Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Pautrot

Jean-Marc Pautrot 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: 4371505
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the recovery of the uranium contained in an impure phosphoric acid. The impure acid is treated with an organic phase capable of extracting U (VI), and the resultant organic phase is then re-extracted with an aqueous solution containing complexing acid and an oxidizing-reducing agent in the reduced state, said oxidizing-reducing agent being capable of reducing U.sup.+6 to U.sup.+4 in said aqueous solution. The resultant aqueous phase is then subjected to electrochemical oxidation, followed by extraction with a second organic phase from which the uranium is recovered, the depleted aqueous solution being recycled to the re-extraction after electrochemical reduction, with the process comprising two organic phase cycles and a cycle of a complexing aqueous solution.The process is of particular interest when applied to the recovery and concentration of uranium contained in a wet process phosphoric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Industries
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Pautrot