Patents by Inventor Simon Ifrah

Simon Ifrah 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: 11964255
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mixed oxide composition based on zirconium and cerium exhibiting a high reducibility, the process for preparing it and its use in the field of catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Laure Jeanne Simone Bisson, Benjamin Faure, Rui Miguel Jorge Coelho Marques, Wei Li, Ling Zhu
  • Patent number: 11547982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixed oxide composed of zirconium, cerium, lanthanum and at least one rare earth oxide other than cerium and lanthanum, having a specific porosity and a high specific surface area; to the method for preparing same and to the use thereof in catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Jorge Coelho Marques, Simon Ifrah, Boris Chabert
  • Publication number: 20220401921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension of nanoparticles of a mixed oxide based on cerium and zirconium. It also relates to the use of said suspension for the preparation of a catalysed gasoline particulate filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Virginie Harle, Simon Ifrah, Boris Chabert, Benjamin Faure, Olivier Larue
  • Publication number: 20220297091
    Abstract: A mixed oxide, a catalytic composition, a catalytic wall-flow monolith, the use of the mixed oxide and the process of the preparation of the mixed oxide. The mixed oxide comprises zirconium, cerium, lanthanum and optionally at least one rare earth element other than cerium and other than lanthanum. The catalytic composition and the wall-flow monolith comprise the particles of the mixed oxide. The use of the mixed oxide is in the preparation of a coating on a filter. The process of preparation of the mixed oxide consists jet milling. The mixed oxide is a compromise between a calibrated size and a low viscosity when in the form of an aqueous slurry while retaining a high specific surface area and a high pore volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Simon IFRAH, Rui JORGE COELHO MARQUES, Wei LI, Ling ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210354111
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mixed oxide composition based on zirconium and cerium exhibiting a high reducibility, the process for preparing it and its use in the field of catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Simon IFRAH, Laure, Jeanne, Simone BISSON, Benjamin FAURE, Rui Miguel JORGE COELHO MARQUES, Wei LI, Ling ZHU
  • Patent number: 10384954
    Abstract: A composition including cerium and zirconium oxides, including at least 30 wt.-% cerium oxide is desired. Following calcination at a temperature of 900 DEG C. for 4 hours, the composition has two populations of pores, the diameters of the first population being centered around a value of between 5 nm and 15 nm for a composition including 30% to 65% cerium oxide or between 10 nm and 20 nm for more than 65% cerium oxide and the diameter of the second population being centered around a value of between 45 nm and 65 nm for 30% to 65% cerium oxide or between 60 nm and 100 nm for more than 65% cerium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Olivier Larcher
  • Patent number: 10369547
    Abstract: The composition of the invention is based on oxides of cerium, of zirconium and of at least one rare earth metal other than cerium, with a cerium oxide content of greater than 50% by weight and it has, after calcination at 1000° C. for 4 hours, a specific surface area of at least 20 m2/g and an amount of mobile oxygen between 200° C. and 400° C. of at least 0.8 ml O2/g. It is prepared by a process in which, in a reactor, a mixture of compounds of cerium, of zirconium and of the other rare earth metal is reacted continuously with a basic compound with a residence time of the reaction medium in the mixing zone of the reactor of at most 100 milliseconds; the precipitate is heated then brought into contact with a surfactant before being calcined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Emmanuel Rohart, Julien Hernandez, Dominique Horbez, Lama Itani
  • Patent number: 10350578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing zirconium, cerium and yttrium oxides with a cerium oxide proportion of between 3% and 15%, and yttrium oxide proportions corresponding to the following conditions: 6% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 12% excluded and 15% included; 10% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 7% excluded and 12% included; 30% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 3% and 7% included; the balance consisting of zirconium oxide. The composition may optionally include an oxide of a rare earth selected from lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium. The composition can be used for processing the exhaust gases of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Larcher, Emmanuel Rohart, Simon Ifrah
  • Publication number: 20190168188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixed oxide composed of zirconium, cerium, lanthanum and at least one rare earth oxide other than cerium and lanthanum, having a specific porosity and a high specific surface area; to the method for preparing same and to the use thereof in catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Rui Miguel JORGE COELHO MARQUES, Simon IFRAH, Boris CHABERT
  • Publication number: 20190134608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising at least a cerium and zirconium based mixed oxide comprising zirconium, cerium, lanthanum and optionally at least one rare earth other than cerium and lanthanum; said mixed oxide exhibiting a high thermal resistance and are in particular capable of maintaining a large specific surface area even in a high temperature environment. Also disclosed is a process for the synthesis of such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Simon IFRAH, Wie LI, Valérie BUISSETTE, Stéphane DENAIRE, Rui Miguel JORGE COELHO MARQUES
  • Patent number: 10189010
    Abstract: A composition of zirconium oxide and at least one oxide of a rare earth other than cerium is described. The zirconium oxide has a weight proportion of at least 50% and, after calcination at a temperature of 900° C. for 4 hours, the composition exhibits two populations of pores of which their respective diameters are centered. The diameter of the first pore has a value of from 20 nm to 40 nm and in the second pore has a value of from 80 nm to 200 nm. Further described is how the composition can be used for treating the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Olivier Larcher
  • Patent number: 9901915
    Abstract: The composition according to the invention includes a perovskite of the formula LaMO3, where M is at least one element selected from among iron, aluminium or manganese, in the form of particles dispersed on an alumina or aluminium oxyhydroxide substrate, characterized in that after calcination at 700° C. for 4 hours, the perovskite is in the form of a pure crystallographic phase, and in that the size of the perovskite particles does not exceed 15 nm. The composition according to the invention can be used in the field of catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Olivier Larcher, Rui Jorge Coelho Marques, Michael Lallemand, Julien Hernandez
  • Patent number: 9592498
    Abstract: A porous inorganic composite oxide containing oxides of aluminum and of cerium and/or zirconium, and, optionally, oxides of one or more dopants selected from transition metals, rare earths, and mixtures thereof, and having a specific surface area, in m2/g, after calcining at 1100° C. for 5 hours, of ?0.8235[Al]+11.157 and a total pore volume, in cm3/g, after calcining at 900° C. for 2 hours, of ?0.0097[Al]+0.0647, wherein [Al] is the amount of oxides of aluminum, expressed as pbw Al2O3 per 100 pbw of the composite oxide; a catalyst containing one or more noble metals dispersed on the porous inorganic composite oxide; and a method for making the porous inorganic composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Olivier Larcher, Francis Francis, Thomas English, Simon Ifrah, Andrew Polli
  • Publication number: 20150202596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing zirconium, cerium and yttrium oxides with a cerium oxide proportion of between 3% and 15%, and yttrium oxide proportions corresponding to the following conditions: 6% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 12% excluded and 15% included; 10% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 7% excluded and 12% included; 30% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is between 3% and 7% included; the balance consisting of zirconium oxide. The composition may optionally include an oxide of a rare earth selected from lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium. The composition can be used for processing the exhaust gases of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Olivier LARCHER, Emmanuel ROHART, Simon IFRAH
  • Publication number: 20150148219
    Abstract: The composition according to the invention includes a perovskite of the formula LaMO3, where M is at least one element selected from among iron, aluminium or manganese, in the form of particles dispersed on an alumina or aluminium oxyhydroxide substrate, characterized in that after calcination at 700° C. for 4 hours, the perovskite is in the form of a pure crystallographic phase, and in that the size of the perovskite particles does not exceed 15 nm. The composition according to the invention can be used in the field of catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Simon IFRAH, Olivier LARCHER, Rui JORGE COELHO MARQUES, Michael LALLEMAND, Julien HERNANDEZ
  • Patent number: 8974764
    Abstract: A composition is described that includes a perovskite of the formula LaMO3, where M is at least one element selected from among iron, aluminum or manganese, in the form of particles dispersed on an alumina or aluminum oxyhydroxide substrate, wherein after calcination at 700° C. for 4 hours, the perovskite is in the form of a pure crystallographic phase, and in that the size of the perovskite particles does not exceed 15 nm. The described composition can be used in the field of catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Olivier Larcher, Rui Jorge Coelho Marques, Michael Lallemand, Julien Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8956994
    Abstract: A composition is described that includes zirconium oxide, cerium oxide and yttrium oxide, or zirconium oxide, cerium oxide and at least two oxides of two rare earths different from cerium in a mass proportion of at least 20% of zirconium oxide and of at most 70% of cerium oxide, wherein the composition further includes, after calcination at 900° C. for 4 hours, two populations of pores having respective diameters centered, for the first population, about a value of 20 nm to 40 nm and, for the second, about a value of 80 nm to 200 nm. The composition can be used for processing exhaust gases of internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Olivier Larcher
  • Publication number: 20140205522
    Abstract: The composition of the invention is based on oxides of cerium, of zirconium and of at least one rare earth metal other than cerium, with a cerium oxide content of greater than 50% by weight and it has, after calcination at 1000° C. for 4 hours, a specific surface area of at least 20 m2/g and an amount of mobile oxygen between 200° C. and 400° C. of at least 0.8 ml O2/g. It is prepared by a process in which, in a reactor, a mixture of compounds of cerium, of zirconium and of the other rare earth metal is reacted continuously with a basic compound with a residence time of the reaction medium in the mixing zone of the reactor of at most 100 milliseconds; the precipitate is heated then brought into contact with a surfactant before being calcine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Emmanuel Rohart, Julien Hernandez, Dominique Horbez, Lama Itani
  • Publication number: 20140147357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition essentially consisting of a zirconia-ceria mixed oxide, with a zirconia content of at least 40 wt. % and, after 4 hours of calcination at 1000° C., a specific surface area of at least 25 m2/g and a quantity of mobile oxygen between 200° C. and 400° C. of at least 0.5 ml O2/g. Said composition is produced using a method wherein a mixture of cerium and zirconium compounds is continuously reacted with a basic compound in a reactor, with a maximum residence time of the reactive medium in the mixture zone of the reactor of 100 milliseconds; and the precipitate is heated then brought into contact with a surfactant before being calcinated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Lama Itani, Julien Hernandez, Dominique Horbez
  • Publication number: 20140140910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition essentially consisting of ceria-zirconia mixed oxide, with a ceria content of at least 60 wt. % and, after 4 hours of calcination at 1000° C., a specific surface area of at least 15 m2/g and a quantity of mobile oxygen between 200° C. and 400° C. of at least 0.7 ml 02/g. Said composition is produced using a method wherein a mixture of cerium and zirconium compounds is continuously reacted with a basic compound in a reactor, with a maximum residence time of the reactive medium in the mixture zone of the reactor of 100 milliseconds; and the precipitate is heated then brought into contact with a surfactant before being calcinated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Lama Itani, Julien Hernandez, Dominique Horbez