Patents Assigned to Total
  • USE OF A VAPORIZABLE COMPOSITION TO PROTECT CULTIVATED PLANTS FROM PESTS
    Publication number: 20140336279
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the use of an oil emulsion for acaricidal, insecticidal, and antifungal treatment of the stems and leaves of a plant during the growth thereof in confined, intensive-cultivation spaces, the emulsion including water and a paraffin oil obtained from petroleum and having a boiling point of 200° C. to 450° C., a viscosity of no more than 20 mm2/s at 40° C., and an unsulfonated residue content of no less than 99% according to the ASTM D483 standard, and further including at least 20 wt % of mono- or polycyclic naphthenes, the paraffinic oil being introduced as a stable emulsifiable concentrate including water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventor: Eric Bureau
  • CHEMICAL-LOOPING COMBUSTION METHOD WITH DILUTE PHASE REMOVAL OF ASHES AND FINES IN THE OXIDATIONZONE AND PLANT USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140335461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for chemical-looping combustion of a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, comprising: contacting oxygen-carrying material particles coming from a reduction zone R0 with an oxidizing gas stream in a reactive oxidation zone R1, separating the fly ashes, the fines and the oxygen-carrying material particles within a mixture coming from zone R1 in a dilute phase separation zone S2, the driving force required for dilute phase elutriation in S2 being provided by the oxidizing gas stream from reactive oxidation zone R1. Optionally, partitioning is carried out in a dedusting zone S4, then possibly in a dense phase elutriation separation zone S5. The invention also relates to a chemical-looping combustion plant allowing said method to be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: Total SA, IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Thierry Gauthier, Ali Hoteit, Sebastien Rifflart
  • Phosphorus modified molecular sieves, their use in conversion of organics to olefins
    Patent number: 8883668
    Abstract: The present invention is a phosphorous modified zeolite (A) made by a process comprising in that order: selecting a zeolite with low Si/Al ratio (advantageously lower than 30) among H+ or NH4+-form of MFI, MEL, FER, MOR, clinoptilolite, said zeolite having been made preferably without direct addition of organic template; steaming at a temperature ranging from 400 to 870° C. for 0.01-200 h; leaching with an aqueous acid solution containing the source of P at conditions effective to remove a substantial part of Al from the zeolite and to introduce at least 0.3 wt % of P; separation of the solid from the liquid; an optional washing step or an optional drying step or an optional drying step followed by a washing step; a calcination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Nikolai Nesterenko, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Sander Van Donk
  • Process for preparing graft polymers without initiator and without solvent and bitumen/polymer compositions comprising said graft polymers
    Patent number: 8883930
    Abstract: A process for preparing graft polymers from a polymer is based on conjugated diene units and a graft which is a thiol derivative. The process has an absence of solvent and any radical initiator. The graft polymer can be advantageously be used as additive for a bitumen/polymer composition and in particular permits thermoreversible cross-linking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Sylvia Harders, Romuald Botel, Ilias Iliopoulos, Ludwik Leibler, Ornella Annabelle Zovi
  • Process for recycling product streams separated from a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream
    Patent number: 8883918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recycling product streams that have been separated from a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream comprising olefin monomer, olefin co-monomer, hydrocarbon diluent and components such as H2, N2, O2, CO, CO2, and formaldehyde. In accordance with the present process a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream is separated into a) a first side stream comprising hydrocarbon diluent and olefin monomer; b) a second side stream which is substantially hydrogen-free and comprises hydrocarbon diluent and olefin monomer, c) a bottom stream comprising substantially olefin-free hydrocarbon diluent, and d) an overhead vapor stream comprising olefin monomer, hydrocarbon diluent and components such as formaldehyde, H2, N2, O2, CO and CO2. The present process further includes recycling said first and said second side streams in a polymerization process for preparing bimodal polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Denis Mignon, David Vandewiele, Bernard Van De Schrick, Camille Vercruysse
  • GREASE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140329731
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fatty composition including at least one basic polyol ester oil, at least one fatty-acid metal soap, at least one fluorinated polymer, and at least one sulfurous fatty acid ester, wherein the amount of active sulfur provided by the sulfurous fatty acid ester relative to the total fatty composition at 150° C. according to the ASTM D1662 standard is greater than or equal to 0.15 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Nicole Genet, Xavier Barc
  • GRAFT POLYMER, AND THERMOREVERSIBLY CROSS-LINKED BITUMEN/POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING SUCH A GRAFT POLYMER
    Publication number: 20140329939
    Abstract: A thermoreversibly cross-linked graft polymer, which may be used in bituminous asphalt, includes: a main polymer chain P consisting of conjugated diene units; at least one side graft G having the following general formula (1): R—(OCH2CH2)m—S—, where R is a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon chain having at least 18 carbon atoms, and m is an integer varying from 0 to 20, the graft G being connected to the main polymer chain P via the sulfur atom of formula (1); and at least one graft G? having the following general formula (4): —S—R?—S—, where R? is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon grouping having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, optionally including one or more heteroatoms, the graft G? being connected to the main polymer chain P via each sulfur atom of formula (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Ilias Iliopoulos, Ludwik Leibler, Ornella Annabelle Zovi, Carole Ruot
  • NANOTRACERS FOR LABELING OIL FIELD INJECTION WATERS
    Publication number: 20140323363
    Abstract: This invention relates to the development of nanoparticles, which can be used as tracers, in order to track the movement of fluids injected into an oil reservoir. The injected fluids diffuse through a solid geological medium which constitutes the oil reservoir, thus making it possible to study this latter by following the path of the injected fluids. The objective is in particular to monitor the flows between the injection well(s) and the production well(s) and/or to evaluate the volumes of oil in reserve and water in the reservoir and ultimately to optimize oil exploration and exploitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Pascal Perriat, Nicolas Crowther, Matteo Martini, Olivier Tillement, Thomas Brichart, Nicolas Agenet
  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DEFINED FUNCTIONAL LACTIC ACID OLIGOMERS
    Publication number: 20140323683
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing defined functional lactic acid oligomers can include contacting lactide with at least one compound that is a transfer agent. Oligomers can be prepared according to the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Martine Slawinski, Marion Helou, Jeroen Wassenaar
  • Process for Preparing a Polymer to Make Refrigerator Interior Liners
    Publication number: 20140323643
    Abstract: The present invention is a refrigerator interior liner made of a rubber modified monovinylaromatic polymer composition comprising: a) a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol, b) rubber particles dispersed therein, said particles having: a volume median particle size (RPS volume) of about 8.5 ?m, a monomodal distribution with essentially no shoulder, a low-to-moderate crosslinking of the rubber expressed as a swell index (SI) above 13.8, a rubber phase volume fraction (RPVF) of at least 39%, c) a moderate amount of low- Mw plasticizers, defined as the weight fraction of solubles in methanol, and such that the weight ratio c/(a+b+c) ranges from 0 to 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Michel Duc, Jan Neelen, Mark O'Neill
  • Cellulase Cel5H related reagents and their use in microorganisms
    Patent number: 8871479
    Abstract: The invention relates to applications of the cellulase Cel5H of Saccharophagus degradans and its homologues, functional fragments and/or variants and engineered forms thereof, in the context of recombinant, more particularly solventogenic microorganisms, more particularly C. acetobutylicum. The invention also characterizes a novel domain of the Cel5H cellulase with a putative cellulose-binding module function, and its uses in chimeric proteins for depolymerization of cellulose containing substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Le Centre National de Recherche Scientifiques (CNRS), L'Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA), Universite d'Aix-Marseille
    Inventors: Henri-Pierre Fierobe, Angélique Chanal-Vial, Anne-Laure Molinier, Chantal Tardif, Luc Dedieu
  • OPEN SOLENOID VALVE WITH ARC RELIGHTER, METHOD TO AUGMENT FLAME SAFEGUARD
    Publication number: 20140315138
    Abstract: The invention provides a pilot light ignition system comprising a solenoid valve and a flame safeguard controller. Also provided is a pilot light ignition process comprising a normally open solenoid valve that shuts down a main burner gas supply while the pilot is being lit. A fail last position solenoid can also be utilized with the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Total Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Cook, Jose Pereira
  • Method Of Manufacturing A Solar Cell With Local Back Contacts
    Publication number: 20140311563
    Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacturing process of a solar cell (1) with back contact and passivated emitter, comprising a dielectric stack (10) of at least two layers consisting of at least a first dielectric layer (11) made of AlOx in contact with a p-type silicon layer (3), and a second dielectric layer (13) deposited on the first dielectric layer (11). Besides, the method of manufacturing comprising a formation step of at least one partial opening (15) preferably by laser ablation into the dielectric stack (10), sparing at least partially the aforementioned first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Total Marketing Services
    Inventors: Perine Jaffrennou, Johan Das, Angel Uruena De Castro
  • Process for characterising the evolution of an oil or gas reservoir over time
    Patent number: 8868391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for characterising the evolution of a reservoir over a time lapse comprising the steps of: providing a base and a plurality of monitor surveys of the reservoir, each having a set of seismic traces at different times; deriving an optimal regularization weight-map from a combination of at least three surveys; and using the optimal regularization weights to invert and obtain an improved time lapse seismic image between pairs of seismic surveys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Total S.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Grandi
  • Pool skimmer basket system
    Patent number: 8864986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatuses for improving pool skimmers. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a pool skimmer basket system that includes a skimmer basket, a first tube that is attached to the skimmer basket, and a second tube that is adjacent to and rotatable relative to the first tube. The first tube includes a longitudinal slot that feeds water into the skimmer basket. Without being bound by any particular theory, it is believed that the slot increases the velocity of water flowing into the basket and that the system increases the debris-holding capacity and allows one to avoid having to reach through dirty water to remove the skimmer basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Totally New Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ronnie E. Smith
  • PREPARATION METHOD OF PLATINUM/TIN/ALUMINA CATALYST FOR DIRECT DEHYDROGENATION OF n-BUTANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING C4 OLEFINS USING SAID CATALYST
    Publication number: 20140309470
    Abstract: The provided is a preparation method of a platinum/tin/alumina catalyst which comprises platinum as an active component having high activity to direct dehydrogenation of n-butane, tin capable of preventing platinum particles from being sintered and maintaining a size of the platinum particles to be small, thereby improving dispersibility and increasing an amount at an active site during the dehydrogenation and also capable of suppressing carbon deposition, thereby increasing stability of the catalyst, and as an support for supporting them, an alumina support which is known as being suitable for direct dehydrogenation of n-butane and is capable of maintaining high dispersibility of the platinum with high thermal and mechanical stability, and a method for producing high value-added C4 olefins through direct dehydrogenation of inexpensive n-butane by using the catalyst prepared by the preparation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gle PARK, Yeon Shick YOO, Young Jin CHO, Jin Suk LEE, Ho Sik CHANG, Chang Hyun CHOI, In Kyu SONG, Jong Kwon LEE, Hyun SEO
  • Method for manufacturing photovoltaic cells with multiple junctions and multiple electrodes
    Patent number: 8859885
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device and method of manufacture of a photovoltaic device including an assembly of at least two photovoltaic cells; and a lamination material inserted between each photovoltaic cell, each photovoltaic cell including: two current output terminals; at least one photovoltaic junction; current collection buses; and connection strips extending from the current collection buses to the current output terminals, all the current output terminals being placed on a single surface of the photovoltaic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Total Marketing Services
    Inventors: Marc Vermeersch, Loic Francke
  • Tapping sleeve tightening assembly
    Patent number: 8857858
    Abstract: A tapping sleeve assembly comprising a sleeve having first and second shells, a gasket, a connection assembly comprising first and second side bar elements connected to the first and second shells, respectively, multiple lugs extending from the first and second side bar elements, and a bolt extending between each of the respective lugs, the first side bar element comprising an upper leg connected to the first shell at an upper connection, a lower leg supporting at least one of the lugs, an intermediate bearing unit configured to bear against the first shell, and the bearing unit having at least one bearing surface not affixed to the outer surface of the first shell, whereby the first and second side bar elements may be drawn towards each other to tighten the sleeve to a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Total Piping Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Minich, Daryl M. Piontek
  • Double Loop Technology
    Publication number: 20140299208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for polymerizing olefins. One embodiment comprises polymerizing at least one monomer in a first loop reactor in the presence of a catalyst to produce a first polyolefin fraction. A portion of the first polyolefin fraction is transferred to a second loop reactor, connected in series with the first loop reactor. The process further comprises polymerizing in the second loop reactor at least one monomer in the presence of a catalyst to produce a second polyolefin fraction in addition to the first polyolefin fraction. The combination of the first and second polyolefin fractions can produce a polymer resin fluff having bimodal molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Louis Fouarge, Eric Damme, Olivier Miserque, Daniel Siraux, Philippe Bodart, Andre Lewalle, Marc Van der Auwera, Frans Van den Brande, Giacomo Conti, Hugo Vandaele, Mark Verleysen, Carl Van Camp, Etienne Laurent, Philippe Marechal, Marc Moers, Leopold D'Hooghe, Marjan Sillis, Kai Hortman, Pascal Folie, Renaud Oreins
  • Polyethylene with Low Catalytic Residues
    Publication number: 20140303340
    Abstract: A polyethylene can be prepared with a metallocene catalyst system. The polyethylene can have a density of at least 0.945 g/cm3 measured according to ISO 1183, and a Si content of 5 to 40 ppm by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Christopher Willocq