Patents by Inventor Germain LAROCQUE

Germain LAROCQUE 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).

  • Publication number: 20250066190
    Abstract: Method for producing synthesis gas comprising carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) comprising: feeding an oxidizing stream comprising O2 and a first reducing stream comprising H2 into a first zone of a reactor, where the oxidizing stream and/or the first reducing stream comprises CO2; generating an oxy-flame in the first zone by reaction between O2 and H2, and producing a first gas comprising CO H2Ovapor by contacting the oxidizing stream and the first reducing stream with the oxy-flame; feeding into the reactor a second reducing stream comprising a second source of carbon comprising a hydrocarbon; generating in a second reaction zone of the reactor of a second gas comprising the synthesis gas, from the first gas coming from the first reaction zone and the second reducing stream by a reaction involving the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Raynald LABRECQUE, Robert SCHULZ, Ali SHEKARI, Michel VIENNEAU, Germain LAROCQUE
  • Publication number: 20240286893
    Abstract: The technology relates to a process and system for producing a gas comprising nitrogen (N2) and hydrogen (H2) in a reaction chamber of length L of a reactor. The process comprises injecting air and injecting hydrogen into the reactor and the combustion of a portion of the injected hydrogen with the oxygen from the air in the reaction chamber, in the presence of an overstoichiometric molar excess of hydrogen relative to the oxygen from the air. The combustion is supported by a flame produced by an air flow having a velocity v1 resulting from the injection of air, surrounded by a hydrogen flow having a velocity v2 resulting from the injection of hydrogen, with the velocity v2 being greater than v1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Raynald LABRECQUE, Michel VIENNEAU, Germain LAROCQUE, Ali SHEKARI
  • Publication number: 20240279055
    Abstract: The technology relates to a method of producing synthesis gas comprising carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), wherein the synthesis gas is produced by a reduction reaction of a first flow comprising a carbon source and an excess of hydrogen in contact with an Oxy-flame. The hydrogen comes from a reducing stream, a first portion of which ends up in the first flow, and a second part of which is used to generate the Oxy-flame by combustion of the hydrogen in the presence of a second flow comprising oxygen (O2), the second flow coming from an oxidizing stream. The first flow and the second flow are at a distance from each other such that the Oxy-flame supports the reaction between the carbon source and the hydrogen. A reactor, which can have different configurations, is also proposed for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUÉBEC
    Inventors: Raynald LABRECQUE, Robert SCHULZ, Michel VIENNEAU, Germain LAROCQUE
  • Patent number: 11999618
    Abstract: The technology relates to a method of producing synthesis gas comprising carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), wherein the synthesis gas is produced by a reduction reaction of a first flow comprising a carbon source and an excess of hydrogen in contact with an Oxy-flame. The hydrogen comes from a reducing stream, a first portion of which ends up in the first flow, and a second part of which is used to generate the Oxy-flame by combustion of the hydrogen in the presence of a second flow comprising oxygen (O2), the second flow coming from an oxidizing stream. The first flow and the second flow are at a distance from each other such that the Oxy-flame supports the reaction between the carbon source and the hydrogen. A reactor, which can have different configurations, is also proposed for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUÉBEC
    Inventors: Raynald Labrecque, Robert Schulz, Michel Vienneau, Germain Larocque
  • Publication number: 20230249969
    Abstract: The technology relates to a method of producing synthesis gas comprising carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), wherein the synthesis gas is produced by a reduction reaction of a first flow comprising a carbon source and an excess of hydrogen in contact with an Oxy-flame. The hydrogen comes from a reducing stream, a first portion of which ends up in the first flow, and a second part of which is used to generate the Oxy-flame by combustion of the hydrogen in the presence of a second flow comprising oxygen (O2), the second flow coming from an oxidizing stream. The first flow and the second flow are at a distance from each other such that the Oxy-flame supports the reaction between the carbon source and the hydrogen. A reactor, which can have different configurations, is also proposed for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Raynald LABRECQUE, Robert SCHULZ, Michel VIENNEAU, Germain LAROCQUE