Patents by Inventor Guénaël PRINCE

Guénaël PRINCE 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: 20240019205
    Abstract: A facility for producing gaseous biomethane by purifying biogas from landfill, comprising: • a compression unit, • a volatile organic compound (VOC) purification unit; • a membrane separation unit, • a CO2 polishing unit, • a cryodistillation unit comprising a heat exchanger and a distillation column, • an O2 depletion unit, • a dryer arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Guénaël Prince
  • Publication number: 20230384027
    Abstract: A process for cryogenic separation of a feed stream containing methane and air gases in which: the feed stream is cooled in order to produce a cooled stream, at least one portion of the cooled stream is sent to one level of a distillation column, a bottom stream is drawn off from the distillation column, the bottom stream being enriched in methane relative to the feed stream, a stream enriched in oxygen and in nitrogen relative to the feed stream is drawn off from the distillation column, at least one noncombustible dilution stream that is more volatile than oxygen is introduced into the distillation column at at least one level lower than the one at which the cooled stream is introduced. The dilution stream is extracted from the feed stream. Facility for producing biomethane by purification of biogases derived from non-hazardous waste storage facilities (NHWSF) implementing the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Guénaël Prince, Nicolas Paget, Jean-Yves Lehman
  • Patent number: 11713920
    Abstract: A process for cryogenic separation of a feed stream containing methane and air gases in which: the feed stream is cooled in order to produce a cooled stream, at least one portion of the cooled stream is sent to one level of a distillation column, a bottom stream is drawn off from the distillation column, the bottom stream being enriched in methane relative to the feed stream, a stream enriched in oxygen and in nitrogen relative to the feed stream is drawn off from the distillation column, at least one noncombustible dilution stream that is more volatile than oxygen is introduced into the distillation column at at least one level lower than the one at which the cooled stream is introduced. The dilution stream is extracted from the feed stream. Facility for producing biomethane by purification of biogases derived from non-hazardous waste storage facilities (NHWSF) implementing the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WAGA ENERGY
    Inventors: Guénaël Prince, Nicolas Paget, Jean-Yves Lehman
  • Publication number: 20210060486
    Abstract: A process and facility for producing gaseous methane by purifying biogas from landfill can include a VOC purification unit, at least one membrane, a CO2 purification unit, a cryodistillation unit comprising a heat exchanger and a distillation column, a deoxo, and a dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Guénaël Prince
  • Publication number: 20210055046
    Abstract: A process and facility for producing gaseous methane by purifying biogas from landfill, can include a VOC purification unit, at least one membrane, a booster, a CO2 purification unit, a cryodistillation unit comprising a heat exchanger, a distillation column, and a subcooler, a deoxo, and a dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Guénaël Prince
  • Patent number: 10905995
    Abstract: A method for producing biomethane by purifying biogas from non-hazardous waste storage facilities involves compressing the initial gas flow, introducing the gas flow to be purified into at least one adsorber loaded with adsorbents capable of reversibly adsorbing the VOCs, and subjecting the VOC-depleted gas flow to at least one membrane separation step in order to partially separate the CO2 and O2 from the gas flow. The method also involves introducing the retentate from the membrane separation step into at least one adsorber loaded with adsorbents capable of reversibly adsorbing the major portion of the remaining CO2, subjecting the CO2-depleted gas flow exiting the adsorber loaded with adsorbents capable of reversibly adsorbing the major portion of the remaining CO2 to a cryogenic separation step in a distillation column in order to separate the O2 and N2 from the gas flow, and recovering the CH4-rich flow from the cryogenic separation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Guénaël Prince, Mathieu Lefebvre, Pierre Briend, Nicolas Paget
  • Publication number: 20200318896
    Abstract: A process for cryogenic separation of a feed stream containing methane and air gases in which: the feed stream is cooled in order to produce a cooled stream, at least one portion of the cooled stream is sent to one level of a distillation column, a bottom stream is drawn off from the distillation column, the bottom stream being enriched in methane relative to the feed stream, a stream enriched in oxygen and in nitrogen relative to the feed stream is drawn off from the distillation column, at least one noncombustible dilution stream that is more volatile than oxygen is introduced into the distillation column at at least one level lower than the one at which the cooled stream is introduced. The dilution stream is extracted from the feed stream. Facility for producing biomethane by purification of biogases derived from non-hazardous waste storage facilities (NHWSF) implementing the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Guénaël Prince, Nicolas PAGET, Jean-Yves LEHMAN
  • Publication number: 20190001263
    Abstract: A method for producing biomethane by purifying biogas from non-hazardous waste storage facilities involves compressing the initial gas flow, introducing the gas flow to be purified into at least one adsorber loaded with adsorbents capable of reversibly adsorbing the VOCs, and subjecting the VOC-depleted gas flow to at least one membrane separation step in order to partially separate the CO2 and O2 from the gas flow. The method also involves introducing the retentate from the membrane separation step into at least one adsorber loaded with adsorbents capable of reversibly adsorbing the major portion of the remaining CO2, subjecting the CO2-depleted gas flow exiting the adsorber loaded with adsorbents capable of reversibly adsorbing the major portion of the remaining CO2 to a cryogenic separation step in a distillation column in order to separate the O2 and N2 from the gas flow, and recovering the CH4-rich flow from the cryogenic separation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Guénaël Prince, Mathieu Lefebvre, Pierre Briend, Nicolas Paget
  • Patent number: 10106756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing biomethane suitable for supplying a natural gas network that incorporates a process for providing heat for heating the biogas production step, the process comprising at least steps of producing biogas by anaerobic fermentation of organic matter, of pretreating and compressing the biogas and also of permeation in order to obtain, after a first separation by permeation, a stream of biomethane and a gaseous permeate having a reduced methane content; the process additionally provides the heat necessary for the anaerobic fermentation step via a boiler using the retentate from a second permeation step fed by the permeate from the first separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas Paget, Delphine Garnaud, Guénaël Prince, Mathieu Lefebvre
  • Publication number: 20180250627
    Abstract: A plant for the membrane permeation treatment of a gaseous feedstream comprised of at least methane and carbon dioxide for producing a methane-enriched gaseous stream, comprises: a first membrane separation unit able to receive the gaseous feedstream and to produce a first carbon dioxide-enriched permeate and a first methane-enriched retentate, a second membrane separation unit able to receive the first retentate and to produce a second carbon dioxide-enriched permeate and a second methane-enriched retentate, a gas-gas ejector able to increase the pressure of the first permeate to a pressure of between 2 and 6 bar, more preferably between 3 and 4 bar, and a third membrane separation unit able to receive the first permeate compressed in the ejector and to produce a third methane-enriched retentate and a third CO2-enriched permeate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Golo ZICK, Guenael PRINCE, Nicolas PAGET
  • Patent number: 9988326
    Abstract: A four-stage membrane separation unit purification process, especially for prepurified biogas, in which a retentate from the first stage is fed as feed gas to a second stage, a permeate from the first stage is fed as feed gas to a third stage, a retentate from the third stage is fed as feed gas to a fourth stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
    Inventors: Nicolas Paget, Guenael Prince, Golo Zick
  • Publication number: 20170088785
    Abstract: A process for injecting biomethane into a network which has a gross calorific value of value X between X1 and X2, comprising the injection of nitrogen into the biomethane network before the injection of the biomethane into the network which has a gross calorific value of value X so as to reduce the calorific value of the biomethane network to a value between X1 and X2, with the nitrogen derived from the retentate of at least one membrane stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Guénaël PRINCE, Golo ZICK
  • Publication number: 20160229771
    Abstract: A four-stage membrane separation unit purification process, especially for prepurified biogas, in which a retentate from the first stage is fed as feed gas to a second stage, a permeate from the first stage is fed as feed gas to a third stage, a retentate from the third stage is fed as feed gas to a fourth stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas PAGET, Guénaël PRINCE, Golo ZICK