Patents by Inventor Joël Renouard

Joël Renouard 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: 9663360
    Abstract: A process for obtaining a solid form containing heat-stabilized borazane is described. The solid form is capable of generating hydrogen by thermal decomposition or by a self-maintained combustion reaction. Within the solid form containing borazane, the borazane is heat-stabilized. It has thus been heat-stabilized by making an oxidized layer at its surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: HERAKLES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Hélène Blanchard, Joël A. Renouard, Ali Darwiche, Raphaël L. Janot
  • Publication number: 20160115018
    Abstract: A process for obtaining a solid form containing heat-stabilized borazane is described. The solid form is capable of generating hydrogen by thermal decomposition or by a self-maintained combustion reaction. Within the solid form containing borazane, the borazane is heat-stabilized. It has thus been heat-stabilized by making an oxidized layer at its surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hélène BLANCHARD, Joël A. RENOUARD, Ali DARWICHE, Raphaël L. JANOT
  • Patent number: 9133036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining borazane, said method being suitable for obtaining borazane containing a low level of impurities. The borazane (obtained by reaction of at least one ammonium salt with at least one alkali and/or alkaline earth metal borohydride) in solution in THF is selectively precipitated with a non-solvent. The precipitated borazane can further be purified by selective dissolution. The borazane obtained after selective precipitation and dissolution contains less than 1% by weight of impurities and/or does not exhibit exothermic decomposition in the solid state with a temperature range of the endothermic melting peak above 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: HERAKLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Goudon, Joël Renouard
  • Patent number: 8562768
    Abstract: The main subject of the present invention are solid compounds capable of generating hydrogen by a self-sustaining combustion reaction. Their composition comprises borazane and/or polyaminoborane and at least one inorganic oxidant, advantageously chosen from ammonium nitrate, alkali metal nitrates, alkaline-earth metal nitrates, metal nitrates, metal oxides, oxidants of the family of dinitramines and mixtures thereof. It also relates to the generation of hydrogen by self-sustaining combustion of at least one such compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Herakles
    Inventors: Pierre Yvart, Joel Renouard, Helene Blanchard, Hugues Rocton
  • Patent number: 8491736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for crystallizing ammonium dinitramide (ADN), through spontaneous nucleation and crystal growth, from a solution containing said ammonium dinitramide (AND) dissolved in a solvent. Said solvent characteristically has a viscosity greater than or equal to 0.25 Pa s (250 cP) when said spontaneous nucleation is implemented. The ADN crystals obtained by said method have a median shape factor of 1 to 1.5 and are perfectly suitable for placement in the composition of energy materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Herakles, Eurenco
    Inventors: Florent Muscatelli, Joel Renouard, Jean-Marc Bouchez
  • Publication number: 20130121905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining borazane, said method being suitable for obtaining borazane containing a low level of impurities. The borazane (obtained by reaction of at least one ammonium salt with at least one alkali and/or alkaline earth metal borohydride) in solution in THF is selectively precipitated with a non-solvent. The precipitated borazane can further be purified by selective dissolution. The borazane obtained after selective precipitation and dissolution contains less than 1% by weight of impurities and/or does not exhibit exothermic decomposition in the solid state with a temperature range of the endothermic melting peak above 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: HERAKLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Goudon, Joël Renouard
  • Publication number: 20110171104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for crystallizing ammonium dinitramide (ADN), through spontaneous nucleation and crystal growth, from a solution containing said ammonium dinitramide (AND) dissolved in a solvent. Said solvent characteristically has a viscosity greater than or equal to 0.25 Pa s (250 cP) when said spontaneous nucleation is implemented. The ADN crystals obtained by said method have a median shape factor of 1 to 1.5 and are perfectly suitable for placement in the composition of energy materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES
    Inventors: Florent Muscatelli, Joel Renouard, Jean-Marc Bouchez
  • Patent number: 7964111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid compounds which generate hydrogen by combustion, and to a method for generating hydrogen based on the combustion of said compounds. Said compounds have a composition which includes at least one inorganic borohydride, selected from alkali borohydrides, alkaline-earth borohydrides and mixtures thereof, and at least one inorganic oxidant. Characteristically, said composition comprises sulfur. Said method is advantageously implemented for supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: SNPE Materiaux Energetiques
    Inventors: Christian Perut, Joël Renouard
  • Publication number: 20110027168
    Abstract: The main subject of the present invention are solid compounds capable of generating hydrogen by a self-sustaining combustion reaction. Their composition comprises borazane and/or polyaminoborane and at least one inorganic oxidant, advantageously chosen from ammonium nitrate, alkali metal nitrates, alkaline-earth metal nitrates, metal nitrates, metal oxides, oxidants of the family of dinitramines and mixtures thereof. It also relates to the generation of hydrogen by self-sustaining combustion of at least one such compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES
    Inventors: Pierre Yvart, Joel Renouard, Helene Blanchard, Hugues Rocton
  • Publication number: 20090057609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid compounds which generate hydrogen by combustion, and to a method for generating hydrogen based on the combustion of said compounds. Said compounds have a composition which includes at least one inorganic borohydride, selected from alkali borohydrides, alkaline-earth borohydrides and mixtures thereof, and at least one inorganic oxidant. Characteristically, said composition comprises sulfur. Said method is advantageously implemented for supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES
    Inventors: Christian Perut, Joel Renouard
  • Patent number: 7094487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid composition which can decompose with the generation of hydrogen according to a self-sustaining combustion reaction after initiation of this reaction by an appropriate heat source, this composition being characterized in that it comprises an alkali metal borohydride or alkaline earth metal borohydride and a perchlorate-based oxidizing salt corresponding to the general formula SClO4 in which X represents the NH4 group, an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: SNPE Materiaux Energetiques
    Inventors: Nancy Desgardin, Christian Perut, Joel Renouard
  • Publication number: 20040065395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid composition which can decompose with the generation of hydrogen according to a self-sustaining combustion reaction after initiation of this reaction by an appropriate heat source, this composition being characterized in that it comprises an alkali metal borohydride or alkaline earth metal borohydride and strontium nitrate Sr(NO3)2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: SNPE
    Inventors: Nancy Desgardin, Christian Perut, Joel Renouard
  • Publication number: 20040065865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid composition which can decompose with the generation of hydrogen according to a self-sustaining combustion reaction after initiation of this reaction by an appropriate heat source, this composition being characterized in that it comprises an alkali metal borohydride or alkaline earth metal borohydride and a perchlorate-based oxidizing salt corresponding to the general formula XClO4 in which X represents the NH4 group, an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: SNPE
    Inventors: Nancy Desgardin, Christian Perut, Joel Renouard