Patents by Inventor Florent Guillou

Florent Guillou 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: 11913640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for chemical looping combustion, for which the end of the intake duct (4) opening out within the chamber of the separator (1) is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Airy Tilland, Benjamin Amblard, Sina Tebianian, Ann Cloupet, Florent Guillou, Stephane Bertholin, Mahdi Yazdanpanah
  • Patent number: 11885488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a CLC plant for the combustion of solid hydrocarbon feedstocks generating particles of unburnt residues, comprising a solid/solid separator above the combustion reactor in order to efficiently separate the particles of the oxygen-carrying solid from the particles of unburnt residues contained in the gas/solid mixture (14) exiting from the combustion reactor. The chamber (1) of the solid/solid separator, the combustion reactor and the inlet (2) for the gas/solid mixture (14) of the chamber have a parallelepiped shape. The inlet (2) is equipped at its top with means (3) for distribution of said gas/solid mixture in the chamber which extend over the entire length of the inlet, improving the solid/solid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Stephane Bertholin, Ann Cloupet, Florent Guillou, Airy Tilland, Benjamin Amblard, Sina Tebianian, Mahdi Yazdanpanah
  • Patent number: 11779879
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of capturing the CO2 from a gaseous effluent. The incoming gaseous effluent is burned with a fuel, so as to obtain a hot gaseous effluent rich in acidic compounds, and the hot gaseous effluent rich in acidic compounds is cooled to give a cold effluent rich in acidic compounds, which is subsequently used in the step of contacting with an absorbent solution rich in acidic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Berenice Moroy, Vania Santos-Moreau
  • Patent number: 11534742
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support based on alumina or silica or silica-alumina, at least one group VIII element, at least one group VIB element and at least one organic compound of formula (I) in which R1 is a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are chosen from a hydrogen atom and a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X is chosen from an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom except when R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom, in which case X is an oxygen atom, Y is chosen from a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a unit —C(O)R4, R4 being chosen from a hydrogen atom and a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Carrette, Florent Guillou
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220082249
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a combustion reactor (300) for chemical looping combustion (CLC) configured to operate in a fluidised bed, comprising: a lower chamber (320) forming a first reaction zone for the combustion of a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of particles of an oxidation-reduction active mass, comprising a first side wall and being configured to include a dense fluidised bed; an elongate upper chamber (340) with smaller passage cross-section than that of the lower chamber, forming a second reaction zone for the combustion of gaseous effluents originating from the combustion in the lower portion, comprising a second side wall and being configured to include a dilute fluidised bed; an intermediate portion (330) connecting the two chambers, and including an inner wall forming a right angle with the side walls of the two chambers. The invention also relates to the facility and the CLC process incorporating such a reactor (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ann CLOUPET, Sina TEBIANIAN, Florent GUILLOU, Stephane BERTHOLIN, Airy TILLAND, Benjamin AMBLARD, Mahdi YAZDANPANAH, Surya REDDY KARRI, Tedd KNOWLTON
  • Publication number: 20220040630
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of capturing the CO2 from a gaseous effluent. The incoming gaseous effluent is burned with a fuel, so as to obtain a hot gaseous effluent rich in acidic compounds, and the hot gaseous effluent rich in acidic compounds is cooled to give a cold effluent rich in acidic compounds, which is subsequently used in the step of contacting with an absorbent solution rich in acidic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, Berenice MOROY, Vania SANTOS-MOREAU
  • Patent number: 11236275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for adding an organic compound to a porous solid wherein the porous solid and the organic compound in the liquid state are brought together simultaneously, without physical contact between the solid and the organic compound in the liquid state, at a temperature below the boiling point of the organic compound and under pressure and time conditions such that a fraction of said organic compound is transferred gaseously to the porous solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, P-Louis Carrette, Bertrand Guichard
  • Publication number: 20210356120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for chemical looping combustion, for which the end of the intake duct (4) opening out within the chamber of the separator (1) is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Airy TILLAND, Benjamin AMBLARD, Sina TEBIANIAN, Ann CLOUPET, Florent GUILLOU, Stephane BERTHOLIN, Mahdi YAZDANPANAH
  • Publication number: 20210331145
    Abstract: A process for the hydrogenation of a polyunsaturated compound contained in a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of a catalyst comprising a porous support and an active phase comprising a group VIII metal, said catalyst being prepared according to the following steps: a) an organic compound containing oxygen and/or nitrogen, but not comprising sulfur, is added to the porous support; b) said porous support is brought into contact with a solution containing a salt of a precursor of the active phase; c) the porous support obtained at the end of step b) is dried; characterized in that step a) is carried out before or after steps b) and c) and is carried out by bringing together said porous support and said organic compound under conditions of temperature, pressure and duration such that a fraction of said organic compound is transferred in the gaseous state to the porous support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Anne-Claire DUBREUIL, Vincent COUPARD, P-Louis CARRETTE, Florent GUILLOU, Bertrand GUICHARD
  • Publication number: 20210293407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a CLC plant for the combustion of solid hydrocarbon feedstocks generating particles of unburnt residues, comprising a solid/solid separator above the combustion reactor in order to efficiently separate the particles of the oxygen-carrying solid from the particles of unburnt residues contained in the gas/solid mixture (14) exiting from the combustion reactor. The chamber (1) of the solid/solid separator, the combustion reactor and the inlet (2) for the gas/solid mixture (14) of the chamber have a parallelepiped shape. The inlet (2) is equipped at its top with means (3) for distribution of said gas/solid mixture in the chamber which extend over the entire length of the inlet, improving the solid/solid separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Stephane BERTHOLIN, Ann CLOUPET, Florent GUILLOU, Airy TILLAND, Benjamin AMBLARD, Sina TEBIANIAN, Mahdi YAZDANPANAH
  • Publication number: 20210283591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for adding an organic compound to a porous solid wherein, in an open or closed chamber, a first batch of porous solid rich in an organic compound is brought together with a second batch of porous solid low in said organic compound. The step of bringing the porous solids together is carried out under temperature, pressure and time conditions such that a fraction of said organic compound is transferred gaseously from the first batch of porous solid to the second batch of porous solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, P-Louis CARRETTE, Bertrand GUICHARD
  • Patent number: 11111442
    Abstract: A Fischer-Tropsch process for synthesizing hydrocarbons, by bringing a catalyst comprising a support and an active phase comprising a Group VIII metal into contact with a feedstock comprising synthesis gas, said catalyst being prepared according to the following steps: a) a porous support is provided; b) an organic compound containing oxygen and/or nitrogen is added to the porous support; c) a step of bringing said porous support into contact with a solution containing a salt of a precursor of the phase comprising a Group VIII metal is carried out; d) the porous support obtained at the end of step c) is dried; characterized in that step b) is carried out by bringing together said porous support and said organic compound under conditions of temperature, pressure and duration such that a fraction of said organic compound is transferred in the gaseous state to the porous support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Total Research & Technology Feluy, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, P-Louis Carrette, Bertrand Guichard, Damien Delcroix
  • Publication number: 20210229082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support based on alumina or silica or silica-alumina, at least one group VIII element, at least one group VIB element and at least one organic compound of formula (I) in which R1 is a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are chosen from a hydrogen atom and a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X is chosen from an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom except when R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom, in which case X is an oxygen atom, Y is chosen from a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a unit —C(O)R4, R4 being chosen from a hydrogen atom and a hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis CARRETTE, Florent GUILLOU
  • Publication number: 20200131441
    Abstract: A Fischer-Tropsch process for synthesizing hydrocarbons, by bringing a catalyst comprising a support and an active phase comprising a Group VIII metal into contact with a feedstock comprising synthesis gas, said catalyst being prepared according to the following steps: a) a porous support is provided; b) an organic compound containing oxygen and/or nitrogen is added to the porous support; c) a step of bringing said porous support into contact with a solution containing a salt of a precursor of the phase comprising a Group VIII metal is carried out; d) the porous support obtained at the end of step c) is dried; characterized in that step b) is carried out by bringing together said porous support and said organic compound under conditions of temperature, pressure and duration such that a fraction of said organic compound is transferred in the gaseous state to the porous support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, P-Louis CARRETTE, Bertrand GUICHARD, Damien DELCROIX
  • Patent number: 10632440
    Abstract: The invention concerns a CLC process, and its installation, producing high purity dinitrogen, comprising: (a) the combustion of a hydrocarbon feed by reduction of a redox active mass brought into contact with the feed, (b) a first step for oxidation of the reduced active mass (25) obtained from step (a) in contact with a fraction of a depleted air stream (21b), in order to produce a high purity stream of dinitrogen (28) and a stream of partially re-oxidized active mass (26); (c) a second step for oxidation of the stream of active mass (26) in contact with air (20) in order to produce a stream of depleted air and a stream of re-oxidized active mass (24) for use in step (a); (d) dividing the stream of depleted air obtained at the end of step (c) in order to form the fraction of depleted air used in step (b) and a fraction complementary to the depleted air extracted from the CLC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Stephane Bertholin, Mahdi Yazdanpanah
  • Publication number: 20200071625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for adding an organic compound to a porous solid wherein the porous solid and the organic compound in the liquid state are brought together simultaneously, without physical contact between the solid and the organic compound in the liquid state, at a temperature below the boiling point of the organic compound and under pressure and time conditions such that a fraction of said organic compound is transferred gaseously to the porous solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Florent GUILLOU, P-Louis CARRETTE, Bertrand GUICHARD
  • Patent number: 10494257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a plant for chemical looping oxidation-reduction combustion (CLC) of a gaseous hydrocarbon feed, for example natural gas essentially containing methane. According to the invention, catalytic steam reforming of the feed is performed between two successive feed combustion steps on contact with an oxidation-reduction active mass in form of particles. The reforming catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed in an intermediate reforming zone (130) between the two reduction zones (120, 140) where the two combustion steps are conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIME
    Inventors: Tiago Sozinho, Mahdi Yazdanpanah, Florent Guillou, Ann Cloupet, Stephane Bertholin, Hélène Stainton
  • Patent number: 10473326
    Abstract: In a method and a plant for chemical looping oxidation-reduction combustion (CLC) of a gaseous hydrocarbon feed, for example natural gas essentially containing methane, catalytic reforming of the feed is performed within the reduction zone where combustion of the feed is conducted on contact with an oxidation-reduction active mass in form of particles. The reforming catalyst comes in form of untransported fluidized particles within the reduction zone. The catalyst thus confined in the reduction zone does not circulate in the CLC loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Mahdi Yazdanpanah, William Pelletant, Tiago Sozinho, Stephane Bertholin, Hélène Stainton, Ann Cloupet, Florent Guillou
  • Patent number: 10473325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plant and to a method for chemical looping oxidation-reduction combustion of a gaseous hydrocarbon feed, for example natural gas essentially containing methane. According to the invention, catalytic pre-reforming of the feed is performed in a pre-reforming zone comprising a fixed reforming catalyst, while benefiting from a heat transfer between the reduction or oxidation zone of the chemical loop and the pre-reforming zone adjoining the reduction or oxidation zone. Pre-reforming zone (130) and oxidation zone (110) or pre-reforming zone (130) and reduction zone (120) are thus thermally integrated within the same reactor (100) while being separated by at least one thermally conductive separation wall (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Florent Guillou, Beatrice Fischer, Tiago Sozinho, Ann Cloupet, Stephane Bertholin, Mahdi Yazdanpanah, Hélène Stainton