Patents by Inventor Roland Antonas

Roland Antonas 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).

  • Method and device for fast sulfur characterization and quantification in sedimentary rocks and petroleum products
    Patent number: 8796035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for sulfur characterization and quantification in a sample of sedimentary rocks or of petroleum products wherein the following stages are carried out: heating said sample in a pyrolysis oven (1) in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, oxidizing part of the pyrolysis effluents and continuously measuring the amount of SO2 generated by said part after oxidation, then transferring the pyrolysis residue of said sample into an oxidation oven (1?) and continuously measuring the amount of SO2 contained in the effluents resulting from said oxidation heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Vinci Technologies
    Inventors: Jean Espitalie, Roland Antonas, Violaine Lamoureux-Var, Gérémie Letort, Daniel Pillot, Valérie Beaumont, Frank Haeseler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAST SULFUR CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20110263034
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for sulfur characterization and quantification in a sample of sedimentary rocks or of petroleum products wherein the following stages are carried out: heating said sample in a pyrolysis oven (1) in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, oxidizing part of the pyrolysis effluents and continuously measuring the amount of SO2 generated by said part after oxidation, then transferring the pyrolysis residue of said sample into an oxidation oven (1?) and continuously measuring the amount of SO2 contained in the effluents resulting from said oxidation heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Jean Espitalie, Roland Antonas, Violaine Lamoureux-Var, Gérémie Letort, Daniel Pillot, Valérie Beaumont, Frank Haeseler