Patents by Inventor Antoine Fournier

Antoine Fournier 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).

  • Process and apparatus for integration of a high-pressure hydroconversion process and a medium-pressure middle distillate hydrotreatment process, whereby the two processes are independent
    Patent number: 9005430
    Abstract: The invention relates to the integration of a process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle), that operates under a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.5 to 6.0 MPa, with a process for hydrotreatment/hydroconversion of middle and/or heavy distillates that operates at a hydrogen partial pressure that is at least 4.0 MPa higher than the hydrogen partial pressure of the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle). The integration resides in the use of the hydrogen-rich gas, obtained from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion effluents, in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle) and in the adjustment of the pressure level of this hydrogen-rich gas removed from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion. This invention makes it possible to considerably reduce the net consumption of make-up hydrogen in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Fournier, Jean Luc Nocca
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATION OF A HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROCONVERSION PROCESS AND A MEDIUM-PRESSURE MIDDLE DISTILLATE HYDROTREATMENT PROCESS, WHEREBY THE TWO PROCESSES ARE INDEPENDENT
    Publication number: 20110139680
    Abstract: The invention relates to the integration of a process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle), that operates under a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.5 to 6.0 MPa, with a process for hydrotreatment/hydroconversion of middle and/or heavy distillates that operates at a hydrogen partial pressure that is at least 4.0 MPa higher than the hydrogen partial pressure of the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle). The integration resides in the use of the hydrogen-rich gas, obtained from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion effluents, in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle) and in the adjustment of the pressure level of this hydrogen-rich gas removed from the hydrotreatment/hydroconversion. This invention makes it possible to considerably reduce the net consumption of make-up hydrogen in the process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: IFP
    Inventors: Antoine Fournier, Jean Luc Nocca
  • Image stabilizing apparatus for a portable video camera
    Patent number: 5012347
    Abstract: The image stabilization apparatus for a portable video camera is such that for angular variations about the optical axis of the camera, the horizontal and vertical deflection currents Ix and Iy of the camera are converted as a function of these variations by an angular measurement device integrally connected with the camera prior to being applied to the corresponding horizontal and vertical deflection coils of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventor: Antoine Fournier