Patents by Inventor Frederic Morel

Frederic Morel 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: 6855246
    Abstract: A process for hydrotreating gas oil comprises: a first gas oil desulfurization step carried out in a first catalytic zone comprising a desulfurization catalyst; at least partial elimination of the hydrogen sulphide formed at the end of the first gas oil desulfurization step; one or more additional desulfurization steps carried out in one or more catalytic zones comprising a desulfurization catalyst. The distribution of the catalyst in the different zones can be selected so as to maximise the catalytic activity, and thus minimize the volume of catalyst required for a unit of a given capacity operating at fixed operating temperature and pressure, so as to obtain an intensely desulfurized gas oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Thierry Chapus, Frédéric Morel
  • Patent number: 6645371
    Abstract: A process is described that can limit pressure drops during a catalytic hydrotreatment process carried out in a fixed bed reactor. The liquid feed and gaseous reactant are injected into the reactor either side of the bed and flow as a counter-current. Pressure drops are limited by homogeneously mixing solid catalytic and/or inert particles of different diameters in the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Institut Francais Du Petrole
    Inventors: Daniel Vuillemot, Laurence Carpot, Thierry Chapus, Philippe Rocher, Frédéric Morel
  • Patent number: 6620311
    Abstract: For converting hydrocarbons: step a) treating a hydrocarbon feed with hydrogen in at least one three-phase reactor (1), containing ebullated bed hydroconversion catalyst; a step b) passing effluent from step a) to a separation zone (2) to recover a fraction F1 containing at least a portion of gas, gasoline and atmospheric gas oil contained in the effluent from step a), and a fraction F2 containing compounds with boiling points of more than that of the atmospheric gas oil; step c) hydrodesulphurizing at least a portion of fraction F1; and step d) passing at least a portion of fraction F2 to catalytic cracking section (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Stéphane Kressmann, James Colyar
  • Publication number: 20030159974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Virginie Harle, Stephane Kressmann, Isabelle Guibard, Slavik Kasztelan, Frederic Morel
  • Patent number: 6569318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Virginie Harle, Stéphane Kressmann, Isabelle Guibard, Slavik Kasztelan, Frédéric Morel
  • Publication number: 20020195375
    Abstract: A process for hydrotreating gas oils comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Thierry Chapus, Frederic Morel
  • Publication number: 20020139715
    Abstract: A process for hydrotreating gas oil comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Thierry Chapus, Frederic Morel
  • Publication number: 20020130063
    Abstract: A process is described that can limit pressure drops during a catalytic hydrotreatment process carried out in a fixed bed reactor. The liquid feed and gaseous reactant are injected into the reactor either side of the bed and flow as a counter-current. Pressure drops are limited by homogeneously mixing solid catalytic and/or inert particles of different diameters in the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Daniel Vuillemot, Laurence Carpot, Thierry Chapus, Philippe Rocher, Frederic Morel
  • Patent number: 6451198
    Abstract: A process for transforming a gas oil cut into a dearomatized fuel with a high cetane number comprises at least one first, deep desulphurization and deep denitrogenation step in which the gas oil cut and hydrogen are passed over a catalyst comprising a mineral support, at least one group VIB metal or metal compound, at least one group VIII metal or metal compound, and phosphorous or at least one phosphorous compound, and at least one subsequent second step, dearomatization, in which the desulphurized and denitrogenated product from the first step is passed with hydrogen over a catalyst comprising a mineral support and at least one group VIII noble metal or noble metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Henri Delhomme, Nathalie George-Marchal
  • Patent number: 6447671
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction with a sulphur content of at least 0.1% by weight, an initial boiling point of at least 340° C. and an end point of at least 440° C., characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) treating the hydrocarbon feed in a treatment section in the presence of hydrogen, said section comprising at least one three-phase reactor, containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconversion catalyst and operating in liquid and gas upflow mode; b) sending at least a portion of the effluent from step a) to a section for eliminating catalyst particles contained in said effluent; c) sending at least a portion of the effluent from step b) to a treatment section, treatment being carried out in the presence of hydrogen and optionally a hydrocarbon fraction from a fixed bed hydrotreatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Stéphane Kressmann, Jean-Luc Duplan
  • Patent number: 6436280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising an extruded essentially alumina-based support, constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates partially in the form of packs of flakes and partially in the form of needles, and comprising at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB, and/or optionally at least one catalytic metal or compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII. The catalyst also comprises at least one dopant selected from the group formed by boron, phosphorous, silicon (or a silica different from that subsequently added to the support) and halogens. The invention also relates to its use in a fixed bed reactor, for hydrorefining and hydroconverting hydrocarbon feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Français du Petrole
    Inventors: Virginie Harle, Slavik Kasztelan, Stéphane Kressmann, Frédéric Morel
  • Patent number: 6309537
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of a catalyst comprising an extruded essentially alumina-based support, constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates and partially in the form of packs of flakes and partially in the form of needles, and optionally comprising at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB and/or at least one catalytic metal or compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII, further comprising at least one dopant selected from the group formed by boron, phosphorous, silicon (or a silica different from that which can be found in the support) and halogens, in an ebullating bed process and for hydrorefining and hydroconverting hydrocarbon feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Virginie Harle, Slavik Kasztelan, Stéphane Kressmann, Frédéric Morel
  • Patent number: 6306287
    Abstract: A hydrotreatment process is carried out in at least two steps to hydrotreat a heavy hydrocarbon fraction containing asphaltenes, sulphur-containing impurities and metallic impurities, comprising a first hydrodemetallization step and a subsequent second hydrodesulphurization step, in which the hydrodemetallization step comprises one or more hydrodemetallization zones with fixed beds preceded by at least two hydrodemetallization guard zones (A) and (B), also with fixed beds, disposed in series for cyclic use consisting of successive repetition of steps b) and c) defined below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Alain Billon, Frédéric Morel, Stéphane Kressmann, Sun Dong Kim, Sung Ki Ha, Haen Heor
  • Publication number: 20010027936
    Abstract: A process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction comprises a step a) for treating a hydrocarbon feed in the presence of hydrogen in at least one three-phase reactor (1), containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconversion catalyst, a step b) in which at least a portion of the effluent from step a) is sent to a separation zone (2) from which a fraction F1 normally containing at least a portion of the gas, gasoline and atmospheric gas oil contained in the effluent from step a) is recovered, and a fraction F2 is recovered normally principally containing compounds with boiling points of more than that of the atmospheric gas oil, a step c) for hydrodesulphurization of at least a portion of fraction F1 in at least on reactor (4) containing at least one fixed bed hydrotreatment catalyst under conditions for producing an effluent with a reduced sulphur content, and a step d) in which at least a portion of fraction F2 is sent to a catalytic cracking section (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Frederic Morel, Stephane Kressmann, James Colyar
  • Publication number: 20010023840
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10. The invention relates to a process of conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Virginie Harle, Stephane Kressmann, Isabelle Guibard, Slavik Kasztelan, Frederic Morel
  • Patent number: 6280606
    Abstract: Process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction that is obtained from atmospheric distillation of a crude, comprising a vacuum distillation stage (a) of said feedstock that makes it possible to obtain a vacuum distillate and a vacuum residue; a stage b) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum distillate in the presence of hydrogen; a stage c) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum residue in the presence of hydrogen, whereby said stages b) and c) are each carried out in at least one separate triphase reactor that contains at least one ebullated-bed hydrotreatment catalyst that operates with an upward flow of liquid and gas; a stage d) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage b) is sent to an atmospheric distillation zone from which a light fraction and a heavier liquid fraction are recovered; a stage e) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage c) is sent to an atmospheric distillation zone from which a light fraction and a heavier liquid fract
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Jean-Luc Duplan, Alain Billon, Stéphane Kressmann
  • Patent number: 6277270
    Abstract: Process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction that is obtained from atmospheric distillation of a crude, comprising a vacuum distillation stage (a) of said feedstock that makes it possible to obtain a vacuum distillate and a vacuum residue; a stage b) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum distillate in the presence of hydrogen in at least one reactor that contains at least one fixed-bed hydrotreatment catalyst under conditions that make it possible to obtain a liquid effluent with a low sulfur content; a stage c) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum residue in the presence of hydrogen in at least one triphase reactor that contains at least one ebullated-bed hydrotreatment catalyst; a stage d) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage b) is sent to an atmospheric distillation zone from which a light fraction and a heavier liquid fraction are recovered; a stage e) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage c) is sent to an atmospheric distill
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Jean-Luc Duplan, Alain Billon, Stéphane Kressmann
  • Publication number: 20010013485
    Abstract: A process for transforming a gas oil cut into a dearomatised fuel with a high cetane number comprises at least one first, deep desulphurisation and deep denitrogenation step in which the gas oil cut and hydrogen are passed over a catalyst comprising a mineral support, at least one group VIB metal or metal compound, at least one group VIII metal or metal compound, and phosphorous or at least one phosphorous compound, and at least one subsequent second step, dearomatisation, in which the desulphurised and denitrogenated product from the first step is passed with hydrogen over a catalyst comprising a mineral support and at least one group VIII noble metal or noble metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frederic Morel, Henri Delhomme, Nathalie George-Marchal
  • Patent number: 6221239
    Abstract: A process for transforming a gas oil cut into a dearomatised fuel with a high cetane number comprises at least one first, deep desulphurisation and deep denitrogenation step in which the gas oil cut and hydrogen are passed over a catalyst comprising a mineral support, at least one group VIB metal or metal compound, at least one group VIII metal or metal compound, and phosphorous or at least one phosphorous compound, and at least one subsequent second step, dearomatisation, in which the desulphurised and denitrogenated product from the first step is passed with hydrogen over a catalyst comprising a mineral support and at least one group VIII noble metal or noble metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Henri Delhomme, Nathalie George-Marchal
  • Patent number: 6207041
    Abstract: A process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction includes a step a) for treating a hydrocarbon feed in the presence of hydrogen in at least on three-phase reactor, containing at least one hydroconversion catalyst in an ebullated bed, operating in riser mode of liquid and of gas, the reactor including at least one means located close to the bottom of the reactor for extracting catalyst from the reactor and at least one means located close to the top of the reactor for adding fresh catalyst to the reactor, a step b) for treating at least a portion of the effluent from step a) in the presence of hydrogen in at least one reactor containing at least one hydrotreatment catalyst in a fixed bed under conditions for producing an effluent with a reduced sulphur content, and a step c) in which at least a portion of the product from step b) is sent to a distillation zone from which a gaseous fraction, a gasoline type engine fuel fraction, a diesel type engine fuel fraction and a liquid fraction which is heavier than the d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais Du Petrole
    Inventors: Frédéric Morel, Pierre-Henri Bigeard, Stéphane Kressmann, Didier Duee, Jean-Luc Duplan