Patents by Inventor Fabien Porcheron

Fabien Porcheron 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: 11446607
    Abstract: Capturing mercury or arsenic heavy metal from a moist gas containing water vapour, by: a) cooling the moist gas by heat exchange with a heat transfer fluid produced in e) in order to obtain a gas cooled to a temperature Tf, vaporizing the heat transfer fluid; b) separating condensed water and condensates contained in the cooled gas obtained in a) obtaining a gas depleted in water and a liquid stream containing water; c) compressing vaporized heat transfer fluid obtained from a) obtaining compressed heat transfer fluid; d) heating water-depleted gas by heat exchange with compressed heat transfer fluid obtained in c) obtaining a cooled heat transfer fluid and a gas reheated to a temperature Tc; e) decompressing cooled heat transfer fluid obtained in d), recycling heat transfer fluid to a); f) contacting reheated gas obtained in d) with a capture mass for said heavy metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Yann Lepine, Clotilde Jubin
  • Patent number: 9889404
    Abstract: Capturing at least one heavy metal, from mercury and arsenic, contained in a moist gas comprising water vapor, by the following steps: a) heating the moist gas by heat exchange with a compressed heat transfer fluid obtained in step e) in order to obtain a condensed heat transfer fluid and a gas reheated to a temperature Tc; b) bringing the reheated gas into contact with a heavy metal capture mass in order to obtain a gas depleted in heavy metal; c) decompressing the cooled heat transfer fluid; d) cooling the gas depleted in heavy metal by heat exchange with the heat transfer fluid produced in step c) in order to obtain a cooled gas at a temperature Tf, the heat transfer fluid being vaporized; e) compressing the vaporized heat transfer fluid in a manner such as to obtain a compressed heat transfer fluid, the compressed heat transfer fluid being recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Yann Lepine, Clotilde Jubin
  • Patent number: 9561487
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a gaseous or liquid effluent by means of a capture mass comprising a support essentially based on alumina obtained by the gel method and at least one element selected from the group constituted by copper, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, nickel and cobalt. The invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas, natural gas, gas phase condensates and liquid hydrocarbon feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Antoine Daudin, Marc-Antoine Lelias, Yannick Gelie, Alexandre Nicolaos
  • Publication number: 20170022431
    Abstract: Process for the elimination of mercury contained in a heavy hydrocarbon-containing feedstock downstream of a main fractionation unit, a process in which: a) the non-elemental mercury contained in the compounds of said feedstock is transformed to elemental mercury; b) a fractionation of said hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is carried out in a fractionation unit in order to produce a top effluent comprising elemental mercury; c) the top effluent obtained in stage b) is brought into contact with a mercury capture material contained in a unit for the capture of mercury, in order to obtain an effluent that is at least partially de-mercurized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, Arnaud BAUDOT, Charles-Philippe LIENEMANN, Antoine HUGON, Karin BARTHELET, Fabien PORCHERON
  • Publication number: 20170022430
    Abstract: Process for the elimination of mercury contained in a heavy hydrocarbon-containing feedstock upstream of a main fractionation unit, a process in which: a) the non-elemental mercury contained in the compounds of said feedstock is transformed to elemental mercury, b) a separation of the feedstock obtained in stage a) is carried out in a separation unit, that consists of producing a liquid effluent and a gaseous effluent comprising elemental mercury; c) the gaseous effluent originating from stage b) comprising the elemental mercury is brought into contact with a mercury capture material contained in a unit for the capture of mercury, in order to produce an effluent that is at least partially de-mercurized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, Arnaud BAUDOT, Charles-Philippe LIENEMANN, Alexandre GIBERT, Karin BARTHELET, Fabien PORCHERON
  • Patent number: 9486738
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a dry or moist gaseous effluent (1) by means of a capture mass (2) comprising a porous support at least part of which is of low mesoporosity and an active phase based on sulphur. The invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas or natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Marc-Antoine Lelias, Alexandre Nicolaos, Tiziana Armaroli, Clotilde Jubin
  • Patent number: 9421493
    Abstract: The method of removing acid compounds contained in a gaseous effluent consists in contacting in column C1 a gaseous effluent with an absorbent solution 4 made up of an aqueous solution of one or more diamines belonging to the bis(amino-3-propyl)ether or (amino-2-ethyl)-(amino-3-propyl)ether family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Bruno Delfort, Dominique Le Pennec, Fabien Porcheron, Thierry Huard, Julien Grandjean
  • Publication number: 20160175771
    Abstract: Capturing mercury or arsenic heavy metal from a moist gas containing water vapour, by: a) cooling the moist gas by heat exchange with a heat transfer fluid produced in e) in order to obtain a gas cooled to a temperature Tf, vaporizing the heat transfer fluid; b) separating condensed water and condensates contained in the cooled gas obtained in a) obtaining a gas depleted in water and a liquid stream containing water; c) compressing vaporized heat transfer fluid obtained from a) obtaining compressed heat transfer fluid; d) heating water-depleted gas by heat exchange with compressed heat transfer fluid obtained in c) obtaining a cooled heat transfer fluid and a gas reheated to a temperature Tc; e) decompressing cooled heat transfer fluid obtained in d), recycling heat transfer fluid to a); f) contacting reheated gas obtained in d) with a capture mass for said heavy metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, Fabien PORCHERON, Karin BARTHELET, Arnaud BAUDOT, Yann LEPINE, Clotilde JUBIN
  • Publication number: 20160166983
    Abstract: Capturing at least one heavy metal, from mercury and arsenic, contained in a moist gas comprising water vapour, by the following steps: a) heating the moist gas by heat exchange with a compressed heat transfer fluid obtained in step e) in order to obtain a condensed heat transfer fluid and a gas reheated to a temperature Tc; b) bringing the reheated gas into contact with a heavy metal capture mass in order to obtain a gas depleted in heavy metal; c) decompressing the cooled heat transfer fluid; d) cooling the gas depleted in heavy metal by heat exchange with the heat transfer fluid produced in step c) in order to obtain a cooled gas at a temperature Tf, the heat transfer fluid being vaporized; e) compressing the vaporized heat transfer fluid in a manner such as to obtain a compressed heat transfer fluid, the compressed heat transfer fluid being recycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, Fabien PORCHERON, Karin BARTHELET, Arnaud BAUDOT, Yann LEPINE, Clotilde JUBIN
  • Patent number: 9339787
    Abstract: The invention concerns a capture mass for capturing heavy metals in a liquid or gaseous effluent, comprising a porous solid support, copper sulphide and at least one second metal sulphide the metal of which is selected from the group constituted by chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel, and in which the ratio of the percentage by weight of the metal or metals other than copper to the percentage by weight of copper is in the range 0.01 to 2. The invention also concerns a process for preparing said capture mass and a process for capturing heavy metals in a gaseous or liquid effluent, in which said effluent is brought into contact with said capture mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Arnaud Baudot, Karin Barthelet
  • Patent number: 9132375
    Abstract: A process for the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a gaseous or liquid effluent by means of a fixed bed process using an adsorbent in the form of monolithic or supported extrudates, said extrudates being characterized by a length h and a section comprising at least three lobes. The adsorbent is composed of at least one active phase based on sulphur in the elemental form or in the form of a metallic sulphide. The process is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas, natural gas, gas phase condensates and liquid hydrocarbon feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Antoine Daudin, Jean-Marc Schweitzer, Jeremy Gazarian
  • Publication number: 20150034561
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a gaseous or liquid effluent by means of a capture mass comprising a support essentially based on alumina obtained by the gel method and at least one element selected from the group constituted by copper, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, nickel and cobalt. The invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas, natural gas, gas phase condensates and liquid hydrocarbon feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Antoine Daudin, Marc-Antoine Lelias, Yannick Gelie, Alexandre Nicolaos
  • Publication number: 20140311342
    Abstract: The method of removing acid compounds contained in a gaseous effluent consists in contacting in column C1 a gaseous effluent with an absorbent solution 4 made up of an aqueous solution of one or more diamines belonging to the bis(amino-3-propyl)ether or (amino-2-ethyl)-(amino-3-propyl)ether family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bruno Delfort, Dominique Le Pennec, Fabien Porcheron, Thierry Huard, Julien Grandjean
  • Publication number: 20140308189
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a gaseous or liquid effluent by means of a fixed bed process using an adsorbent in the form of monolithic or supported extrudates, said extrudates being characterized by a length h and a section comprising at least three lobes. The adsorbent is composed of at least one active phase based on sulphur in the elemental form or in the form of a metallic sulphide. The invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas, natural gas, gas phase condensates and liquid hydrocarbon feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Karin Barthelet, Arnaud Baudot, Antoine Daudin, Jean-Marc Schweitzer, Jeremy Gazarian
  • Publication number: 20140175334
    Abstract: The invention concerns a capture mass for capturing heavy metals in a liquid or gaseous effluent, comprising a porous solid support, copper sulphide and at least one second metal sulphide the metal of which is selected from the group constituted by chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel, and in which the ratio of the percentage by weight of the metal or metals other than copper to the percentage by weight of copper is in the range 0.01 to 2. The invention also concerns a process for preparing said capture mass and a process for capturing heavy metals in a gaseous or liquid effluent, in which said effluent is brought into contact with said capture mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: IEP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Fabien PORCHERON, Arnaud BAUDOT, Karin BARTHELET
  • Publication number: 20130341564
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a dry or moist gaseous effluent (1) by means of a capture mass (2) comprising a porous support at least part of which is of low mesoporosity and an active phase based on sulphur. The invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas or natural gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Fabien PORCHERON, Karin BARTHELET, Arnaud BAUDOT, Marc-Antoine LELIAS, Alexandre NICOLAOS, Tiziana ARMAROLI, Clotilde JUBIN
  • Publication number: 20130023712
    Abstract: The invention relates to the removal of acid compounds from a gaseous effluent in an absorption method using an aqueous solution containing one or more triamines wherein the three amine functions are not connected to each other by rings and whose amine functions in the a and the co positions are always tertiary, and the amine function in central position is always secondary, more or less sterically hindered, and which have the general formula (I) as follows:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Marc Jacquin, Bruno Delfort, Dominique Le Pennec, Julien Grandjean
  • Publication number: 20130011314
    Abstract: The invention relates to the removal of acid compounds from a gaseous effluent in an absorption method using an aqueous solution containing one or more diamines whose two amine functions are not connected to each other by rings and whose amine function in the ? position is always tertiary and the amine function in the ? position is always either primary or secondary, more or less sterically hindered, and with have the general formula (I) as follows:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Fabien Porcheron, Marc Jacquin, Bruno Delfort, Dominique Le Pennec, Julien Grandjean