Patents by Inventor Philippe Bourgeois

Philippe Bourgeois 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).

  • Publication number: 20250043917
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing and supplying fluid, comprising a cryogenic tank, a withdrawal circuit comprising a first withdrawal line comprising a first heat exchanger located outside the tank, the withdrawal circuit comprising a set of one or more valves permitting withdrawal, in the process entering the first heat exchanger, an electronic control member for making at least some of the set of valves open/close, when the set of valves is configured to not allow withdrawal, the electronic control member being configured to switch the set of valves to a first state, in which at least a portion of the internal volume of the first heating heat exchanger is fluidically isolated from at least a portion of the rest of the withdrawal circuit, or a second state, in which at least a portion of the volume of the heating heat exchanger fluidically communicates with at least a portion of the rest of the withdrawal circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Patrick BRAVAIS, Philippe BOURGEOIS, Gregory CORRADO, Simon CARPENTIER
  • Patent number: 6270557
    Abstract: Process for separating at least carbon dioxide (CO2) contained in a gas stream, preferably air, in which at least carbon dioxide is adsorbed on a zeolite-X having a Si/Al ratio of approximately 1 to 1.5 and containing at most 35% of K+ cations, between 1 and 99% of Na+ cations and at most 99% of Ca2+ cations. This process is carried out at a temperature ranging from −40° C. to +80° C. Optionally, impurities chosen from water vapour and hydrocarbons, particularly ethylene, are also removed. The air thus purified is then capable of being cryogenically distilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Cyrille Millet, Philippe Bourgeois, Georges Kraus, Jean-Pierre Gabillard
  • Patent number: 6129780
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for the purification of a gaseous flow containing at least one impurity which can be carbon dioxide, water vapor and/or hydrocarbon. The impurity is adsorbed on a bed of adsorbent containing at least one adsorbent material, it being possible to use stacked adsorbent beds. Atop the uppermost bed is a layer of particulate ballast having a density greater than that of the adsorbent. The bed of ballast exerts a mechanical pressure on the subjacent adsorbent and prevents fluidization of the upper portion of the subjacent adsorbent. As a result, the rate of gas flow through the adsorbent can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide
    Inventors: Cyrille Millet, Philippe Bourgeois, Georges Kraus, Jean-Pierre Gabillard
  • Patent number: 6125655
    Abstract: Process for purifying an air flow containing carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) and water vapour, in which at least some of the CO.sub.2 and water vapour impurities are removed by adsorbing the impurities on at least one calcined alumina containing at most 10% by weight of at least one alkali or alkaline-earth metal oxide, the adsorption being carried out at a temperature of between -10.degree. C. and 80.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Cyrille Millet, Philippe Bourgeois, Georges Kraus, Jean-Pierre Gabillard