Patents by Inventor Benoit Touffait

Benoit Touffait 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).

  • Two stage hydrotreating of distillates with improved hydrogen management
    Patent number: 8114273
    Abstract: An improved hydrotreating process for removing sulfur from distillate boiling range feedstreams. This improved process utilizes a two stage hydrotreating process scheme, each stage associated with an acid gas removal zone wherein one of the stages utilizes a rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption zone to increase the concentration of hydrogen in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Benoit Touffait, Herve Innocenti, Jamil Zaari, Bal K. Kaul, Narasimhan Sundaram
  • Two Stage Hydrotreating of Distillates with Improved Hydrogen Management
    Publication number: 20080277317
    Abstract: An improved hydrotreating process for removing sulfur from distillate boiling range feedstreams. This improved process utilizes a two stage hydrotreating process scheme, each stage associated with an acid gas removal zone wherein one of the stages utilizes a rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption zone to increase the concentration of hydrogen in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Benoit Touffait, Herve Innocenti, Jamil Zaari, Bal K. Kaul, Narasimhan Sundaram