Patents by Inventor Pierre Dufresne
Pierre Dufresne 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).
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Publication number: 20240073211Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for retrieving user data. The method comprises extracting attributes of a client device. The extracted attributes are stored. A browser instance is generated using the extracted attributes. The browser instance is configured to impersonate the extracted attributes. The browser instance is used to access a service provider server. The service provider server sends a request, to the user, to perform a two-factor authentication. After the user performs the two-factor authentication, the browser instance retrieves user data from the service provider server. The browser instance is then stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Marc-Andre DUFRESNE, Simon-Pierre LEBEL, Julien DUBE-COUSINEAU, Daniel GRANA, Diego SOBERANIS, Henrique Barbosa COURA, Arthur LEGRAND
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Method for compositional sorting of catalyst or adsorbent in mixtures of catalysts and/or adsorbents
Patent number: 10828632Abstract: A method for separation of at least one catalyst or adsorbent from a homogeneous mixture of catalysts or adsorbents, used in a method for treatment of gas or hydrocarbon feedstock, in which the grains of catalysts or adsorbents are separated according to a sorting threshold corresponding to a content of the constituent element that is sought and defined by the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: Eurecat S.A., IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Thierry Gauthier, Charles Philippe Lienemann, Wilfried Weiss, Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou -
Patent number: 10737939Abstract: A process for producing hydrogen sulfide from hydrogen and elemental sulfur, comprising: bringing the sulfur into contact with a solid catalyst comprising at least one metal, chosen from metals from groups VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, in metal sulfide form, at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 160° C.; circulating the mixture of sulfur and catalyst resulting from step (a) in a reaction zone, in which said mixture is brought into contact with hydrogen, the reaction zone having a temperature at the inlet point of the catalyst of greater than or equal to 150° C. and a temperature at the outlet point of the catalyst of less than or equal to 300° C., and a pressure of less than or equal to 3 bar; separating the catalyst and the gaseous effluents containing hydrogen sulfide; and recycling the catalyst to the step of bringing.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: EURECAT S.A.Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou, Giuseppe Italiano, Ezio Antonino Viglianti, Franck Labruyere
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Patent number: 10369560Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for limiting the emission of dust from catalyst grains. Said method comprises the following two consecutive steps: a first step of performing a heat treatment of the catalyst grains at a temperature no lower than 100° C., followed by a second step of coating the surface of the catalyst grains by placing same in contact with one or more coating materials having a melting point T no lower than 45° C. and which are injected in a solid state, said second step being carried out with no further addition of heat, at a temperature of T?60° C. to T?1° C., while remaining no lower than 40° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: EURECAT S.A.Inventors: Pauline Galliou, Pierre Dufresne, Mathieu Baffert, Giuseppe Italiano
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Patent number: 10279377Abstract: A method and a device for separation of at least one catalyst and/or adsorbent from a homogeneous mixture of catalysts and/or adsorbents containing one or more metal, semi-metal or non-metal contaminant(s) deposited thereon, making it possible to separate catalysts or adsorbents according to the presence or absence of contaminant and also according to the contaminant content, starting from a sorting threshold that corresponds to a content and that is defined by the operator.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignees: EURECAT S.A., IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Thierry Gauthier, Charles-Philippe Lienemann, Wilfried Weiss, Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou
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Publication number: 20190105649Abstract: The invention provides a process for limiting self-heating of activated particle catalysts wherein the catalyst particles are placed in motion inside a hot gas flow that passes through them and a liquid composition containing one or several film forming polymer(s) is pulverized onto the particles in motion until a protective layer is obtained on the surface of said particles containing said film forming polymer and having an average thickness of less than or equal to 20 ?m. The invention also provides the use of this process to reduce the quantities of toxic gases that may be emitted by the activated catalysts, as well as an activated catalyst for the hydroconversion of hydrocarbons covered with a continuous protective layer that are obtained by this process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou, Mathieu Baffert, Sharath Kirumakki
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Patent number: 10207251Abstract: A process is disclosed for limiting the emissions of gases from a porous material in the form of particles comprising a porous inorganic support and at least 0.1% by weight of one or more compounds chosen from organic compounds, halogen compounds, boron compounds and phosphorus compounds. The particles are placed in motion within a hot gas stream traversing them, and a liquid composition containing one or more film-forming polymer(s) is sprayed over the moving particles by means of a twin-fluid atomization nozzle, in which the liquid composition is mixed with a pressurized gas, with a relative atomization pressure of greater than or equal to 0.7×1005 Pa, until a protective layer containing the film-forming polymer(s) and exhibiting a mean thickness of less than or equal to 20 ?m is obtained on the surface of the said particles. A material resulting from this process is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Eurecat S.A.Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou, Mathieu Baffert, Fabien Laboulfie
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Patent number: 10195601Abstract: The invention provides a process for limiting self heating of activated particle catalysts wherein the catalyst particles are placed in motion inside a hot gas flow that passes through them and a liquid composition containing one or several film forming polymer(s) is pulverized onto the particles in motion until a protective layer is obtained on the surface of said particles containing said film forming polymer and having an average thickness of less than or equal to 20 ?m. The invention also provides the use of this process to reduce the quantities of toxic gases that may be emitted by the activated catalysts, as well as an activated catalyst for the hydroconversion of hydrocarbons covered with a continuous protective layer that are obtained by this process.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Eurecat S. A.Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou, Mathieu Baffert, Sharath Kirumakki
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Publication number: 20180312402Abstract: A process for producing hydrogen sulfide from hydrogen and elemental sulfur, comprising: bringing the sulfur into contact with a solid catalyst comprising at least one metal, chosen from metals from groups VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, in metal sulfide form, at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 160° C.; circulating the mixture of sulfur and catalyst resulting from step (a) in a reaction zone, in which said mixture is brought into contact with hydrogen, the reaction zone having a temperature at the inlet point of the catalyst of greater than or equal to 150° C. and a temperature at the outlet point of the catalyst of less than or equal to 300° C., and a pressure of less than or equal to 3 bar; separating the catalyst and the gaseous effluents containing hydrogen sulfide; and recycling the catalyst to the step of bringing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Pierre DUFRESNE, Pauline GALLIOU, Giuseppe ITALIANO, Ezio Antonino VIGLIANTI, Franck LABRUYERE
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Patent number: 10065164Abstract: The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprises the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) expelling the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one rotary brush fixed to the end of an articulated arm introduced into the reactor via the dump tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Eurecat S.A.Inventors: Jean Darcissac, Vincent Thevenet, Romain Vial, Lilian Bernard, Pierre Dufresne
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Patent number: 10065165Abstract: The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprising the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) extracting the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one flexible extraction sleeve introduced into the reactor via the said dump tube and connected to an extraction system situated outside the reactor, the sleeve being provided on its external surface with protuberances and being able to move, inside the reactor, translationally and rotationally with respect to the dump tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Eurecat S.A.Inventors: Jean Darcissac, Vincent Thevenet, Romain Vial, Lilian Bernard, Pierre Dufresne
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METHOD FOR COMPOSITIONAL SORTING OF CATALYST OR ADSORBENT IN MIXTURES OF CATALYSTS AND/OR ADSORBENTS
Publication number: 20180161767Abstract: A method for separation of at least one catalyst or adsorbent from a homogeneous mixture of catalysts or adsorbents, used in a method for treatment of gas or hydrocarbon feedstock, in which the grains of catalysts or adsorbents are separated according to a sorting threshold corresponding to a content of the constituent element that is sought and defined by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicants: Eurecat S.A., IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Thierry GAUTHIER, Charles Philippe LIENEMANN, Wilfried WEISS, Pierre DUFRESNE, Pauline GALLIOU -
Publication number: 20180154397Abstract: A method and a device for separation of at least one catalyst and/or adsorbent from a homogeneous mixture of catalysts and/or adsorbents containing one or more metal, semi-metal or non-metal contaminant(s) deposited thereon, making it possible to separate catalysts or adsorbents according to the presence or absence of contaminant and also according to the contaminant content, starting from a sorting threshold that corresponds to a content and that is defined by the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicants: EURECAT S.A., IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Thierry GAUTHIER, Charles-Philippe LIENEMANN, Wilfried WEISS, Pierre DUFRESNE, Pauline GALLIOU
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Patent number: 9982202Abstract: The invention describes a process for start-up of a hydrotreatment or hydroconversion unit carried out in the presence of hydrogen, in at least 2 catalytic beds, process in which At least one bed contains at least one presulfurized and preactivated catalyst and at least one catalytic bed that contains a catalyst whose catalytic metals are in oxidized form, A so-called starting feedstock, which is a hydrocarbon fraction that contains at least 0.5% by weight of sulfur, lacking olefinic compounds and not containing an added sulfur-containing compound, passes through a first catalytic bed that contains said presulfurized and preactivated catalyst and then passes through at least one catalytic bed that contains a catalyst whose catalytic metals are in oxidized form, And the first presulfurized and preactivated catalyst bed reaches a temperature of at least 220° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: EURECAT S.A.Inventor: Pierre Dufresne
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Patent number: 9943835Abstract: A process for ex-situ treatment of a catalyst that contains at least one hydrogenating phase, and at least one amorphous silica-alumina or a zeolite that contains acid. The process includes: a stage for introducing nitrogen by contact at a temperature that is less than 100° C., with at least one basic nitrogen-containing compound that is ammonia or a compound that can be decomposed into ammonia, the compound being introduced at a rate of 0.5-10% by weight (expressed in terms of N), and a sulfurization/activation stage with a gas that contains hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide at a temperature of at least 250° C., with this stage being carried out before or after the stage for introducing said nitrogen-containing compound, and optionally drying the catalyst that is obtained. This treatment allows a rapid, effective start-up on the hydrocracking unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: EURECAT S.A.Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Mickaël Bremaud, Pauline Galliou, Sharath Kirumakki
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Publication number: 20170182476Abstract: A process is disclosed for limiting the emissions of gases from a porous material in the form of particles comprising a porous inorganic support and at least 0.1% by weight of one or more compounds chosen from organic compounds, halogen compounds, boron compounds and phosphorus compounds. The particles are placed in motion within a hot gas stream traversing them, and a liquid composition containing one or more film-forming polymer(s) is sprayed over the moving particles by means of a twin-fluid atomization nozzle, in which the liquid composition is mixed with a pressurized gas, with a relative atomization pressure of greater than or equal to 0.7×105 Pa, until a protective layer containing the film-forming polymer(s) and exhibiting a mean thickness of less than or equal to 20 ?m is obtained on the surface of the said particles. A material resulting from this process is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Pierre DUFRESNE, Pauline GALLIOU, Mathieu BAFFERT, Fabien LABOULFIE
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Publication number: 20170157603Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for limiting the emission of dust from catalyst grains. Said method comprises the following two consecutive steps: a first step of performing a heat treatment of the catalyst grains at a temperature no lower than 100° C., followed by a second step of coating the surface of the catalyst grains by placing same in contact with one or more coating materials having a melting point T no lower than 45° C. and which are injected in a solid state, said second step being carried out with no further addition of heat, at a temperature of T?60° C. to T?1° C., while remaining no lower than 40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Pauline GALLIOU, Pierre DUFRESNE, Mathieu BAFFERT, Giuseppe ITALIANO
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Patent number: 9533288Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a supported metal catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) electroplating a layer of nickel on a metallic support, and then b) electroplating a top layer of platinum and/or palladium. The present invention also relates to the supported metal catalyst obtained by this process, and the use thereof in hydrogenation reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons, in particular for the selective hydrogenation of light olefins.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Eurecat S.A.Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Sharath Kirumakki
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Publication number: 20160375417Abstract: The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprises the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) expelling the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one rotary brush fixed to the end of an articulated arm introduced into the reactor via the dump tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Jean Darcissac, Vincent Thevenet, Romain Vial, Lilian Bernard, Pierre Dufresne
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Publication number: 20160375418Abstract: The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprising the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) extracting the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one flexible extraction sleeve introduced into the reactor via the said dump tube and connected to an extraction system situated outside the reactor, the sleeve being provided on its external surface with protuberances and being able to move, inside the reactor, translationally and rotationally with respect to the dump tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Jean Darcissac, Vincent Thevenet, Romain Vial, Lilian Bernard, Pierre Dufresne