Patents by Inventor Renal-Vasco BACKOV

Renal-Vasco BACKOV 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: 11717808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction method carried out in liquid and/or gas phase under irradiation, using a photocatalyst containing a first semiconductor, particles comprising one or more metallic-state elements M, and a second semiconductor SC, wherein the method is carried out by contacting a feedstock containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound with the photocatalyst, then irradiating the photocatalyst such that the CO2 is reduced, and oxidising the sacrificial compound in order to produce an effluent containing at least in part C1 or above carbon molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Bernadet, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Renal-Vasco Backov, Serge Ravaine
  • Patent number: 11247193
    Abstract: Process for preparing a porous monolith comprising between 10% and 100% by weight of a semiconductor relative to the total weight of the porous monolith, which process comprises the following steps: a) a first aqueous suspension containing polymer particles is prepared; b) a second aqueous suspension containing particles of least one inorganic semiconductor is prepared; c) the two aqueous suspensions prepared in steps a) and b) are mixed in order to obtain a paste; d) a heat treatment of the paste obtained in step c) is carried out in order to obtain the monolith with multimodal porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Bernadet, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Renal-Vasco Backov, Serge Ravaine
  • Patent number: 11077427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous monolith comprising between 20 wt.-% and 70 wt.-% TiO 2 relative to the total weight of the monolith, and between 30 wt.-% and 80 wt.-% a refractory oxide, selected from silica, alumina or silica-alumina, relative to the total weight of the monolith, characterized in that said porous monolith has a bulk density of less than 0.19 g/mL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie Bernadet, Antoine Fecant, Denis Uzio, Renal-Vasco Backov, Serge Ravaine
  • Publication number: 20210106977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction method carried out in liquid and/or gas phase under irradiation, using a photocatalyst containing a first semiconductor, particles comprising one or more metallic-state elements M, and a second semiconductor SC, wherein the method is carried out by contacting a feedstock containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound with the photocatalyst, then irradiating the photocatalyst such that the CO2 is reduced, and oxidising the sacrificial compound in order to produce an effluent containing at least in part C1 or above carbon molecules other than CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Denis UZIO, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Serge RAVAINE
  • Publication number: 20210101134
    Abstract: Process for preparing a porous monolith comprising between 10% and 100% by weight of a semiconductor relative to the total weight of the porous monolith, which process comprises the following steps: a) a first aqueous suspension containing polymer particles is prepared; b) a second aqueous suspension containing particles of least one inorganic semiconductor is prepared; c) the two aqueous suspensions prepared in steps a) and b) are mixed in order to obtain a paste; d) a heat treatment of the paste obtained in step c) is carried out in order to obtain the monolith with multimodal porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Denis UZIO, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Serge RAVAINE
  • Publication number: 20210101133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous monolith comprising between 20 wt.-% and 70 wt.-% Ti0 2 relative to the total weight of the monolith, and between 30 wt.-% and 80 wt.-% a refractory oxide, selected from silica, alumina or silica-alumina, relative to the total weight of the monolith, characterized in that said porous monolith has a bulk density of less than 0.19 g/mL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Denis UZIO, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Serge RAVAINE
  • Publication number: 20210094000
    Abstract: Method for treating a gaseous feedstock containing molecular oxygen and one or more volatile compounds, which method comprises the following steps: a) bringing said gaseous feedstock containing molecular oxygen and one or more volatile organic compounds into contact with a monolith comprising silica and titanium dioxide, said monolith comprising a type-I macropore volume, of which the diameter of the pores is greater than 50 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm, of between from 0.1 to 3 ml/g, and a type-II macropore volume, of which the diameter of the pores is greater than 1 ?m and less than or equal to 10 ?m, of between from 1 to 8 ml/g; b) irradiating said monolith with at least one irradiation source producing at least one wavelength lower than 400 nm in order to convert said volatile organic compounds into carbon dioxide, said step b) being carried out at a temperature between ?30° C. and +200° C. and at a pressure between 0.01 MPa and 70 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie BERNADET, Antoine FECANT, Serge RAVAINE, Renal-Vasco BACKOV, Michael LE BECHEC, Sylvie LACOMBE