Patents by Inventor Gilbert Chevalier

Gilbert Chevalier 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: 8308143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for stirring a liquid in a reactor and for injecting a gas into the said liquid in order to form a gas-liquid dispersion, comprising a) a drive device (1) positioned above the reactor, provided with a vertical output shaft (2) fitted at its lower end with at least one axial flow rotor (4) immersed in the liquid, b) means for introducing gas (3 and 7) above the axial flow rotor (4), c) a deflector (5) placed above the axial flow rotor (4) preventing the gas-liquid dispersion from rising, and d) a deflector (6) placed below the axial flow rotor (4) converting the axial flow of the said axial flow rotor into a radial flow. This device may be used in shallow basins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilbert Chevalier, Alain Villermet, Christian Larquet
  • Publication number: 20120206990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for stirring a liquid in a reactor and for injecting a gas into the said liquid in order to form a gas-liquid dispersion, comprising a) a drive device (1) positioned above the reactor, provided with a vertical output shaft (2) fitted at its lower end with at least one axial flow rotor (4) immersed in the liquid, b) means for introducing gas (3 and 7) above the axial flow rotor (4), c) a deflector (5) placed above the axial flow rotor (4) preventing the gas-liquid dispersion from rising, and d) a deflector (6) placed below the axial flow rotor (4) converting the axial flow of the said axial flow rotor into a radial flow. This device may be used in shallow basins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilbert Chevalier, Alain Villermet, Christian Larquet
  • Publication number: 20060255482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for stirring a liquid in a reactor and for injecting a gas into the said liquid in order to form a gas-liquid dispersion, comprising a) a drive device (1) positioned above the reactor, provided with a vertical output shaft (2) fitted at its lower end with at least one axial flow rotor (4) immersed in the liquid, b) means for introducing gas (3 and 7) above the axial flow rotor (4), c) a deflector (5) placed above the axial flow rotor (4) preventing the gas-liquid dispersion from rising, and d) a deflector (6) placed below the axial flow rotor (4) converting the axial flow of the said axial flow rotor into a radial flow. This device may be used in shallow basins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Gilbert Chevalier, Alain Villermet, Christian Larquet
  • Patent number: 6348083
    Abstract: An installation and a process for the recovery and/or purification of at least one portion of the nitrous oxide (N2O) contained in a flow of waste gas containing nitrous oxide and at least one other gaseous compound, in which: (a) at least one nitrous oxide portion contained in the flow of waste gas is separated by permeation, and (b) at least a portion of the gaseous nitrous oxide separated in step (a) is recovered. Preferably, the source of the flow of waste gas is an industrial unit using an industrial process giving off the waste gas, preferably a unit for the production of adipic acid, a unit for the production of nitrous oxide, a unit for the production of glycoxylic acid or a unit for the production of nitric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilbert Chevalier, Philippe Urner
  • Patent number: 6235087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supplying a purified gas to a plant which is purged with purified gas. The device includes a feed line connected, on the one hand, to a source of substantially pure gas and, on the other hand, to an inlet of the plant. The purified gas being passed therethrough is contaminated with impurities. The device further includes a line which is intended to recover the contaminated gas at the outlet of the plant and is connected to the feed line. The lines are arranged one after the other downstream of where the recovery line is connected to the feed line, a compressor and a device for separating the impurities from the contaminated gas by permeation in order to supply a purified gas to the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilbert Chevalier, Pascal DuPont
  • Patent number: 5144809
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a heat exchange line, a fractionating column which is cooled by means of a rich liquid and a section for adiabatic enrichment with nitrogen derived from entering air, the whole being integrated into a parallelepipedal heat exchanger of the plates and blades type. Use for the production of nitrogen of average purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilbert Chevalier, Christiane Muller, Frederic Rousseau, Laurent Savinel, Jean-Yves Thonnelier