Abstract: A method of regenerating an enzymatic catalyst arranged in a reactor includes a mineral support based on metal oxide and at least one enzyme, wherein it contains at least one step of detachment of the spent enzymes by solvation by scavenging of the catalyst using at least one ionic surfactant, and at least one step of re-attachment of active enzymes by scavenging of the purified support with at least one solution of active enzymes, the two steps being performed in situ within the reactor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling the production of a mixture of components, especially a mixture with premix dead volumes. The method and the device according to the invention ensure multivariable regulation feedback by a dynamic observer providing an estimate in real time of the properties of the components of the mixture, said estimate being sufficient to guarantee the effectiveness of the feedback loop. Thus, the desired properties of the mixture are guaranteed despite large uncertainties in the properties of the components on the one hand, and partial knowledge of the mixing process on the other.

Abstract: Use of a composition of liquefied gases for domestic use, containing dimethylether or DME in a mixture with at least one hydrocarbon with 3 carbon atoms and at least one hydrocarbon with 4 carbon atoms, in which the gaseous mixture released from storage contains a DME concentration fixed at a value of no more than 40 weight %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process allowing the tuning of the gasoline/diesel balance by converting an initial feedstock containing olefins from 4 to 20 carbon atoms using a crystalline catalyst with reduced diffusional limitations. The process comprises: processing a feedstock stream containing olefins from 4 to 20 carbon atoms with or without the presence of an aromatic containing stream, contacting said stream(s) with a catalyst at conditions effective to oligomerize a least a portion of the olefins and eventually alkylate at least a portion of the aromatics, wherein the catalyst is a crystalline compound with micro/mesoporous structure chosen among crystalline aluminosilicates, crystalline aluminophosphates, crystalline silico-aluminophosphates, crystalline zeolites, or the catalyst is a composite material comprising at least 20% wt of at least one of the above mentioned crystalline compounds, and wherein the mesoporous volume of the crystalline compound is at least 0.22 ml/g.

Abstract: The use in a bituminous composition of an organogelator molecule of the following general formula (I) is disclosed below: where: A is a hydrocarbon group which can be straight or branched, saturated or unstaurated, acyclic, cyclic or polycyclic, having 3 to 92 carbon atoms, resulting from the polymerization of lateral chains of at least one unsaturated fatty acid, X is an NH group or an oxygen atom O, R1 is a group chosen from: a straight or branched hydrocarbon group with 2 to 40 carbon atoms, optionally including one or more heteroatoms and optionally including one or more unsaturations, or an aromatic group, substituted or otherwise, R2 is a group selected among: a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched hydrocarbon group with 1 to 40 carbon atoms, including one or more heteroatoms and optionally including one or more unsaturations, or an aromatic group, substituted or otherwise; m and n are, separately from one another, an integer ranging from 1 to 4, p is an integer ranging from 0 to 4, q is an inte

Abstract: The disclosure includes the use in a bituminous composition of an organogelator derivative which has a molar mass no higher than 2,000 g/mol and includes at least one hydrogen bonds donor D, at least one hydrogen bonds acceptor A and at least one compatibilizer agent C in the bitumen, the compatibilizer agent C including a group selected among: at least one straight hydrocarbon chain including at least 4 carbon atoms, or at least one aliphatic cycle of 3 to 8 atoms, or at least one aromatic cycle, or at least one aliphatic or partly aromatic, or even entirely aromatic, condensed polycyclic system, each cycle including 5 or 6 atoms taken alone or as a mixture, to improve the resistance to aggressive chemical agents, in particular to hydrocarbons, such as gasolines, diesels and/or kerosenes, excluding N,N?-ethylene bis(stearamide) and excluding fatty-chains polyamines obtained by reacting polyalkylene fatty-chains polyamines of general formula (I) R—NH—(CH2—CH2—CH2—NH)n—H wherein R is a linear hydrocarbon ch

Abstract: A process is disclosed for reducing the content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs in aromatic extracts including oxidizing the PAHs in the presence of a hemoprotein via an oxidizing compound, wherein the aromatic extract is brought into contact with the oxidizing agent in a non-reactive organic solvent, then is brought into contact with the immobilized or supported hemoprotein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for loading solid particles into a vessel, comprising: a means for supplying solid particles to be distributed, said means pouring said solid particles into a supply pipe (1), a movable assembly (2) arranged below the supply pipe (1), comprising a central shaft (3) and deflector elements (5) which are integral in rotation with said shaft and arranged around the shaft on multiple vertical tiers (E1-E4) and are articulated about it in such a way that they can lift up, a supply pipe (1) surrounding at least partially said central shaft and comprising at least one orifice (4) for discharging the solid particles which is arranged on a side and/or horizontal wall, this device being characterized in that the movable assembly (2) is designed in such a way as to allow adjustment of the position of the deflector elements (5) on the central shaft (3) in order to vary its permeability to the solid particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the anti-erosion coating of the wall of a cyclone for separating and recovering solid particles driven in a fluid, in which a composite material is deposited in a mould comprising the wall of the cyclone (13) and an adapted form (17) in order to obtain, upon stripping, an impression having a predetermined geometry, at least one means for attaching the composite material to the wall of the cyclone (15), and connected to said wall, is provided before casting in the body of the impression. The invention also relates to an anti-erosion coating for a cyclone inner wall that includes a composite material provided in the form of a continuous layer on the inner wall of the cyclone, and at least one attachment means connected to the wall of said cyclone in the body of the coating, particularly with a smooth exposed surface. The invention also relates to a cyclone including such a coating and to the use of said coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst usable in hydrotreatment processes, which comprises an alumina-based amorphous support, phosphorus, a C1-C4 dialkyl succinate, acetic acid and a hydro-dehydrogenizing function comprising at least one group VIII element and at least one group VIB element, preferably made up of cobalt and molybdenum, a catalyst whose Raman spectrum comprises the most intense bands characteristic of the Keggin heteropolyanions (974 and/or 990 cm?1), C1-C4 dialkyl succinate and acetic acid (896 cm?1). Preferably, the dialkyl succinate concerned is dimethyl succinate and its main band is at 853 cm?1. The invention also relates to the method of preparing said catalyst, wherein a catalytic precursor comprising the group VIB and group VIII elements, in particular the molybdenum-cobalt pair, and phosphorus, introduced by impregnation, then dried at a temperature below 180° C.

Abstract: The invention provides a process to prepare very low sul-phur, very low aromatic hydrocarbon fluids having a boiling range in the range of from 100 to 400° C. and a boiling range of not more than 80° C., comprising at least the two successive steps of -deep hydrodesulphurating of middle distillate down to less than 10 ppm sulphur, and -catalytic hy-drogenating the desulphurized middle distillates of preceding step at a temperature from 80 to 180° C. and at a pressure from 60 to 160 bars.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cylinder lubricant having a BN determined according to standard ASTM D-2896 greater than or equal to 15, preferably greater than 20, preferably greater than 30, advantageously greater than 40 milligrams of potash per gram of lubricant, comprising: one or more lubricating base oils for marine engines, at least one detergent based on alkali or alkaline-earth metals, overbased with metallic carbonate salts, optionally in combination with one or more neutral detergents, one or more fatty amines and/or derivatives of oil-soluble fatty amines having a BN determined according to standard ASTM D-2896 comprised between 150 and 600 milligrams of potash per gram, preferably comprised between 200 and 500 milligrams of potash per gram. This lubricant has sufficient neutralization power vis-à-vis the sulphuric acid formed during the combustion of high-sulphur fuel oils, while limiting the formation of deposits during the use of low-sulphur fuel oils.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for hydroconversion of hydrocarbons, comprising a support made from at least one refractory oxide, at least one group VIII metal and at least one group VIB metal, characterized in further comprising at least one organic compound with at least two thiol functions separated by at least one oxygenated group of formula (I): HS—CxHyOz—SH (I), where x=1 to 20, preferably 2 to 9 and for example x=6, y=2 to 60, preferably 4 to 12 and z=1 to 10, preferably 1 to 6. The invention further relates to a method for preparation, a method for activation of said catalyst and use of the catalyst for the hydrotreatment and/or hydrocracking of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mother solution free from oil of petroleum origin including at least one oil of vegetable and/or animal origin, from 20% to 50% by mass of polymer, with respect to the mass of the mother solution, with or without at least one cross-linking agent, the oil of vegetable and/or animal origin being acid, with an acid value measured according to the standard NF EN ISO 660 including between 50 and 300 mg KOH/g. This mother solution with a very high concentration of polymer is stable and does not gel and can therefore be diluted and used for preparing cross-linked bitumen/polymer compositions, then bituminous mixes.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for hydrogenating a low-sulphur feed into very low sulphur and very low aromatic hydrocarbon fluids having a boiling range in the range of from 100 to 400° C. and a boiling range of not more than 80° C., comprising the step of catalytically hydrogenating said feed at a temperature from 80 to 180° C. and at a pressure from 60 to 160 bars.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing distillates by means of oligomerization using a C2C10 hydrocarbon filler and at least one organic oxygenated compound containing at least one oxygen atom and at least two carbon atoms. By including the addition of a substantial amount of oxygenated compounds, said method enables a reduction in the amount of olefins having chain lengths that are too short to allow the use thereof (typically in C10, or even less) and an increase in the yields of molecules in C10+, with controlled exothermicity of the oligomerization reactions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biodegradable lubricant composition, notably intended to be incorporated as an oil phase with high lubricating power in a drilling fluid or mud. This composition may be in a drilling fluid or as a fluid for fracture of underground formations. These muds or fluids contained in the composition of the present disclosure are particularly suitable for very deep drillings, offshore in deep water and/or sidetracked drillings or with a long shift.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing distillate from a charge of heteroatomic organic compounds comprising at least one heteroatom chosen from oxygen, sulfur and halogen, alone or in combination, in which the treatment of the charge comprises at least one step of conversion of the heteroatomic organic compounds into olefins performed in a first conversion zone, and, in at least a second oligomerization zone, a step of oligomerization of olefins originating at least partly from the conversion zone, in the presence of at least 0.5% by weight of oxygenated compounds, in order to produce a distillate. By virtue of the presence of oxygenated compounds during the oligomerization, this process makes it possible to improve the yield of distillate, making it possible to obtain a higher degree of oligomerization relative to the oligomerization of the same charge under the same reaction conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for converting a hydrocarbon feed containing C3-C10 olefins into a distillate, whereby the quantities of olefins having a chain length that is too short can be reduced in order to be exploited (typically C10 or even less) and the C10+ molecule yields can be increased, while controlling the exothermicity of the oligomerisation reactions. This effect is obtained by oligomerising the hydrocarbon feed in the presence of at least one part of the products resulting from the pre-conversion, by means of condensation, of light oxygen molecules (comprising at least one alcohol having at least two carbon atoms) which can originate from biomass.

Abstract: Composition of special fluid comprising at least one hydrogenated mono- and/or at least one polyterpene, in a mixture with at least one special fluid for industrial applications such as the petroleum industry, in construction as sealants and paints, adhesives, the inks industry, metal working, the treatment and protection of metals, but also for domestic uses and in the agric-food and plumbing industries.