Patents by Inventor Karine Avril

Karine Avril 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: 8779217
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing fluoropropenes of formula (I) CF3CF?CHR, where R is a hydrogen or a fluorine atom from at least one compound of formula (Ia) CF3CF?CFR, where R has the same meaning as in formula (I), said method including the following steps: (i) hydrogenating at least one compound of formula (Ia) in an adiabatic reactor in the presence of a catalyst with a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen so as to produce a hydrofluoropropane; (ii) partially condensing the flow from the adiabatic reactor of step (i) so as to produce a gaseous phase fraction, including unreacted hydrogen and a portion of the formed hydrofluoropropane, which is recirculated to step (i), and a liquid phase fraction including the residue of the hydrofluoropropane; (iii) dehydrofluorinating hydrofluoropropane from the liquid fraction of step (ii) using potassium hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium contained in an agitated reactor so as to produce the fluoropropene of formula (I); and (iv) purifying the fl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini, Pierre-Marie Sedat, Karine Avril
  • Patent number: 8389779
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene comprising the following stages: (i) hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene to give 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane; (ii) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene; (iii) hydrogenation of the 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane; (iv) purification of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage; and (v) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene; and (vi) purification of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene of the preceding stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Karine Avril, Bertrand Collier
  • Publication number: 20120136183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing fluoropropenes of formula (I) CF3CF?CHR, where R is a hydrogen or a fluorine atom from at least one compound of formula (Ia) CF3CF?CFR, where R has the same meaning as in formula (I), said method including the following steps: (i) hydrogenating at least one compound of formula (Ia) in an adiabatic reactor in the presence of a catalyst with a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen so as to produce a hydrofluoropropane; (ii) partially condensing the flow from the adiabatic reactor of step (i) so as to produce a gaseous phase fraction, including unreacted hydrogen and a portion of the formed hydrofluoropropane, which is recirculated to step (i), and a liquid phase fraction including the residue of the hydrofluoropropane; (iii) dehydrofluorinating hydrofluoropropane from the liquid fraction of step (ii) using potassium hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium contained in an agitated reactor so as to produce the fluoropropene of formula (I); and (iv) purifying the fl
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini, Pierre-Marie Sedat, Karine Avril
  • Publication number: 20110021849
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene comprising the following stages: (i) hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene to give 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane; (ii) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene; (iii) hydrogenation of the 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane; (iv) purification of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage; and (v) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene; and (vi) purification of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene of the preceding stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Karine Avril, Bertrand Collier