Patents by Inventor Bermadette Rebours

Bermadette Rebours 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).

  • METHOD OF PREPARING ALCOHOL ESTERS FROM TRIGLYCERIDES AND ALCOHOLS USING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS COMBINING AT LEAST A ZnxAl2O3+x TYPE SOLID SOLUTION AND ZnO
    Publication number: 20100154295
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composition of alcohol esters of linear monocarboxylic acids with 6 to 26 carbon atoms from a vegetable or animal oil, neutral or acid, virgin or recycled, with monoalcohols having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst combining at least a solid solution of ZnxAl2O(3+x) type, wherein x ranges between 0 and 1 (end points excluded), and free ZnO present between 7 and 30 mass %, allows to directly obtain, in one or more stages, an ester that can be used as fuel and a pure glycerin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: IFP
    Inventors: Delphine BAZER-BACHI, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury, Bermadette Rebours