Patents by Inventor Aurélien Vantomme

Aurélien Vantomme 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).

  • Patent number: 8829124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyolefin in a loop reactor. The polymer is prepared by polymerizing olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst to produce a polyolefin slurry while pumping said slurry through said loop reactor by means of a pump. The present process is characterized in that the catalyst is fed in the loop reactor at a distance to the pump. The invention allows production of the polymer with advantageous properties while leading to fewer blockages of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Eric Damme, Louis Fouarge, Jerome Bette, Alvaro Fernandez, Aurelien Vantomme, Renaud Oreins, Daniel Siraux
  • Patent number: 8802210
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20140127427
    Abstract: A metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight and composition distribution, comprising from 45% by weight to 75% by weight of a low density fraction, said fraction having a density below or equal to 918 g/cm3 as measured following the method of standard test ISO 1183 at a temperature of 23° C., wherein the density of the polyethylene resin is from 0.920 to 0.945 g/cm3, wherein the Mw/Mn of the polyethylene is of from 2.8 to 6, wherein the melt index MI2 of the polyethylene resin of from 0.1 to 5 g/10 min measured following the method of standard test ISO 1133 Condition D at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg; and wherein the composition distribution breadth index (CDBI) of the polyethylene resin is below 70%, as analyzed by quench TREF (temperature rising elution fractionation) analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Aurelien Vantomme, Pierre Bernard, Jacques Michel, Christopher Willocq, Armelle Sigwald
  • Publication number: 20140088272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyolefin in a loop reactor. The polymer is prepared by polymerizing olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst to produce a polyolefin slurry while pumping said slurry through said loop reactor by means of a pump. The present process is characterized in that the catalyst is fed in the loop reactor at a distance to the pump. The invention allows production of the polymer with advantageous properties while leading to fewer blockages of the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Eric Damme, Louis Fouarge, Jerome Bette, Alvaro Fernandez, Aurelien Vantomme, Renaud Oreins, Daniel Siraux
  • Publication number: 20140050873
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Patent number: 8642710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyolefin in a loop reactor. The polymer is prepared by polymerizing olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst to produce a polyolefin slurry while pumping said slurry through said loop reactor by means of a pump. The present process is characterized in that the catalyst is fed in the loop reactor at a distance to the pump. The invention allows production of the polymer with advantageous properties while leading to fewer blockages of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Eric Damme, Louis Fouarge, Jerôme Bette, Alvaro Fernandez, Aurélien Vantomme, Renaud Oreins, Daniel Siraux
  • Publication number: 20140008844
    Abstract: This invention discloses caps and closures produced by injection moulding with a bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin comprising a low molecular weight, high density polyethylene fraction substantially free of comonomer and a high molecular weight, low density polyethylene fraction, having a molecular weight distribution of at least 3.5, preferably greater than 4.0, prepared in two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system, wherein the metallocene comprises a bisindenyl or a bis-tetrahydrogenated-indenyl component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Alain Standaert, Romain Luijkx, Martine Slawinski, Aurelien Vantomme
  • Publication number: 20140004285
    Abstract: This invention covers injection stretch blow moulded articles prepared from polyethylene resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution (MWD), defined by the ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn), of from 2 to 20, comprising two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurelien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Patent number: 8609792
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerization of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Patent number: 8580895
    Abstract: This invention discloses caps and closures produced by injection molding with a bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin comprising a low molecular weight, high density polyethylene fraction substantially free of comonomer and a high molecular weight, low density polyethylene fraction, having a molecular weight distribution of at least 3.5, preferably greater than 4.0, prepared in two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system, wherein the metallocene comprises a bisindenyl or a bis-tetrahydrogenated-indenyl component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Alain Standaert, Romain Luijkx, Martine Slawinski, Aurélien Vantomme
  • Publication number: 20130225772
    Abstract: A supported catalyst system comprising a coprecipitated silica-and titania-containing support, comprising alumoxane as acatalyst activating agent, and a metallocene, wherein the supported catalyst system has a Ti content of at least 0.1 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Christopher Willocq, Aurélien Vantomme, Martine Slawinski
  • Publication number: 20130211018
    Abstract: The invention covers a supported catalyst system prepared according to a process comprising the following step: i). impregnating a silica-containing catalyst support having a specific surface area of from 150 m2/g to 800 m2/g, preferably 280 m2/g to 600 m2/g, with one or more titanium compounds of the general formula selected from RnTi(OR?)m and (RO)nTi(OR?)m, wherein R and R? are the same or different and are selected from hydrocarbyl groups containing from 1 to 12 carbon and halogens, and wherein n is 0 to 4, m is 0 to 4 and m+n equals 4, to form a titanated silica-containing catalyst support having a Ti content of at least 0.1 wt % based on the weight of the Ti-impregnated catalyst support wherein the supported catalyst system further comprises an alumoxane and a metallocene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Christopher Willocq, Aurélien Vantomme, Martine Slawinski
  • Publication number: 20130202834
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20130192173
    Abstract: An injection stretch blow moulded container prepared essentially from polyethylene prepared in the presence of a chromium-based catalyst system, the polyethylene having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3, measured following the method of standard test ASTM 1505 at a temperature of 23° C., a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min, measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, and a high load melt index HLMI of from 40 to 150 g/10 min, measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 21.6 kg, the container weighing from 10 to 150 g per dm3 of volume, when the container has a volume of less than 300 cm3, the container weighing from 10 to 80 g per dm3 of volume, when the container has a volume of at least 300 cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Publication number: 20130158215
    Abstract: This invention relates to modified Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems that have an excellent activity in homo- or co-polymerisation of ethylene and alpha-olefins and are able to produce polymers having reduced molecular weight distribution and improved incorporation of hexene with respect to conventional Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Elsa Martigny, Vincent Monteil, Roger Spitz, Aurélien Vantomme
  • Publication number: 20130144016
    Abstract: A process for preparing a supported catalyst system comprising the following steps: a. titanating a silica-containing catalyst support having a specific surface area of from 150 m2/g to 800 m2/g, preferably 280 to 600 m2/g, with at least one vapourised titanium compound of the general formula selected from RnTi(OR?)m and (RO)nTi(OR?)m, wherein R and R? are the same or different and are selected from hydrocarbyl groups containing from 1 to 12 carbon and halogens, and wherein n is 0 to 4, m is 0 to 4 and m+n equals 4, to form a titanated silica-containing catalyst support having at least 0.1 wt % of Ti based on the weight of the titanated silica-containing catalyst support, b. treating the support with a catalyst activating agent, preferably an alumoxane. c. treating the titanated support with at least one metallocene during or after step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Christopher Willocq, Martine Slawinski, Aurélien Vantomme
  • Publication number: 20130123441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparing a polyolefin in a loop reactor by introducing anti-fouling agent through a sleeve provided around at least part of the shaft of the pump. Also, the invention relates to the use of anti-fouling agent to prevent or reduce fouling by feeding the anti-fouling agent against the impeller of the pump upon introduction to the loop reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Daniel Siraux, Aurélien Vantomme, Eric Damme, Daan Dewachter
  • Publication number: 20130030132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyolefin in a loop reactor. The polymer is prepared by polymerizing olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst to produce a polyolefin slurry while pumping said slurry through said loop reactor by means of a pump. The present process is characterized in that the catalyst is fed in the loop reactor at a distance to the pump. The invention allows production of the polymer with advantageous properties while leading to fewer blockages of the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Eric Damme, Louis Fouarge, Jerôme Bette, Alvaro Fernandez, Aurélien Vantomme, Renaud Oreins, Daniel Siraux
  • Publication number: 20120282422
    Abstract: A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Publication number: 20120130027
    Abstract: This invention discloses caps and closures produced by injection moulding with a bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin comprising a low molecular weight, high density polyethylene fraction substantially free of comonomer and a high molecular weight, low density polyethylene fraction, having a molecular weight distribution of at least 3.5, preferably greater than 4.0, prepared in two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system, wherein the metallocene comprises a bisindenyl or a bis-tetrahydrogenated-indenyl component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Tatal Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Alain Standaert, Romain Luijkx, Martine Slawinski, Aurélien Vantomme