Patents by Inventor Elodie Devers

Elodie Devers 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: 11992826
    Abstract: A process for rejuvenating an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a hydrodesulfurization process of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut, where the at least partially spent catalyst result is from a fresh catalyst a metal from group VIII, a metal from group VIb, and an oxide support, where the process includes a) regenerating the at least partially spent catalyst in an oxygen-containing gas stream at a temperature between 350° C. and 550° C., b) the regenerated catalyst is brought into contact with an impregnation solution containing a compound containing a metal from group VIb, the molar ratio of the metal from group VIb added per metal from group VIb already present in the regenerated catalyst being between 0.15 and 2.5 mol/mol, c) a drying stage is carried out at a temperature of less than 200° C., and the use of the rejuvenated catalyst in a hydrodesulfurization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Etienne Girard, Philibert Leflaive
  • Patent number: 11918982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the rejuvenation of an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a hydrotreating process, said at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a fresh catalyst comprising a metal from group VIII, a metal from group VIb, an oxide support, and optionally phosphorus, said at least partially spent catalyst additionally comprising carbon in a content of between 2% and 20% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the at least partially spent catalyst, and sulfur in a content of between 1% and 8% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the at least partially spent catalyst, said process comprising the following stages: a) said spent catalyst is brought into contact with an impregnation solution containing a compound comprising a metal from group VIb, b) a drying stage is carried out at a temperature of less than 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Etienne Girard, Philibert Leflaive
  • Patent number: 11795405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a regenerated catalyst are brought into contact, said process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h?1; and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 SI/I, said regenerated catalyst resulting from an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb and an oxide support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Philibert Leflaive, Etienne Girard
  • Patent number: 11779908
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for rejuvenating an at least partially used catalyst originating from a hydroprocessing and/or hydrocracking process, the at least partially used catalyst being derived from a fresh catalyst comprising at least one group VIII metal (in particular, Co), at least one group VIB metal (in particular, Mo), an oxide support, and optionally phosphorus, the method comprising the steps: ?a) regenerating the at least partially used catalyst in a gas stream containing oxygen at a temperature between 300° C. and 550° C. so as to obtain a regenerated catalyst, ?b) then placing the regenerated catalyst in contact with phosphoric acid and an organic acid, each having acidity constant pKa greater than 1.5, ?c) performing a drying step at a temperature less than 200° C. without subsequently calcining it, so as to obtain a rejuvenated catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventor: Elodie Devers
  • Patent number: 11773337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a rejuvenated catalyst are brought into contact, said hydrodesulfurization process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h?1 and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 Sl/l, said rejuvenated catalyst resulting from a hydrotreating process and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb, an oxide support and at least one organic compound containing oxygen and/or nitrogen and/or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Etienne Girard, Philibert Leflaive
  • Patent number: 10626337
    Abstract: There is described a hydroprocessing process of at least one gas oil cut having a weighted mean temperature (TMP) between 240° C. and 350° C. using a catalyst comprising at least one metal of the group VIB and/or at least one metal of the group VIII of the periodic classification and a support comprising an amorphous mesoporous alumina having a connectivity (Z) greater than 2.7, the hydroprocessing process operating at a temperature between 250° C. and 400° C., at a total pressure between 2 MPa and 10 MPa with a ratio of hydrogen volume to volume of hydrocarbon-containing feedstock between 100 and 800 litres per litre and at an Hourly Volume Rate (HVR) which is defined by the ratio of the volume flow rate of liquid hydrocarbon-containing feedstock to volume of catalyst fed into the reactor between 1 and 10 h?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Malika Boualleg, Elodie Devers, Bertrand Guichard
  • Patent number: 9931617
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a hydrotreatment catalyst comprising a support, at least one metal selected from group VIB and at least one metal selected from group VIII of the periodic table, the quantity of metal from group VIB, expressed as the oxides, being in the range 6% to 25% by weight with respect to the total catalyst weight, the quantity of metal from group VIII, expressed as the oxides, being in the range 0.5% to 7% by weight with respect to the total catalyst weight, the support comprising at least 90% by weight of alumina, in which said alumina is obtained from a mixed and extruded boehmite gel, and in which the specific surface area of said catalyst is in the range 60 to 250 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Antoine Daudin, Elodie Devers, Marc-Antoine Lelias
  • Patent number: 9505686
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for the selective hydrogenation of a gasoline which contains polyunsaturated compounds and sulphurous light compounds, the process allowing conjointly the hydrogenation of polyunsaturated compounds into mono-unsaturated compounds, increasing weight of the sulphurous light compounds by reaction with the unsaturated compounds, and maximization of the isomerization of the monounsaturated compounds comprising an external C?C double bond into their internal C?C double bond isomer, said process implementing a catalyst containing at least one group VIb metal and at least one group VIII metal deposited on a porous support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Daudin, Elodie Devers, Julien Gornay, Philibert Leflaive
  • Patent number: 9376636
    Abstract: A process of hydrodesulphuration of at least one gasoline cut implementing a catalyst comprising, in its oxide form, at least one metal from group VIB and/or at least one metal from group VIII of the periodic table, present in the form of at least one polyoxometalate of the formula (HhXxMmOy)q?, wherein X is an element selected from phosphorus, silicon, boron, nickel and cobalt, M is one or more element(s) selected from molybdenum, tungsten, nickel and cobalt, h is an integer from 0-12, x is an integer from 0-4, m is an integer 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and/or 18, y is an integer of 17-72 and q is an integer of 1-20, the polyoxometalates being present within a mesostructured silicon oxide matrix having a pore size of 1.5-50 nm and having amorphous walls of thickness 1-30 nm, the catalyst being sulphured before use in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: CNRS, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Karin Marchand, Elodie Devers, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Audrey Bonduelle, Veronique Dufaud, Frederic Lefebvre, Manuela Bader, Susana Lopes Silva
  • Patent number: 9321041
    Abstract: Preparation of a catalyst having at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIB and at least one support; in succession: i) one of i1) contacting a pre-catalyst with metal from group VIII, metal from group VIB and support with a cyclic oligosaccharide naming at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; i2) contacting support with a solution containing a precursor of metal from group VIII, a precursor of said metal from group VIB and a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; or i3) contacting support with a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits followed by contacting solid derived therefrom with a precursor of metal from group VIII and a precursor of metal from group VIB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers, Karin Marchand, Bertrand Guichard
  • Patent number: 9206094
    Abstract: Selective hydrogenation of a gasoline cut containing polyunsaturated hydrocarbons containing at least 2 carbon atoms per molecule and having an end point of 250° C. or less, by bringing said gasoline cut into contact with at least one catalyst the active phase of which comprises at least one metal from group VIII and at least one metal from group VIB deposited on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers
  • Patent number: 8940157
    Abstract: Hydrodesulphurization of a gasoline cut containing hydrocarbons containing at least 2 carbon atoms per molecule and having an end point of 250° C. or less, by contacting the gasoline cut with at least one catalyst having an active phase of at least one metal from group VIII and at least one metal from group VIB deposited on a support, said catalyst being prepared using a process of: i) contacting support with precursors of group VIII and group VIB metals; ii) contacting support with at least one organic compound formed from at least one cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; iii) drying to obtain at least said metal from group VIII and at least said metal from group VIB in the oxide form; then iv) sulphurization such that said active phase is in the sulphide form; i) and ii) being carried out separately, in any order, or simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers
  • Publication number: 20140183100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of hydrodesulphuration of at least one gasoline cut implementing a catalyst comprising, in its oxide form, at least one metal from group VIB and/or at least one metal from group VIII of the periodic table, present in the form of at least one polyoxometalate of the formula (HhXxMmOy)q?, wherein X is an element selected from phosphorus (P), silicon (Si), boron (B), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), the said element being taken alone, M is one or more element(s) selected from molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), O is oxygen, H is hydrogen, h is an integer within the range 0 to 12, x is an integer within the range 0 to 4, m is an integer equal to 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 18, y is an integer within the range 17 to 72 and q is an integer within the range 1 to 20, the said polyoxometalates being present within a mesostructured silicon oxide matrix having a pore size within the range 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: CNRS, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Karin Marchand, Elodie Devers, Alexandra Chaumonnot, Audrey Bonduelle, Veronique Dufaud, Frederic Lefebvre, Manuela Bader, Susana Lopes Silva
  • Publication number: 20140005031
    Abstract: Inorganic material having at least two elementary spherical particles, each of said spherical metallic particles: a polyoxometallate with formula (XxMmOyHh)q?, where H is hydrogen, O is oxygen, X is phosphorus, silicon, boron, nickel or cobalt and M is one or more vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, copper, zinc, cobalt and nickel, x is 0, 1, 2 or 4, m is 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 18, y is 17 to 72, h is 0 to 12 and q is 1 to 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE
    Inventors: Alexandra Chaumonnot, Clement Sanchez, Cedric Boissiere, Frederic Colbeau-Justin, Karin Marchand, Elodie Devers, Audrey Bonduelle, Denis Uzio, Antoine Daudin, Bertrand Guichard, Denis Uzio, Antoine Daudin
  • Publication number: 20130211163
    Abstract: Selective hydrogenation of a gasoline cut containing polyunsaturated hydrocarbons containing at least 2 carbon atoms per molecule and having an end point of 250° C. or less, by bringing said gasoline cut into contact with at least one catalyst the active phase of which comprises at least one metal from group VIII and at least one metal from group VIB deposited on a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers
  • Publication number: 20130186806
    Abstract: Preparation of a catalyst having at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIB and at least one support; in succession: i) one of i1) contacting a pre-catalyst with metal from group VIII, metal from group VIB and support with a cyclic oligosaccharide naming at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; i2) contacting support with a solution containing a precursor of metal from group VIII, a precursor of said metal from group VIB and a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; or i3) contacting support with a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits followed by contacting solid derived therefrom with a precursor of metal from group VIII and a precursor of metal from group VIB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers, Karin Marchand, Bertrand Guichard
  • Publication number: 20130168292
    Abstract: Hydrodesulphurization of a gasoline cut containing hydrocarbons containing at least 2 carbon atoms per molecule and having an end point of 250° C. or less, by contacting the gasoline cut with at least one catalyst having an active phase of at least one metal from group VIII and at least one metal from group VIB deposited on a support, said catalyst being prepared using a process of: i) contacting support with precursors of group VIII and group VIB metals; ii) contacting support with at least one organic compound formed from at least one cyclic oligosaccharide composed of at least 6 ?-(1,4)-bonded glucopyranose subunits; iii) drying to obtain at least said metal from group VIII and at least said metal from group VIB in the oxide form; then iv) sulphurization such that said active phase is in the sulphide form; i) and ii) being carried out separately, in any order, or simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabrice Diehl, Elodie Devers
  • Patent number: 7993513
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fixed bed process for capturing arsenic and for desulphurizing a hydrocarbon fraction comprising olefins, sulphur and arsenic, said process comprising a step a) for bringing a capture mass into contact with said hydrocarbon fraction in the presence of hydrogen, the ratio between the flow rate of hydrogen and the flow rate of the hydrocarbon fraction being in the range 50 to 800 Nm3/m3, the operating temperature being in the range 200° C. to 400° C., the operating pressure being in the range 0.2 to 5 MPa. The capture mass comprises molybdenum in a sulphurized form, nickel in a sulphurized form and at least one porous support selected from the group constituted by aluminas, silica, silica-aluminas, titanium oxide and magnesium oxide. The nickel content is in the range 10% to 28% by weight and the molybdenum content is in the range 0.3% to 2.1% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Picard, Vincent Coupard, Elodie Devers
  • Patent number: 7981828
    Abstract: The invention is about a catalyst comprising at least one support, at least one group VIII element, at least one group VIB element and phosphorus, in which the density of group VIB elements per unit surface area of the support is in the range (limits included) 2×10?4 to 18×10?4 of oxides of group VIB elements per m2 of support, in which the molar ratio of phosphorus to the group VIB element is in the range 0.27 to 2.00, and in which the amount of group VIB elements is in the range (limits included) 1% to 20% by weight of oxides of group VIB elements and in which the support has a specific surface area of less than 135 m2/g. The invention is also about a process for hydrodesulphurizing gasoline cuts containing sulphur and olefins in the presence of this catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Devers, Christophe Bouchy, Nathalie Marchal-George, Florent Picard
  • Publication number: 20090139901
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fixed bed process for capturing arsenic and for desulphurizing a hydrocarbon fraction comprising olefins, sulphur and arsenic, said process comprising a step a) for bringing a capture mass into contact with said hydrocarbon fraction in the presence of hydrogen, the ratio between the flow rate of hydrogen and the flow rate of the hydrocarbon fraction being in the range 50 to 800 Nm3/m3, the operating temperature being in the range 200° C. to 400° C., the operating pressure being in the range 0.2 to 5 MPa. The capture mass comprises molybdenum in a sulphurized form, nickel in a sulphurized form and at least one porous support selected from the group constituted by aluminas, silica, silica-aluminas, titanium oxide and magnesium oxide. The nickel content is in the range 10% to 28% by weight and the molybdenum content is in the range 0.3% to 2.1% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Florent Picard, Vincent Coupard, Elodie Devers