Patents by Inventor Antoine Fecant

Antoine Fecant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240010933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut wherein said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a catalyst comprising an alumina support obtained by dehydration of an aluminum hydroxide or oxyhydroxide at a temperature of between 400° C. and 1200° C. and for a time of between 0.1 seconds and 5 seconds, at least one metal from group VIB, at least one metal from group VIII, and phosphorus are brought into contact, the molar ratio between the phosphorus and the metal from group VIB being between and 0.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT, Charlie BLONS
  • Publication number: 20240010931
    Abstract: Method for treating a partially desulphurised sulphur-containing hydrocarbon feedstock from a preliminary hydrodesulphurisation step in the presence of a catalyst comprising an active phase comprising a group VII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina support comprising a bimodal distribution of mesopores, wherein: -the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm is between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of the support; -the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm is between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the support; -the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm is between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20230416617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for capturing organometallic impurities in a gasoline-type hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds and olefins, wherein said feedstock is brought into contact with hydrogen and a capture mass comprising a nickel-based active phase, and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal distribution of mesopores and wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm corresponds to between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of mesopores with a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20230415131
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the hydrodesulfurization of an olefinic gasoline cut containing sulfur, wherein said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a catalyst are brought into contact, said catalyst comprising a group VIB metal, a group VIII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal mesopore distribution and wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm corresponds to between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20230405573
    Abstract: A method for selective hydrogenation of gasoline including polyunsaturated compounds and light sulfur compounds wherein the gasoline and hydrogen is brought into contact with a catalyst containing a group VIB metal, a group VIII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal mesopore distribution and wherein the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm is 10 to 30% by volume of the total pore volume of the substrate, the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm is 30 to 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the substrate; the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm is 30 to 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20230356200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an original process for the preparation of a catalyst in the form of an extrudate comprising an acid zeolite with the structural code MFI, the zeolite content being between 45% and 90% relative to the total mass of the catalyst, and a binder, and optionally containing a hydrogenating active phase, comprising at least a) the mixture of said MFI zeolite and the binder, the average size of the elementary particles of said MFI zeolite being between 110 and 800 nm, b) the addition of said mixture a) of a peptizing agent c) the addition to said mixture of a neutralizing agent d) the shaping by extrusion of the mixture e) optionally, the drying of the solid, f) the heat treatment of the said solid obtained in the presence of water vapor at a temperature between 400 and 1000° C. in the presence of an air flow containing from 1 to 60% by volume of water, and g) optionally, the introduction of one or more precursors of a hydrogenating active phase on the solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Mathieu DIGNE, Antoine FECANT, Thomas REGAL, Chloe BERTRAND DRIRA
  • Patent number: 11806695
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide carried out in the liquid phase and/or in the gas phase under irradiation employing a photocatalyst of microporous crystalline metal sulfide type, said process being carried out by bringing a charge containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound into contact with said photocatalyst, then by irradiating the photocatalyst by at least one irradiation source producing at least one wavelength lower than the bandgap width of said photocatalyst, so as to reduce the CO2 and to oxidize the sacrificial compound, so as to produce an effluent containing, at least in part, C1 or more carbon-based molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Fecant, Raquel Martinez Franco, Gerhard Pirngruber, Philibert Leflaive
  • Publication number: 20230264180
    Abstract: A hydrotreating catalyst comprising an active phase containing at least one group VIB metal and at least one group VIII metal, and a porous support containing alumina and at least one spinel MAl2O4 where M is chosen from nickel and cobalt, characterized in that: the molar ratio (r1) between said group VIII metal and said group VIB metal of the active phase is between 1.0 and 3.0 mol/mol; the molar ratio (r2) between said metal M of the porous support and said group VIII metal of the active phase is between 0.3 and 0.7 mol/mol; the molar ratio (r3) between the sum of the contents of the metal M and of the group VIII metal relative to the content of group VIB metal is between 2.2 and 3.0 mol/mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Juan Jose SOSSA LEDEZMA
  • Patent number: 11724253
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide carried out in the liquid phase and/or in the gas phase under irradiation using a photocatalyst comprising a support made from alumina or silica or silica-alumina and nanoparticles of molybdenum sulfide or tungsten sulfide having a band gap greater than 2.3 eV, said method comprising the following steps: a) bringing a feedstock containing carbon dioxide and at least one sacrificial compound into contact with said photocatalyst, b) irradiating the photocatalyst with at least one source of irradiation producing at least one wavelength smaller than the width of the band gap of said photocatalyst so as to reduce the carbon dioxide and oxidise the sacrificial compound in the presence of said photocatalyst activated by said source of irradiation, in such a way as to produce an effluent containing, at least in part, C1 or above carbon-containing molecules, different from CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Fecant, Audrey Bonduelle-Skrzypczak, Ranin Atwi
  • Patent number: 11717808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction method carried out in liquid and/or gas phase under irradiation, using a photocatalyst containing a first semiconductor, particles comprising one or more metallic-state elements M, and a second semiconductor SC, wherein the method is carried out by contacting a feedstock containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound with the photocatalyst, then irradiating the photocatalyst such that the CO2 is reduced, and oxidising the sacrificial compound in order to produce an effluent containing at least in part C1 or above carbon molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Bernadet, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Renal-Vasco Backov, Serge Ravaine
  • Publication number: 20230173470
    Abstract: A selective hydrogenation catalyst comprising an active phase based on nickel and molybdenum, and a porous support consisting of alumina and/or nickel aluminate, characterized in that the molar ratio between the nickel and the molybdenum is greater than 2.5 mol/mol and less than 3.0 mol/mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Juan Jose SOSSA LEDEZMA
  • Publication number: 20230166241
    Abstract: A selective hydrogenation catalyst contains an active phase having a group VIB metal and a group VIII metal, and a porous support containing alumina. The group VIB metal content is between 1 and 18% by weight relative to total weight of the catalyst, and the group VIII metal content of the active phase, measured in oxide form, is between 1 and 20% by weight relative to total weight of the catalyst. The molar ratio between the group VIII metal and the group VIB metal is between 1.0 and 3.0 mol/mol. The group VIII metal is homogeneously distributed in the porous support with a distribution coefficient R of between 0.8 and 1.2, measured using a Castaing microprobe, and the group VIB metal is distributed at the periphery of the porous support with a distribution coefficient R of less than 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Etienne GIRARD, Juan Jose SOSSA LEDEZMA
  • Patent number: 11660590
    Abstract: Process for preparing a catalyst or a trapping mass comprising the following steps: bringing a porous oxide support into contact with a metal salt comprising at least one metal belonging to groups VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB or IIB, of which the melting point of said metal salt is between 20° C. and 150° C., for a period of between 5 minutes and 5 hours in order to form a solid mixture, the weight ratio of said metal salt to said porous oxide support being between 0.1 and 1; heating the solid mixture with stirring at a temperature between the melting point of said metal salt and 200° C. and for 5 minutes to 12 hours; calcining the solid obtained in the preceding step at a temperature above 200° C. and below or equal to 1100° C. under an inert atmosphere or under an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Tellier, Dominique Decottignies, Antoine Fecant
  • Patent number: 11596929
    Abstract: Fischer-Tropsch process for the synthesis of hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock including synthesis gas into contact with a catalyst prepared by the following: a porous support is brought into contact with a cobalt metal salt of which the melting point of the cobalt metal salt is between 30 and 150° C. for between 5 minutes and 5 hours, in order to form a solid mixture, the weight ratio of said cobalt metal salt to the porous oxide support being between 0.1 and 1; the solid mixture obtained is heated with stirring under atmospheric pressure at a temperature between the melting point of the cobalt metal salt and 200° C. for a period of time of between 30 minutes and 12 hours; the solid obtained is calcined at a temperature above 200° C. and below or equal to 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Tellier, Antoine Fecant, Eugenie Tavernier
  • Patent number: 11583836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for deparaffinning a middle distillate feedstock, to convert, in good yield, feedstocks having high pour points into at least one cut having an improved pour point. Said process is performed with at least one catalyst comprising at least one hydro-dehydrogenating phase containing at least one metal from group VIB and at least one metal from group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and a support comprising at least one IZM-2 zeolite, a zeolite of WI framework type code and at least one binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Mathieu Digne, Antoine Fecant, Chloe Bertrand-Drira
  • Publication number: 20230044005
    Abstract: Catalyst containing an active phase which contains a group VIB element, at least one group VIII element and phosphorus, and a support containing alumina, the catalyst being characterized in that at least 80% by weight of the group VIB elements, of the group VIII elements and of the phosphorus are distributed in the form of a crust at the periphery of said support, the thickness of said crust being between 100 and 1200 ?m, the content of group VIB element being between 1% and 8% by weight relative to the total weight of the catalyst, the content of group VIII element being between 0.5% and 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the catalyst, and the content of phosphorus being between 0.2% and 3% by weight relative to the total weight of the catalyst, and the support having a specific surface area of between 100 m2/g and 250 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Charlie BLONS
  • Publication number: 20230016535
    Abstract: The invention describes a mass for scavenging mercaptans which is particularly suitable for the treatment of olefinic gasoline cuts containing sulfur such as gasolines resulting from catalytic cracking. The scavenging mass comprises an active phase based on group VIII, IB or IIB metal particles which is prepared by a step of bringing a porous support into contact with a metal salt of said group VIII, IB or IIB metal and a step heating the resulting mixture to a temperature above the melting point of said metal salt. The invention also relates to a process for using said scavenging mass for the adsorption of mercaptans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine HUGON, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Antoine FECANT
  • Publication number: 20220250925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystallised solid, called IZM-5, comprising a chemical composition expressed on an anhydrous base, in terms of mole, and defined by the following general formula: SnaZnbS8: cR, wherein R represents at least one nitrogenous organic species; S sulphur, “a” is the molar amount of tin, denoted Sn, between 0.1 and 5; “b” is the molar amount of zinc, denoted Zn, between 0.2 and 8; “c” is the molar amount of the nitrogenous organic species R between 0 and 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Raquel MARTINEZ FRANCO
  • Publication number: 20220226802
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide carried out in the liquid phase and/or in the gas phase under irradiation employing a photocatalyst of microporous crystalline metal sulfide type, said process being carried out by bringing a charge containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound into contact with said photocatalyst, then by irradiating the photocatalyst by at least one irradiation source producing at least one wavelength lower than the bandgap width of said photocatalyst, so as to reduce the CO2 and to oxidize the sacrificial compound, so as to produce an effluent containing, at least in part, C1 or more carbon-based molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine FECANT, Raquel MARTINEZ FRANCO, Gerhard PIRNGRUBER, Philibert LEFLAIVE
  • Patent number: 11247193
    Abstract: Process for preparing a porous monolith comprising between 10% and 100% by weight of a semiconductor relative to the total weight of the porous monolith, which process comprises the following steps: a) a first aqueous suspension containing polymer particles is prepared; b) a second aqueous suspension containing particles of least one inorganic semiconductor is prepared; c) the two aqueous suspensions prepared in steps a) and b) are mixed in order to obtain a paste; d) a heat treatment of the paste obtained in step c) is carried out in order to obtain the monolith with multimodal porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Bernadet, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Renal-Vasco Backov, Serge Ravaine