Patents by Inventor Laurent Bournay

Laurent Bournay 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: 11473025
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the treatment of a feed comprising biomass, said process comprising at least the following steps: a) a step for drying said feed at a temperature in the range 20° C. to 180° C. for a period in the range 5 to 180 minutes, b) a step for torrefaction of the dried feed obtained from step a) in order to produce at least one solid torrefied biomass effluent, and c) a step for co-grinding the solid torrefied biomass effluent obtained from step b) in the presence of a second biomass feed in order to obtain a powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Axens, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Total Raffinage Chimie, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Avril, Bionext
    Inventors: Thomas Plennevaux, Jeremy Gazarian, Laurent Bournay, Norbert Ullrich, Michael Hecquet
  • Patent number: 11248185
    Abstract: Process for the treatment of a feedstock containing biomass, the process including a) drying the feedstock at a temperature between 20 and 180° C. for a duration between 5 and 180 minutes, b) torrefaction of the feedstock originating from step a) in order to produce at least one torrefied biomass solid effluent, c) co-grinding the torrefied biomass solid effluent originating from step b), in the presence of at least one solid fossil feedstock in order to obtain a powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Axens, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Total Raffinage Chimie, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Avril, Bionext
    Inventors: Thomas Plennevaux, Jeremy Gazarian, Laurent Bournay, Norbert Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20210253963
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the treatment of a feed comprising biomass, said process comprising at least the following steps: a) a step for drying said feed at a temperature in the range 20° C. to 180° C. for a period in the range 5 to 180 minutes, b) a step for torrefaction of the dried feed obtained from step a) in order to produce at least one solid torrefied biomass effluent, and c) a step for co-grinding the solid torrefied biomass effluent obtained from step b) in the presence of a second biomass feed in order to obtain a powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Axens, Commissariat A L?Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Total Raffinage Chimie, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Avril, Bionext
    Inventors: Thomas PLENNEVAUX, Jeremy GAZARIAN, Laurent BOURNAY, Norbert ULLRICH, Michael HECQUET
  • Publication number: 20200231889
    Abstract: Process for the treatment of a feedstock containing biomass, the process including a) drying the feedstock at a temperature between 20 and 180° C. for a duration between 5 and 180 minutes, b) torrefaction of the feedstock originating from step a) in order to produce at least one torrefied biomass solid effluent, c) co-grinding the torrefied biomass solid effluent originating from step b), in the presence of at least one solid fossil feedstock in order to obtain a powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Axens, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Total Raffinage Chimie, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Avril, Bionext
    Inventors: Thomas PLENNEVAUX, Jeremy GAZARIAN, Laurent BOURNAY, Norbert ULLRICH
  • Patent number: 9475999
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, whereby said process comprises a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for transformation of said purified feedstock into a light olefinic effluent that comprises at least 30% by weight of olefins that have between four to six carbon atoms relative to the total mass of the formed hydrocarbon compounds, whereby said stage works in the presence of a catalyst that comprises at least one zeolite that is selected from among the zeolites that have a structural type that appears in the following list: CHA, ERI, MTF, AEI, AEL, FER, EUO, MEL, MFS, TON, MTT and the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, IM-5 and IZM-2, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a stage for separation of the olefinic effluent that is obtained from stage b) in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the water that is formed during stage b) to produce
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay
  • Patent number: 9422492
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an integrated process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons starting from a feed containing at least one fraction of biomass and optionally at least one fraction of another feed, said process comprising at least one pre-treatment step, a gasification step, a step for conditioning synthesis gas, a water scrubbing step, a step for eliminating acid gases, a final purification step, and a catalytic Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, AXENS, BIONEXT, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, AVRIL, THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Guillaume Boissonnet, Michael Hecquet, Priscilla Avenier, Laurent Bournay, David Chiche, Jean-Philippe Heraud, Anne Claire Lucquin, Norbert Ullrich, Stéphane Fedou, Julien Rousseau, Raphael Lemaire, Jean-Christophe Viguie
  • Patent number: 9290704
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, comprising a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for dehydration of said purified feedstock into an effluent that is for the most part ethylene and comprises water, at least one stage for separating water, a first stage for oligomerization of the effluent that is for the most part ethylene into at least one olefinic effluent that comprises at least 80% by weight of olefins that have four or more carbon atoms, in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst that comprises at least one bivalent nickel compound, whereby a second oligomerization stage produces middle distillate hydrocarbon bases in the presence of an amorphous or zeolitic catalyst that has at least pore openings that contain 10 or 12 oxygen atoms, producing middle distillate hydrocarbon bases, and a fractionation stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay, Lionel Magna, Helene Olivier-Bourbigou
  • Patent number: 9234158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for pretreatment of an oil feedstock comprising at most 20% by weight of free fatty acids by esterification of free fatty acids in which a vertical liquid/liquid contactor containing an esterification catalyst in solid form is supplied in counter-current by an alcohol feedstock comprising at least 20% by weight of an alcohol and said oil feedstock, with said contactor being operated at a temperature of between 25 and 120° C., with said contactor performing the contact in liquid-liquid counter-current between a heavy phase and a light phase, with said heavy phase being able to be either an oil-rich phase or an alcohol-rich phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Vincent Coupard, Laurent Bournay, Eszter Toth, Sylvie Maury
  • Publication number: 20150275112
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an integrated process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons starting from a feed containing at least one fraction of biomass and optionally at least one fraction of another feed, said process comprising at least one pre-treatment step, a gasification step, a step for conditioning synthesis gas, a water scrubbing step, a step for eliminating acid gases, a final purification step, and a catalytic Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, AXENS, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE, SOFIPROTEOL, THYSSENKRUPP UHDE GMBH, BIONEXT
    Inventors: Guillaume Boissonnet, Michael Hecquet, Priscilla Avenier, Laurent Bournay, David Chiche, Jean-Philippe Heraud, Anne Claire Lucquin, Norbert Ullrich, Stéphane Fedou, Julien Rousseau, Raphael Lemaire, Jean-Christophe Viguie
  • Publication number: 20150175932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for pretreatment of an oil feedstock comprising at most 20% by weight of free fatty acids by esterification of free fatty acids in which a vertical liquid/liquid contactor containing an esterification catalyst in solid form is supplied in counter-current by an alcohol feedstock comprising at least 20% by weight of an alcohol and said oil feedstock, with said contactor being operated at a temperature of between 25 and 120° C., with said contactor performing the contact in liquid-liquid counter-current between a heavy phase and a light phase, with said heavy phase being able to be either an oil-rich phase or an alcohol-rich phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Vincent COUPARD, Laurent BOURNAY, Eszter TOTH, Sylvie MAURY
  • Patent number: 9045701
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of treating feeds from renewable sources comprising: a hydrotreatment stage a) comprising at least two catalytic zones in which the entry stream comprising said feed mixed with at least a part of a hydrotreated liquid effluent from stage b) is introduced into the first catalytic zone at a temperature comprised between 150 and 260° C., and the effluent from the first catalytic zone is then introduced, mixed with at least a part of a hydrotreated liquid effluent from stage b) and preheated, into the following catalytic zone or zones at a temperature comprised between 260 and 320° C., a stage b) of separation of the effluent from the hydrotreatment stage a) permitting the separation of a gaseous effluent and of a hydrotreated liquid effluent of which at least a part is recycled upstream from each catalytic zone of stage a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Wilfried Weiss, Laurent Bournay, Thierry Chapus
  • Patent number: 8816147
    Abstract: A process for recovering 1-hexene comprising: a) separating the mixture obtained from the ethylene trimerization reaction into a top fraction comprising ethylene and a bottom fraction, b) separating a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step a) into a top fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene and a bottom fraction, c) separating a portion of the fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene obtained from step b) into a top fraction principally comprising 1-butene and into a bottom fraction principally comprising 1-hexene, and in said process: a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step b) is returned to the reaction section and another portion of said bottom fraction obtained from step b) is used in a recirculation loop connecting the reaction section and the column of said step b), said recirculation loop being used to cool the reaction section and to reboil said column of step b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Axens
    Inventors: Daniel-Jean Vinel, Jean-Alain Chodorge, Jerome Pigourier, Pierre-Yves Martin, Laurent Bournay
  • Patent number: 8664416
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the production of alkyl esters of fatty acids and glycerine employing, in a reaction section, at least one transesterification reaction between an animal or vegetable oil and an aliphatic mono-alcohol, and using a heterogeneous solid catalyst, in which the energy balance is improved by thermal integration of the energy released during the mono-alcohol condensation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Laurent Bournay, Vincent Coupard, Pierre-Yves Martin, Yves Scharff, Yann Lepine
  • Publication number: 20140012059
    Abstract: A process for recovering 1-hexene comprising: a) separating the mixture obtained from the ethylene trimerization reaction into a top fraction comprising ethylene and a bottom fraction, b) separating a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step a) into a top fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene and a bottom fraction, c) separating a portion of the fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene obtained from step b) into a top fraction principally comprising 1-butene and into a bottom fraction principally comprising 1-hexene, and in said process: a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step b) is returned to the reaction section and another portion of said bottom fraction obtained from step b) is used in a recirculation loop connecting the reaction section and the column of said step b), said recirculation loop being used to cool the reaction section and to reboil said column of step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel-Jean VINEL, Jean-Alain CHODORGE, Jerome PIGOURIER, Pierre-Yves MARTIN, Laurent BOURNAY
  • Patent number: 8624048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing alkyl esters and glycerin from a crude or semi-refined vegetable oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol, comprising a deep pretreatment purification stage to eliminate the species based on phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, zinc or iron, insoluble under the temperature conditions of the heterogeneous catalytic reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Aurelie Dandeu, Vincent Coupard, Laurent Bournay, Charlotte Rouquette
  • Patent number: 8552235
    Abstract: A process for hydrodeoxygenation of feeds derived from renewable sources with conversion by decarboxylation/decarbonylation limited to at most 10%, using a bulk or supported catalyst comprising an active phase constituted by at least one element from group VIB and at least one element from group VIII, said elements being in the sulphide form, and the atomic ratio of the metal (or metals) from group VIII to the metal (or metals) from group VIB being strictly more than 0 and less than 0.095, said process being carried out at a temperature in the range 120° C. to 450° C., at a pressure in the range 1 MPa to 10 MPa, at an hourly space velocity in the range 0.1 h?1 to 10 h?1, and in the presence of a total quantity of hydrogen mixed with the feed such that the hydrogen/feed ratio is in the range 50 to 3000 Nm3 of hydrogen/m3 of feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Antoine Daudin, Laurent Bournay, Thierry Chapus
  • Patent number: 8546626
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with a supported or unsupported catalyst comprising an active phase constituted by a sulfur-containing group VIB element, the group VIB element being molybdenum, and a hydrodeoxygenation process with a yield of hydrodeoxygenation product which is greater than or equal to 90% of charges from renewable sources using a catalyst according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Antoine Daudin, Laurent Bournay, Thierry Chapus
  • Patent number: 8519171
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerin implementing, in a reaction section, a set of transesterification reactions between a vegetable or animal oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol, and using a heterogeneous solid catalyst, comprising: a) a glycerin phase introduction stage, b) an excess alcohol evaporation stage, and c) a glycerin phase decantation stage. The supernatant ester phase obtained after decantation is then optionally sent to a coalescer, also allowing separation of the glycerin, then to a purification stage by adsorption on solids. This improved method prevents microemulsion formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Abdelhakim Koudil, Romain Rousset, Laurent Bournay, Vincent Coupard
  • Patent number: 8518707
    Abstract: A method of monitoring breakthrough of an adsorbent bed consisting for example of ion-exchange resins, used during a stage of purification of an ester stream containing glycerin, obtained for example in a vegetable or animal oil and aliphatic monoalcohol transesterification process, permits the instantaneous detection of the presence of glycerol (glycerin) in the ester stream by arranging a turbidimeter at the adsorbent bed outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: IFP Energies Novelles
    Inventors: Abdelhakim Koudil, Karin Barthelet, Laurent Bournay
  • Patent number: 8466304
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerin implementing a set of transesterification reactions between a vegetable or animal oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol in the presence of a heterogeneous solid catalyst so as to obtain an effluent comprising at least alkyl esters, free glycerol, bonded glycerol and alcohol, wherein at least one stage of separation of at least a portion of the effluent is carried out in order to separate the ester produced and the bonded glycerol, said separation occurring through a membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Arnaud Baudot, Laurent Bournay, Eszter Toth