Abstract: The protection device has a valve and a valve actuator, able to move the valve to a closed position when a pressure upstream of the valve exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure. The valve actuator includes a biaiser, to maintain the valve in an open position; an actuation mechanism, to move the valve to the closed position, the actuation mechanism with a fluid sampling passage to fluidly connect the flow line to a fluid actuated surface of the actuation mechanism. At least a rupture element preventing the passage of fluid from the flow line when the pressure upstream of the rupture element is lower than the threshold pressure, the rupture element being able to break at the threshold pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of analyzing a rock sample, comprising:—placing a rock sample (2) containing a first fluid into a cell (1);—feeding the cell (1) with at least one second fluid and withdrawing said second fluid from the cell (1), leaving the rock sample (2) immersed in the second fluid; and—measuring an amount of first fluid spontaneously released from the rock sample (2). The invention also relates to an apparatus adapted for implementing this method.

Abstract: A clear binder, in divided form, that is solid when cold, and to the different ways in which it is formed. Also, the method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling the binder, as well as to the uses of the binder for road and/or industrial applications.

Abstract: A bituminous composition includes at least one bitumen base, at least one first chemical additive chosen from compounds of general formula Ar1-R1-Ar2 (I), and at least one second chemical additive chosen from a second chemical additive chosen from the reaction products of at least one C3-C12 polyol and of at least one C2-C12 aldehyde. This composition can be used for different industrial applications and as road binder, notably for the preparation of bituminous mixes.

Abstract: A concentrated aqueous suspension of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) comprising salts for plant nutrition, the concentrated aqueous suspension comprises microfibrillated linear polymers of D-glucose molecules homogenized through a fibrillation process (cellulose microfibers), calcium ions, sulfate ions and other substances for plant nutrition, being the concentration of calcium ions and sulfate ions in excess of the concentration corresponding to the solubility of calcium sulfate in water and being the proportion of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) within a range of 1% and 99% w/w of the suspension.

Abstract: A method that includes receiving a data stream from point monitoring cases proximate to confined spaces, the data stream include at least on camera feed of the confined space, generating a display from the data stream for a single display device, wherein the display comprises a tile view including a tile for each confined space of confined spaces being monitored. The tile includes at least one camera feed from a camera located at the confined space, a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, wherein the number of workers is displayed in the tile above the at least one camera feed, control buttons located in the tile to a right of the at least one camera feed, and gas sensor indicators located in the tile.

Abstract: The invention concerns additive compositions obtained by mixing at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable compounds and at least one boronic ester compound that enables the association of these two copolymers to be controlled; a lubricating composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable compounds, and at least one boronic ester compound that enables the association of these two copolymers to be controlled; a method for adjusting the viscosity of a lubricating composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating base oil and at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable compounds; and the use of a boronic ester compound to adjust the viscosity of a lubricating composition.

Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for processing a 4D seismic signal relative to a subsoil, the subsoil including a zone subject to extraction and/or injection, the method comprising: providing the 4D seismic signal; identifying a part of the 4D seismic signal corresponding to a zone of the subsoil distinct from the zone subject to extraction and/or injection; determining a noise model of the 4D seismic signal based on the identified part of the 4D seismic signal; and processing the 4D seismic signal based on the noise model. This improves the field of 4D seismic data processing.

Abstract: The invention is the use, as oil for aluminium and aluminium alloys cold rolling, of a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 200° C. to 400° C. and a boiling range below 80° C., said fluid comprising more than 95% by weight isoparaffins and less than 3% by weight of naphthens, a biocarbon content of at least 95% by weight, containing less than 100 ppm by weight aromatics.

Abstract: An adjuvant composition for a vaccine includes one or more substantially isoparaffinic hydrocarbon oils having C17 and/or C18 isoparaffins, and one or more surfactants. A vaccine includes the adjuvant composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and associated computer program and apparatus for characterising changes within a subsurface volume between a first time and a second time. The method comprises obtaining first seismic data corresponding to the first time and processing this data to obtain a seismic image of the subsurface volume. This processing is reversed for relevant portions of the seismic image to obtain relevant portions of first seismic data. Changes within the subsurface volume between the first time and the second time are characterised by estimating the changes between second seismic data corresponding to the second time and the relevant portions of first seismic data.

Abstract: Compositions obtained by mixing at least one oligomer A1 which is obtained by the copolymerization of at least two monomers functionalized by diol functions with at least one second monomer, and at least one compound A2 comprising at least two boronic ester functions. They have rheological properties which vary significantly depending on the proportion of the compounds A1 and A2 used. Composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating oil with such a composition of associative and exchangeable polymers, and use of this composition to lubricate a mechanical part.

Abstract: A method for the detection and quantification, in a complex aqueous fluid, of additives and water-soluble polymers used in the enhanced recovery of oil and shale gas.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device (10) for atomizing a liquid into droplets using a gas, comprising a hollow tubular body (12) having a longitudinal direction (X). An inner wall (13) defines a first region, referred to as contact region (Z1), and a second region (Z2). The body includes: —at least two inlet ports (14; 16) for injecting liquid and an inlet port for injecting gas, all of said ports extending to the first region (Z1); —at least one outlet port (18), located downstream of the first and second regions, for discharging the atomized liquid. The body (12) has an inner cross-section that varies continuously or constantly over the entire length thereof. Between regions (Z1) and (Z2), the inner wall (13) includes at least one baffle (261) which is shaped such that in each plane running perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the body containing said baffle, the baffle reduces an inner cross-section of the body over the entire periphery of the inner wall (13).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for converting syngas to C2+ alcohols, said process comprising the steps of providing a reactor, of providing a catalyst composition and one or more acidic materials within said reactor, of providing a feed stream comprising a mixture of H2 and CO; and of contacting said feed stream with said catalyst composition and said one or more acidic materials under reaction conditions to provide product stream. Said process is remarkable in that said catalyst composition comprises an active phase comprising CuFe deposited on a carbon-containing support, and the one or more acidic materials are one or more zeolites having a Si/Al molar ratio ranging between 2 and 200.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition is provided that includes an ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin. The ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin comprises a propylene homopolymer component and an ethylene-propylene rubber copolymer component as a solvent extract. The content of the ethylene-propylene rubber copolymer component in the ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin is 25 to 40% by weight. The ratio of the content of ethylene to the content of solvent extract in the ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin based on percent by weight is 0.25 to 0.45/ The ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin has a melt index of 20 to 45 g/10 minutes when measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thickening composition intended for topical application on the skin, lips or skin appendages, said thickening composition comprising at least one oil derived from a biological source and at least one poly(farnesene) polymer having a number average molar mass ranging from 10,000 to 120,000 g/mol. The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the thickening composition according to the invention and the use of the thickening composition according to the invention in a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: The present invention is a filtration system and a method for cleaning a filtration system. The filtration system comprising a hydraulic circuit Cp recycling the permeate stream to the feed side of the membrane and/or a hydraulic circuit Cr recycling the retentate stream to the feed side of said membrane. The method injects an amount of a chemical product into the filtration system in the hydraulic circuit Cp or in the hydraulic circuit Cr or upstream of the cross-flow filtration membrane, setting the proportion of recycled permeate stream or recycled retentate stream collected in the hydraulic circuit Cp and/or Cr to enable the recycling of a significant amount of unreacted chemical product having passed through the cross-flow filtration membrane to the feed side of said cross-flow filtration membrane.