Patents by Inventor Jean-Marie Seiller

Jean-Marie Seiller 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).

  • Production of liquid fuels by a concatenation of processes for treatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock
    Patent number: 7214720
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation and a process for the production of liquid fuels starting from a solid feedstock that contains the organic material in which: a) the solid feedstock is subjected to a gasification stage so as to convert said feedstock into synthesis gas, b) the synthesis gas is subjected to a purification treatment, c) the purified synthesis gas is subjected to a conversion stage that comprises the implementation of a Fischer-Tropsch-type synthesis so as to convert said synthesis gas into a liquid effluent and a gaseous effluent, d) the liquid effluent is fractionated so as to obtain a gaseous fraction, a naphtha fraction, a kerosene fraction and a gas oil fraction, and e) at least a portion of the naphtha fraction is recycled in gasification stage a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomic
    Inventors: Jérôme Bayle, Guillaume Boissonnet, Eric Marty, Jean-Marie Seiller
  • Production of liquid fuels by a concatenation of processes for treatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock
    Publication number: 20050250862
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation and a process for the production of liquid fuels starting from a solid feedstock that contains the organic material in which: a) the solid feedstock is subjected to a gasification stage so as to convert said feedstock into synthesis gas, b) the synthesis gas is subjected to a purification treatment, c) the purified synthesis gas is subjected to a conversion stage that comprises the implementation of a Fischer-Tropsch-type synthesis so as to convert said synthesis gas into a liquid effluent and a gaseous effluent, d) the liquid effluent is fractionated so as to obtain a gaseous fraction, a naphtha fraction, a kerosene fraction and a gas oil fraction, and e) at least a portion of the naphtha fraction is recycled in gasification stage a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jerome Bayle, Guillaume Boissonnet, Eric Marty, Jean-Marie Seiller