when they are in contact with copper-containing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: l'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'etude et L'exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beilfuss, Ralf Gradtke, Jennifer Knopf, Ingo Krull
  • Patent number: 8859797
    Abstract: A SiH[CH2—Si(OEt)3]3 carbosilane compound is synthesized by reacting a Grignard reagent having the formula Si(OEt)3(CH2MgCl) with a quenching agent having the formula SiHCl3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP, L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiwen Wan, Ziyun Wang, Ashulosh Misra, Jean-Marc Girard, Claudia Fafard, Andrey V. Korolev
  • Patent number: 8859047
    Abstract: Disclosed are atomic layer deposition methods using ruthenium-containing precursors to form ruthenium-containing films for use in the manufacture of semiconductor, photovoltaic, LCD-TFT, or flat panel type devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Gatineau, Christian Dussarrat
  • Patent number: 8853075
    Abstract: Methods of forming titanium-containing layers on substrates are disclosed. In the disclosed methods, the vapor of a precursor compound having the formula Ti(Me5Cp)(OR)3, wherein R is selected from methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl is provided. The vapor is reacted with the substrate according to an atomic layer deposition process to form a titanium-containing complex on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Satoko Gatineau, Christian Dussarrat, Christophe Lachaud, Nicolas Blasco, Audrey Pinchart, Ziyun Wang, Jean-Marc Girard, Andreas Zauner
  • Patent number: 8852456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the combined production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon mixture, in which the hydrocarbon mixture is reformed to produce a syngas which is cooled, then enriched with H2 and CO2, optionally dried, and treated in a PSA hydrogen purification unit to produce hydrogen, the PSA offgas being treated to capture the CO2 and to supply an offgas. This offgas is again treated to supply a stream enriched with H2 and CO2 which is returned to the PSA, where it constitutes a second feed distinct from the main feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Solene Valentin, Paul Terrien, Pascal Tromeur
  • Patent number: 8851883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion method which is performed in a furnace that is equipped with energy recovery means and burners, whereby the heat from the combustion fumes is recovered by energy recovery means and said recovered heat is used in order to heat the air. According to the invention, at least part of the burners performs the combustion of an oxygen-rich comburent and a fuel and at least part of the air heated by the energy recovery means is used to heat the oxygen-rich comburent and/or fuel for the burners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Luc Jarry, Bertrand Leroux
  • Patent number: 8852318
    Abstract: In a method for compressing a water-containing CO2-rich fluid wherein the CO2-rich fluid is compressed in a compressor located upstream from the compression step, an antifreeze agent is injected into the water-containing CO2-rich fluid in order to lower the water solidification temperature. The antifreeze agent-containing CO2-rich fluid is frozen, water is extracted from the frozen fluid, and the frozen fluid is compressed in the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Alain Briglia, Arthur Darde
  • Patent number: 8845786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying a gas stream including CO2, elemental mercury (Hg0) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Alain Briglia, Christian Monereau
  • Patent number: 8845997
    Abstract: A process and an installation for producing a synthesis gas by catalytic steam reforming of a charge of hydrocarbons is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Maguelonne Hammel, Guillaume Mougin
  • Publication number: 20140287596
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming a thin film containing silicon, oxygen and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: supplying a precursor gas containing silicon, carbon and a halogen element and having an Si—C bonding, and a first catalytic gas to the substrate; and supplying an oxidizing gas and a second catalytic gas to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE, HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiro HIROSE, Norikazu MIZUNO, Kazutaka YANAGITA, Shingo OKUBO