Patents by Inventor Dominique Balthasart
Dominique Balthasart 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).
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Patent number: 8071827Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) starting from a stream of ethane which is subjected to a catalytic oxydehydrogenation (ODH) producing a gas mixture containing ethylene, then dried and subjected to an absorption to be separated into a fraction enriched with the compounds that are lighter than ethylene containing some of the ethylene conveyed to a chlorination reactor in which most of the ethylene is converted to DCE, and into a fraction F1. Fraction F1 is then subjected to a desorption to be separated into a fraction enriched with ethylene conveyed to an oxychlorination reactor in which most of the ethylene is converted into DCE, and into a fraction F3.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Societé Anonyme)Inventors: Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle
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Patent number: 8058490Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) starting from a stream of ethane which is subjected to a catalytic oxydehydrogenation (ODH) thus producing a gas mixture containing ethylene which is then dried and conveyed to a chlorination reactor supplied with a flow of chlorine so that at least 10% of the ethylene is converted to DCE. The stream of products derived from the chlorination reactor is then conveyed to an oxychlorination reactor in which the majority of the balance of ethylene is converted to DCE.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Societé Anonyme)Inventors: Michel Strebelle, Dominique Balthasart
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Patent number: 8049047Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) starting with a hydrocarbon source which is subjected to a cracking thus producing a mixture of cracking products then subjected to treatment steps to obtain a mixture of products containing ethylene. The mixture is afterwards subjected to a first separation step into a fraction enriched with the compounds that are lighter than ethylene containing some of the ethylene conveyed to a chlorination reactor in which most of the ethylene is converted to DCE, and into a fraction F1 which is subjected to a second separation step into a fraction F2 and into a heavy fraction. Fraction F2 is afterwards subjected to a third separation step into a fraction enriched with ethylene conveyed to an oxychlorination reactor in which most of the ethylene is converted to DCE, and into a fraction F3 mainly composed of ethane.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Societé Anonyme)Inventors: Dominique Balthasart, Michel Lempereur, Michel Strebelle
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Patent number: 7982072Abstract: Process for the obtention of HFC-227ea having a reduced content of organic impurities, comprising at least subjecting a crude HFC-227ea to two distillation steps at different pressures.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Solvay S.A.Inventors: Thomas Müller, Dominique Balthasart, Bernd Kutzner
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Publication number: 20110152545Abstract: Process for manufacturing a chemical: chlorohydrins, epoxides, diols, diols derivatives, epoxy derivatives or mixtures thereof, in an industrial plant, comprising a step of chemical reaction for manufacturing the chemical and at least one step selected from the group consisting of storage, supply, removal, transfer, chemical treatment and physical treatment of compounds used or produced in such process, in which at least one aqueous effluent is generated, this aqueous effluent containing at least one of overhead waters, surface waters, ground waters, waters from drinking water distribution networks, waters from industrial water distribution networks, plant cleaning waters, or waters used for heating and cooling the plant, this aqueous effluent containing at least one compound other than water and exhibiting at least one of the following features, a water solubility at 25° C. greater than or equal to 0.01 g/kg of water and a boiling point at 1013 mbar, greater than or equal to ?100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY SAInventors: Dominique Balthasart, Andre Daene
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Patent number: 7960595Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to cracking which produces a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the said mixture of products is separated into at least one fraction containing ethylene and into a heavy fraction (fraction C); c) the fraction or fractions containing ethylene are conveyed to a chlorination reactor and/or to an oxychlorination reactor, in which reactors most of the ethylene present is converted to 1,2-dichloroethane; d) the 1,2-dichloroethane obtained is separated from the streams of products derived from the chlorination and oxychlorination reactors and it is conveyed to the pyrolysis oven; and e) the fraction C is conveyed to cracking or to the oven for pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane as fuel.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: SOLVAY (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Michel Strebelle, Dominique Balthasart
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Publication number: 20110081302Abstract: Process for the obtention of HFC-227ea having a reduced content of organic impurities, comprising at least subjecting a crude HPC-227ea to two distillation steps at different pressures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY S.A.Inventors: Thomas Müller, Dominique Balthasart, Bernd Kutzner
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Publication number: 20110082267Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichlorethane and of at least one ethylene derivative compound which is different from 1,2-dichloroethane starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to a simplified cracking which produces a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the mixture of products is separated at least into a fraction A enriched with compounds which are lighter than ethylene, containing part of the ethylene, into a fraction B enriched with ethylene and into a heavy fraction C; and c) one fraction among fraction A and fraction B is conveyed to the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane and optionally of any compound derived therefrom, optionally after having been subjected to an acetylene hydrogenation, while the other fraction is conveyed to the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound manufactured directly starting with ethylene which is different from 1,2-dichloroethane and optionally of any compound derived theType: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle, Massimo Giansante
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Publication number: 20110077439Abstract: Process for the production of ethylene for chemical use starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to a first cracking step, namely a pyrolysis step carried out in a cracking oven, thus producing a mixture of cracking products; b) the mixture of cracking products is subjected to a succession of treatment steps, including a compression step, which makes it possible to obtain a purified crude gas stream; c) the purified crude gas stream is then cooled to a temperature where hydrocarbons with 6 and more carbon atoms condense so that they can be removed from the purified crude gas stream; d) the resulting purified gas stream is afterwards supplied to one separating column, where a fraction A containing hydrogen, methane and ethylene is separated at the head of the column and a heavy fraction C is separated at the bottom of the column; e) a part of the reflux of this column is supplied to a refrigeration cycle leading to a fraction B enriched with ethylene; and f)Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Joachim Kotter, Hans-Dieter Winkler, Peter Mews, Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle
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Publication number: 20110077366Abstract: Process for the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound starting from a low value residual gas, preferably a refinery off-gas (ROG), according to which: a) the low value residual gas is subjected to a series of treatment steps in a low value residual gas recovery unit in order to remove the undesirable components present therein and to obtain a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the mixture of products is fractionated in one fractionation step into one fraction A containing almost all the ethylene, optionally into one individual fraction of ethane, and into one heavy fraction C; and c) the fraction A is conveyed to the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Andre Petitjean, Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle
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Publication number: 20110071263Abstract: Process for the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to a simplified cracking which produces a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the mixture of products is fractionated in one fractionation step into one fraction containing almost all the ethylene (fraction A), optionally into one individual fraction of ethane and into one heavy fraction (fraction C); and c) the fraction A is conveyed to the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle, Joachim Kotter, Hans-Dieter Winkler, Peter Mews
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Patent number: 7906692Abstract: Process for preparing a chlorohydrin, comprising the following steps: (a) a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon, an ester of a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof whose alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal content is less than or equal to 5 g/kg, a chlorinating agent and an organic acid are reacted so as to give a mixture containing at least chlorohydrin and by-products (b) at least part of the mixture obtained in step (a) is subjected to one or more treatments in steps subsequent to step (a) (c) at least one of the steps subsequent to step (a) consists in oxidation at a temperature greater than or equal to 800° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart, Valentine Smets
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Patent number: 7906691Abstract: Process for preparing a chlorohydrin, comprising a step in which a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon, an ester of a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof is subjected to reaction with a chlorinating agent containing hydrogen chloride and at least one other step, carried out in apparatus made from or covered with materials which are resistant to the chlorinating agent under the conditions in which this step is realized.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart, Valentine Smets, Christian Franck
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Patent number: 7893193Abstract: Process for preparing a chlorohydrin, comprising the following steps: (a) a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon, an ester of a polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof is reacted with a chlorinating agent and an organic acid so as to give a mixture containing the chlorohydrin and esters of the chlorohydrin (b) at least part of the mixture obtained in step (a) is subjected to one or more treatments in steps subsequent to step (a) (c) polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon is added to at least one of the steps subsequent to step (a), so as to react, at a temperature greater than or equal to 20° C., with the esters of the chlorohydrin, so as to form, at least partly, esters of the polyhydroxylated aliphatic hydrocarbon.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart, Valentine Smets
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Patent number: 7872162Abstract: Process for the obtention of HFC-227ea having a reduced content of organic impurities, comprising at least subjecting a crude HFC-227ea to two distillation steps at different pressures.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Solvay S.A.Inventors: Thomas Müller, Dominique Balthasart, Bernd Kutzner
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Patent number: 7863490Abstract: Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane starting with a hydrocarbon source according to which: a) the hydrocarbon source is subjected to cracking which produces a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the mixture of products containing ethylene is conveyed to at least one storage reservoir; c) a chlorination reactor and/or an oxychlorination reactor is (are) supplied with the previously stored mixture of products containing ethylene, in which reactors most of the ethylene present is converted to 1,2-dichloroethane; d) the 1,2-dichloroethane obtained is separated from the streams of products derived from the chlorination and oxychlorination reactors.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Solvay (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle, Michel Lempereur
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Publication number: 20100331587Abstract: Process for the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound starting from a low value residual gas, preferably a ROG, according to which: a) the low value residual gas is subjected to a series of treatment steps in a low value residual gas recovery unit in order to remove the undesirable components present therein and to obtain a mixture of products containing ethylene and other constituents; b) the said mixture of products is separated into a fraction enriched with compounds which are lighter than ethylene, containing part of the ethylene (fraction A), into a fraction enriched with ethylene (fraction B) and into a heavy fraction (fraction C); c) fraction A and fraction B are separately conveyed to the manufacture of at least one ethylene derivative compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Andre Petitjean, Michel Lempereur, Dominique Balthasart, Michel Strebelle, Massimo Giansante
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Publication number: 20100311942Abstract: The invention relates to a glycerol-based product comprising at least one nitrogen-containing compound and of which the total content of nitrogen-containing compound expressed as elemental nitrogen (N) is less than or equal to 1 g of nitrogen (N)/kg of product, to a process for obtaining glycerol, and to its use in the manufacture of dichloropropanol and of derived products such as epichlorohydrin and products derived from epichlorohydrin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart
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Publication number: 20100179300Abstract: Product containing epichlorohydrin and at least one alkyl glycidyl ether in an amount of less than 0.1 g/kg of product. Use of the product containing epichlorohydrin in the manufacture of epoxy resins, of glycidyl ethers, of glycidyl esters, of glycidyl amides, of glycidyl imides, of products that will be used in food and drink applications, of cationization agents, and of flame retardants, of products which will be used as detergent ingredient and of epichlorohydrin oligomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Noel Boulos, Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart
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Publication number: 20100170805Abstract: Aqueous composition containing at least one salt in an amount of at least 30 g/kg of composition, of which the total organic carbon content is at least 1 ?g of C/l and at most 5 g of C/l of composition and which contains at least one carboxylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Philippe Krafft, Patrick Gilbeau, Dominique Balthasart, Andre Daene