Abstract: Process for manufacture of purified alkaline earth metal carbonate The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a purified alkaline earth metal carbonate, the purified alkaline earth metal carbonate obtainable by said process, and its use in the manufacture of products and devices in the field of electronics and glass. The process comprises the steps of calcinating the alkaline earth metal carbonate with an aqueous phase comprising a salt. The alkaline earth metal carbonate might be barium carbonate or strontium carbonate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 26, 2019
Assignee:
SOLVAY SA
Inventors:
Ferdinand Hardinghaus, Erik Bonmann, Achim Engels
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of a composition comprising thermoplastics comprising introducing the composition into a reactor under reduction of oxygen content of the atmosphere, heating the composition in the presence of a solvent to liquefy the thermoplastics, separating insoluble fractions and recovering the liquefied thermoplastics which process is conducted in one reactor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2019
Assignee:
SOLVAY SA
Inventors:
Stéphane Streiff, Dominique Balthasart, Armin T. Liebens, Gérard Antonini
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of a composition comprising thermoplastics comprising introducing the composition into a reactor under reduction of oxygen content of the atmosphere, heating the composition in the presence of a solvent to liquefy the thermoplastics, separating insoluble fractions and recovering the liquefied thermoplastics which process is conducted with an aliphatic hydrocarbon as solvent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2019
Assignee:
SOLVAY SA
Inventors:
Stéphane Streiff, Dominique Balthasart, Armin T. Liebens, Gérard Antonini
Abstract: A cleaning agent for cleaning polymer processing equipment, a method for producing such cleaning agent and the use of such cleaning agent for cleaning polymer processing equipment or any component thereof. The cleaning agent comprises i) a thermoplastic resin and ii) a foaming agent selected from alkali metal and ammonium bicarbonates.
Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, to a process for manufacturing said fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite and films and membranes thereof and to uses of said fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite and films and membranes thereof in various applications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 5, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2019
Assignees:
SOLVAY SA, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Inventors:
Jean-Baptiste Ducros, Aurelie Lavie-Cambot, Lionel Picard, Olivier Pras, Helene Rouault, Christine Hamon, Julio A. Abusleme
Abstract: Method for producing sodium bicarbonate particles by spray-drying of an aqueous solution comprising 1 to 10% by weight of sodium bicarbonate and an additive selected from the group consisting of: magnesium salt, sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate and soybean lecithin. Sodium bicarbonate particles obtainable by such process and comprising at least 20 mg of the additive per kg of sodium bicarbonate particles.
Abstract: A process for producing crystalline sodium bicarbonate, comprising: feeding dried sodium bicarbonate solids with a mass flow rate to a fluid bed cooling unit, wherein said cooling unit comprises at least one cooling element through which flows a cooling fluid; flowing a fluidization gas stream in the fluid bed cooling unit to fluidize the dried sodium bicarbonate solids, in order for the dried sodium bicarbonate solids to be in thermal contact with the at least one cooling element; withdrawing a sodium bicarbonate product from the fluid bed cooling unit; and adjusting the temperature of the cooling fluid flowing through the at least one cooling element in order for the sodium bicarbonate product to have an outlet temperature of 95° F. or less, preferably less than 90° F., when being withdrawn from the fluid bed cooling unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2019
Assignee:
Solvay SA
Inventors:
Donald Morehouse, Julie Bauer, Jeremy Zollinger
Abstract: The present invention pertains to a process for manufacturing one or more fluoropolymer fibers, said process comprising the following steps: (i) providing a liquid composition [composition (C1)] comprising: —at least one fluoropolymer comprising at least one hydroxyl end group [polymer (FOH)L and —a liquid medium comprising at least one organic solvent [solvent (S)]; (ii) contacting the composition (C1) provided in step (i) with at least one metal compound [compound (M)] of formula (I) here below: X4?mAYm (I) wherein X is a hydrocarbon group, optionally comprising one or more functional groups, m is an integer from 1 to 4, A is a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti and Zr, and Y is a hydrolysable group selected from the group consisting of an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group and a hydroxyl group, thereby providing a liquid composition [composition (C2)]; (iii) submitting to at least partial hydrolysis and/or polycondensation the composition (C2) provided in step (ii) thereby providing a liquid co
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2019
Assignee:
SOLVAY SA
Inventors:
Julio A. Abusleme, Giambattista Besana, Mattia Bassi, Christine Hamon, Chiara Gualandi, Maria Letizia Focarete, Andrea Zucchelli
Abstract: A chemical blowing agent for foaming a thermoplastic polymer, for example PVC plastisol or a polymer resin in an extrusion process, comprising a functionalized particulate bicarbonate containing at least one additive, preferably excluding an exothermic blowing agent. The additive may be selected from the group consisting of polymers; inorganic salts; oils; fats; resin acids, any derivative thereof, and salts thereof; amino acids; fatty acids; carboxylic or polycarboxylic acids, soaps; waxes; derivatives thereof; salts thereof; or any combinations thereof. The particulate bicarbonate may be functionalized by spray-drying, coating, extrusion or co-grinding with at least one additive. The functionalized particulate bicarbonate may comprise 50 wt % to less than 100 wt % of the bicarbonate component, and 0.02-50 wt % of the additive. A foamable polymer composition comprising such chemical blowing agent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2017
Publication date:
July 25, 2019
Applicant:
Solvay SA
Inventors:
Karine CAVALIER, Jorge Alejandro KABBABE MALAVE, Jean-Philippe PASCAL, Thibaud Louis Alfred DETOISIEN
Abstract: The present invention pertains to a membrane for an electrochemical device, to a process for manufacturing said membrane and to use of said membrane in a process for manufacturing an electrochemical device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 13, 2017
Publication date:
June 20, 2019
Applicants:
Solvay SA, Commissariat A L'Energie Atmique et aux Energies Alternatives
Inventors:
Christine HAMON, Julio A. ABUSLEME, Marc-David BRAIDA, Hélène ROUAULT, Djamel MOURZAGH, Gaëlle BESNARD, Daniel TOMASI
Abstract: A method for preparing alkali metal bicarbonate particles by crystallization from an alkali metal carbonate and/or bicarbonate solution with an additive present in the solution, chosen from among sulfates, sulfonates, polysulfonates, amines, hydroxysultaines, polycarboxylates, polysaccharides, polyethers and ether-phenols, alkali metal hexametaphosphate, phosphates, sulfosuccinates, amidosulfonates, amine sulfonates, preferably chosen from among polysaccharides, and such that the additive is present in the solution at a concentration of at least 1 ppm and preferably at most 200 ppm.
Abstract: A reactive composition comprising between 60% and 98% by weight of sodium bicarbonate, between 1% and 40% by weight of sodium carbonate and between 0.02% and 2.0% by weight of ammonia, expressed in the form of ammonium ions NH4+, and comprising from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a compound selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and fatty acid salts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2019
Assignee:
Solvay SA
Inventors:
Marc Thijssen, Patrick Perrin, Jorge Alejandro Kabbabe Malave
Abstract: A lithium-ion battery may include a housing, an anode and a cathode that are disposed in the housing and are in ionically conductive contact with one another, an electrolyte composition that is disposed in the housing and providing an ionically conductive pathway between the anode and the cathode, and a porous separator between the anode and the cathode. The cathode may include a cathode active material which is charged to a potential greater than or equal to 4.35 V versus a Li/Li+ reference electrode. The electrolyte composition may include a) a non-fluorinated carbonate, b) a fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester, c) one or more lithium glycolatoborate compounds, d) a fluorinated carbonate, and e) an electrolyte salt.
Abstract: A method for dielectrically insulating active electric parts A method for dielectrically insulating an active electric part wherein the electrical active part is arranged in a gas-tight housing comprising an insulating gas which contains or consists of a compound of formula (i) Rf1-(O)x-Rf2 wherein Rf1 and Rf2 are identical or different and designated fluorocarbon residues having a H/F ratio of equal to or less than 0.5 and x is 1, 2, or 3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
SOLVAY SA
Inventors:
Johannes Eicher, Holger Pernice, Marc Lacroix, Thomas Schwarze, Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel
Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for manufacturing a fluoropolynner film comprising a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, said process comprising the following steps: (i) providing a mixture of: —at least one fluoropolymer [polymer (F)]; —at least one metal compound [compound (M)] having formula: X4-mAYm wherein m is an integer from 1 to 4, A is a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti and Zr, Y is a hydrolysable group and X is a hydrocarbon group, optionally comprising one or more functional groups; —a liquid medium consisting essentially of at least one ionic liquid (IL) and, optionally, at least one additive (A); —optionally, at least one electrolytic salt (ES); and —optionally, at least one organic solvent (S); (ii) hydrolyzing and/or polycondensing said compound (M) to yield a liquid mixture comprising fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite comprising inorganic domains and incorporating said liquid medium; (iii) processing a film from the liquid mixture obtained in
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 22, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignees:
SOLVAY SA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Inventors:
Julio A. Abusleme, Jean Le Bideau, Aurélie Guyomard-Lack, Dominique Guyomard, Bernard Lestriez
Abstract: Disclosed herein are non-aqueous electrolyte compositions comprising a fluorinated solvent, a carbonate co-solvent, at least one 2-furanone derivative, and at least one electrolyte salt. In some embodiments, the electrolyte compositions further comprise a cyclic sulfate. The fluorinated solvent may be a fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester, a fluorinated acyclic carbonate, a fluorinated acyclic ether, or combinations thereof. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.
Abstract: Process to produce sodium carbonate from an ore mineral comprising sodium bicarbonate; comprising: dissolving sodium carbonate particles having a mean diameter D50, measured by sieve analysis, less than 250 ?m in a water solution; introducing the resulting production solution comprising sodium carbonate into less basic compartments of an electrodialyser comprising alternating less basic and more basic adjacent compartments separated from each other by cationic membranes; producing a solution comprising sodium hydroxide is produced into the more basic compartments; extracting the solution comprising sodium hydroxide from the more basic compartments of the electrodialyser and used to constitute a reaction solution; and putting the reaction solution into contact with the mineral ore comprising sodium bicarbonate in order to form a produced solution comprising sodium carbonate.
Abstract: Described are electrolyte compositions containing a non-fluorinated carbonate, a fluorinated solvent, a cyclic sulfate, at least one lithium borate salt selected from lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, or mixtures thereof, and at least one electrolyte salt. The cyclic sulfate can be represented by the formula: wherein each A is independently a hydrogen or an optionally fluorinated vinyl, allyl, acetylenic, propargyl, or C1-C3 alkyl group. The electrolyte composition may further comprise a fluorinated cyclic carbonate. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 14, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 12, 2019
Assignee:
Solvay SA
Inventors:
Charles J. Dubois, Kostantinos Kourtakis, Jun J. Liu, Mark Gerrit Roelofs
Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrolyte compositions comprising: a non-fluorinated carbonate; a fluorinated solvent; a lithium glycolatoborate compound represented by Formula I or Formula II: a fluorinated carbonate; and an electrolyte salt. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium batteries.
Abstract: Disclosed are electrolyte compositions comprising aryl group containing certain fluorinated carbonate, and batteries, especially batteries having a high nominal voltage, comprising such electrolyte composition.