Patents by Inventor Geraud Bourley

Geraud Bourley 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).

  • Processes for visbreaking heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks
    Patent number: 5925236
    Abstract: In a process and apparatus for visbreaking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in the liquid state, whereby the feedstock is brought to an appropriate temperature to cause cracking of at least part of the hydrocarbons present, and is then introduced into the bottom of a soaker (3) wherein it travels from bottom to top, and is then discharged from the top of said soaker (3) and directed to a fractionation unit, the improvement wherein a preferably inert gas is injected into the hydrocarbon feedstock inside the soaker (3), in the vicinity of the soaker side walls, at least at the bottom of the soaker (3) and the gas is injected upward along the side walls of the soaker (3) and flows from bottom to top along said walls co-currently with the hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Total Rafinage Distribution S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Fersing, Luc Gouzien, Elisabeth Mouchot, Geraud Bourley