Patents by Inventor Serge Nicolas

Serge Nicolas 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: 10118152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous Faujasite zeolite with an Si/Al ratio which is strictly greater than 1.4 and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Cecile Lutz, Serge Nicolas
  • Patent number: 10106429
    Abstract: The present invention concerns zeolites with hierarchical porosity having a molar ratio Si/Al of between 1 and 1.4, inclusive, of which the average diameter, as a number, is between 0.1 ?m and 20 ?m, having controlled and optimized crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Karine Lopez, Cecile Lutz, Ludivine Bouvier
  • Patent number: 10071914
    Abstract: The present invention concerns Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity having an Si/Al atomic ratio strictly greater than 1.4 and less than or equal to 6, having controlled and optimised crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Ludivine Bouvier, Cécile Lutz
  • Publication number: 20180185817
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorbent article. The adsorbent article contains zeolitic particles which include at least one zeolitic adsorbent. The zeolitic particles are immobilized with at least one resin. According to one embodiment, the resin is in the form of particles, which can be melted to form bridges at points of contact between the zeolitic particles, thus immobilizing the zeolitic particles. The average size of the zeolitic particles can be between 0.03 mm and 3 mm. The zeolitic particles contain at least one zeolite and the zeolite content of the article is at least 60 weight percent, based on the weight of the article. The invention also relates to a method for separating a fluid from another fluid or from impurities, by contacting the fluid with the adsorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Sean Michael STABLER, Serge NICOLAS, Guillaume ORTIZ, Cécile LUTZ, Stéphane KIEGER
  • Publication number: 20180161754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolitic adsorbents based on agglomerated crystals of FAU zeolite containing barium and/or potassium, with large external surface area, combining optimum properties in terms of selectivity and mechanical strength. These adsorbents find applications in the separation of cuts of C8-aromatic isomers and notably of xylenes, in the separation of isomers of substituted toluene such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene, toluenediamine, in the separation of cresols, and in the separation of polyhydric alcohols such as sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Arkema France, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Catherine Laroche, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Ludivine BOUVIER, Serge NICOLAS, Cecile LUTZ, Marie-Laurence LABEDE
  • Publication number: 20180166689
    Abstract: A masterbatch in agglomerated solid form including carbon nanofibers and/or nanotubes and/or carbon black, the content of which is between 15 wt % and 40 wt %, preferably between 20 wt % and 35 wt %, relative to the total weight of the masterbatch; at least one solvent; at least one polymer binder, which represents from 1 wt % to 40 wt %, preferably from 2 wt % to 30 wt % relative to the total weight of the masterbatch. Also, a concentrated masterbatch, characterized in that it is obtained by eliminating all or part of the solvent from the masterbatch described previously. Also, a process for preparing said masterbatches and to the uses of the latter, especially in the manufacture of an electrode or of a composite material for an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Alexander Korzhenko, Amelie Merceron, Mickael Havel, Yvan Lecomte
  • Patent number: 9987613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous zeolite and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Cecile Lutz, Quitterie Persillon, Serge Nicolas, Yvan Lecomte
  • Patent number: 9914109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolitic adsorbents based on agglomerated crystals of FAU zeolite comprising barium and/or potassium, with large external surface area, combining optimum properties in terms of selectivity and mechanical strength. These adsorbents find applications in the separation of cuts of C8-aromatic isomers and notably of xylenes, in the separation of isomers of substituted toluene such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene, toluenediamine, in the separation of cresols, and polyhydric alcohols, such as sugars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Catherine Laroche, Philibert Leflaive, Ludivine Bouvier, Serge Nicolas, Cecile Lutz, Marie-Laurence Labede
  • Publication number: 20180015407
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use, for gas separation and/or gas drying, of at least one zeolite adsorbent material comprising at least one type A zeolite, said adsorbent having an external surface area greater than 20 m2.g?1, a non-zeolite phase (PNZ) content such that O<PNZ?30%, and an Si/Al atomic ratio of between 1.0 and 2.0. The invention also concerns a zeolite adsorbent material having an Si/Al ratio of between 1.0 and 2.0, a mesoporous volume of between 0.07 cm3·g?1 and 0.18 cm3·g?1, a (Vmicro-Vmeso)/Vmicro ratio of between ?3 and 1.0, non-inclusive, and a non-zeolite phase (PNZ) content such that 0<PNZ?30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Jullian VITTENET, Guillaume ORTIZ, Serge NICOLAS, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cécile LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20180008955
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use, for gas separation, of at least one zeolite adsorbent material comprising at least one FAU zeolite, said adsorbent having an external surface area greater than 20 m2·g?1, a non-zeolite phase (PNZ) content such that 0<PNZ?30%, and an Si/Al atomic ratio of between 1 and 2.5. The invention also concerns a zeolite adsorbent material having an Si/Al ratio such that 1?Si/Al<2.5, a mesoporous volume of between 0.08 cm3·g?1 and 0.25 cm3·g?1, a (Vmicro?Vmeso)/Vmicro ratio of between ?0.5 and 1.0, non-inclusive, and a non-zeolite phase (PNZ) content such that 0<PNZ?30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Cécile LUTZ, Ludivine BOUVIER, Serge NICOLAS, Jullian VITTENET, Sylvie SZENDROVICS, Quitterie PERSILLON
  • Publication number: 20170274350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zeolite material in the form of FAU zeolite nanocrystal aggregates, to the method for preparing said material, to the zeolite agglomerates prepared from said material with a binder, and to the uses of said material and agglomerate as adsorbents for gas-phase or liquid-phase separation operations, and particularly in methods for separating gas or liquid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Serge NICOLAS, Guillaume ORTIZ, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20170226031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating meta-xylene from C8 aromatic fractions, using a zeolitic adsorbent based on sodium-exchanged or sodium-and-lithium-exchanged agglomerated crystals of zeolite Y, with a large external surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Arnaud BAUDOT, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Serge NICOLAS
  • Publication number: 20160207024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous Faujasite zeolite with an Si/Al ratio which is strictly greater than 1.4 and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Serge NICOLAS
  • Publication number: 20160207025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolitic adsorbents based on agglomerated crystals of FAU zeolite comprising barium and/or potassium, with large external surface area, combining optimum properties in terms of selectivity and mechanical strength. These adsorbents find applications in the separation of cuts of C8-aromatic isomers and notably of xylenes, in the separation of isomers of substituted toluene such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene, toluenediamine, in the separation of cresols, and polyhydric alcohols, such as sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicants: CECA S.A., IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Catherine LAROCHE, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Ludivine BOUVIER, Serge NICOLAS, Cecile LUTZ, Marie-Laurence LABEDE
  • Publication number: 20160193586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous zeolite and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ, Quitterie PERSILLON, Serge NICOLAS, Yvan LECOMTE
  • Publication number: 20160176720
    Abstract: The present invention concerns Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity having an Si/AI atomic ratio strictly greater than 1.4 and less than or equal to 6, having controlled and optimised crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Serge NICOLAS, Ludivine BOUVIER, Cecile LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20160137517
    Abstract: The present invention concerns zeolites with hierarchical porosity having a molar ratio Si/Al of between 1 and 1.4, inclusive, of which the average diameter, as a number, is between 0.1 ?m and 20 ?m, having controlled and optimized crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Serge NICOLAS, Karine LOPEZ, Cecile LUTZ, Ludivine BOUVIER
  • Patent number: 9061918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a zeolite of the faujasite X type having a low silica content, more precisely a zeolite LSX having a Si/Al atomic ratio lower than or equal to 1.15, having a high crystallinity rate and whereof the crystals have a controlled particle size distribution. The present invention also relates to the method for preparing said zeolite LSX.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Serge Nicolas, Guy-Henri Durand
  • Patent number: 8932386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agglomerated zeolite adsorbent containing at least one polymer matrix that is greatly laden with at least one zeolite adsorbent. The invention also relates to the method for preparing such an adsorbent and to the uses thereof, particularly as an adsorbent of moisture, odors, volatile organic components, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Serge Nicolas, Alice Medevielle, Patrick Alex
  • Publication number: 20140319429
    Abstract: A method for preparing a paste-like composition including carbon-based conductive fillers, at least one polymeric binder, at least one solvent, and at least one polymeric dispersant being different from the binder. Also, the paste that can result from said method, and to the uses thereof, in pure or diluted form, in particular for the manufacture of Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Alexander Korzhenko, Amélie Merceron, Yvan Lecomte