Patents by Inventor Cecile GONDRAND

Cecile GONDRAND 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: 20240384837
    Abstract: An installation and method for storing liquefied gas, comprising a plurality of separate storage tanks each configured to contain liquefied gas, comprising a cooling circuit provided with a refrigeration device, a withdrawal pipe and a plurality of first injection pipes towards each of the tanks in order to cool the withdrawn fluid flow, the tanks comprising a degassing line, the installation comprising a set of controlled valves situated at least in the cooling circuit, wherein the first tank contains liquid and at least one other tank is empty, containing essentially boil-off gas, that is to say containing little or no liquid, wherein there is cooling of the fluid contained in the first tank, re-injection into the first tank, injection of liquid cooled by the refrigeration device into at least one other empty tank and transfer of boil-off gas generated in the or the other tanks to the first tank
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Cecile GONDRAND, Fabien DURAND
  • Patent number: 11549646
    Abstract: The invention primarily concerns a facility for storing and cooling a liquefied gas, for example a liquefied natural gas, the facility comprising at least one tank configured to contain the liquefied gas, a closed cooling circuit configured to be supplied with liquefied gas in the liquid state coming from the tank, at least one injection member configured for reinjecting cooled liquefied gas into the tank, the facility being characterized in that it comprises at least one connection line configured to recover a cooled gas from at least one remote container that is separate and independent from the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Bernhardt, Fabien Durand, Cecile Gondrand, Veronique Grabie
  • Publication number: 20220275999
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigeration and/or liquefaction method using a system that includes a low-temperature refrigeration device comprising a working circuit which forms a loop and contains a working fluid, the working circuit forming a cycle comprising, connected in series: a compression mechanism, a cooling mechanism, an expansion mechanism and a heating mechanism the refrigeration device further comprising a cooling exchanger for extracting heat from the useful fluid stream by exchanging heat with the working fluid flowing in the working circuit, the system comprising a pipe through which the useful fluid stream flows in the cooling exchanger, the method comprising a cooling step in which the refrigeration device is in a first operating mode for cooling the cooling exchanger while a useful fluid stream flows in the cooling exchanger, the method comprising, after said cooling step, a step of cleaning impurities that have solidified in the cooling exchanger, characterized in that during the cleaning step, the ref
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Fabien DURAND, Damien GUILLET, Remi NICOLAS, Cecile GONDRAND, Jean-Marc BERNHARDT
  • Publication number: 20220268516
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low-temperature refrigeration device comprising a working circuit that forms a loop and contains a working fluid, the device further comprising a cooling exchanger for extracting heat from at least one member by exchanging heat with the working fluid, the working circuit forming a cycle comprising, connected in series: a compression mechanism, a cooling mechanism, an expansion mechanism and a heating mechanism, wherein the mechanism for cooling the working fluid and the heating mechanism comprise a common heat exchanger in which the working fluid flows in opposite directions in two separate transit portions of the circuit according to whether it is cooled or heated, the device being designed to ensure equal mass flow rates in the two transit portions in the common heat exchanger, the device also comprising a bypass for bypassing one of the two transit portions, said bypass comprising a bypass valve which, in the open state, changes the mass flow rate in one of the two transit portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Fabien DURAND, Remi NICOLAS, Cecile GONDRAND, Jean-Marc BERNHARDT
  • Publication number: 20220260310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cooling and/or liquefying a user fluid flow the method using a cooling and/or liquefying system comprising a low-temperature refrigeration device, the refrigeration device comprising a working circuit forming a loop and containing a working fluid, the refrigeration device comprising a cooling exchanger intended to extract heat from the user fluid flow by heat exchange with the working fluid circulating in the working circuit, the working circuit forming a cycle comprising, in a series: a compression mechanism a cooling mechanism, an expansion mechanism, and a reheating mechanism, the system comprising a pipe for circulation of the user fluid flow to be cooled in heat exchange with the cooling exchanger of the refrigeration device, the method comprising a step of cooling a user fluid flow in the cooling exchanger and after this cooling step, a step of cleaning impurities solidified in the cooling exchanger, the cleaning step comprising stopping of the refrigeration device
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Fabien DURAND, Remi NICOLAS, Cecile GONDRAND, Jean-Marc BERNHARDT
  • Publication number: 20220090854
    Abstract: A liquefied gas cooling apparatus including: a gas flow path for carrying a liquefied gas that is liquefied by cooling; and a refrigeration unit including a refrigerating cycle formed by a compressor, a cooling unit, and an expander. The compressor is driven through an electric motor contained in a sealed housing together with a compressor mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Michael A. TURNEY, Pierre-Philippe GUERIF, Cecile GONDRAND, Alain GUILLARD
  • Publication number: 20190257475
    Abstract: The invention primarily concerns a facility for storing and cooling a liquefied gas, for example a liquefied natural gas, the facility comprising at least one tank configured to contain the liquefied gas, a closed cooling circuit configured to be supplied with liquefied gas in the liquid state coming from the tank, at least one injection member configured for reinjecting cooled liquefied gas into the tank, the facility being characterized in that it comprises at least one connection line configured to recover a cooled gas from at least one remote container that is separate and independent from the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Marc BERNHARDT, Fabien DURAND, Cecile GONDRAND, Veronique GRABIE