Patents by Inventor Sophie COUDERC

Sophie COUDERC 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).

  • Publication number: 20220325365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a lignocellulosic biomass pretreated beforehand (1), said process comprising the extraction of the free sugars from said pretreated biomass using an alcoholic or aqueous-alcoholic extraction solution (2), so as to obtain a liquid phase enriched in free sugars, called liquor (3), and a solid phase depleted in free sugars, called must (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie COUDERC, Marc JACQUIN, Caroline AYMARD
  • Publication number: 20220325191
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for processing a petrol containing sulfur and olefin compounds, comprising the following steps: a) a step of hydrodesulfurisation in the presence of a catalyst comprising an oxide support and an active phase comprising a metal from group VIB and a metal from group VIII, b) a step of separating the H2S formed, c) a step of hydrodesulfurisation at a higher temperature than that of step a), with a hydrogen/feedstock ratio less than that of step a), and in the presence of a hydrodesulfurisation catalyst comprising an oxide support and an active phase consisting of at least one metal from group VIII, d) a step of separating the H2S formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie COUDERC, Adrien GOMEZ, Clementina LOPEZ GARCIA, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Damien HUDEBINE, Floriane MALDONADO
  • Publication number: 20220267686
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a gasoline containing sulfur compounds and olefins includes the following stages: a) hydrodesulfurization in the presence of a catalyst having an oxide support and an active phase having a metal from group VIB and a metal from group VIII, b) hydrodesulfurization at a higher temperature than that of stage a) and in the presence of a catalyst having an oxide support and an active phase with at least one metal from group VIII, c) separation of H2S formed, d) hydrodesulfurization at a low hydrogen/feedstock ratio and in the presence of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst having an oxide support and an active phase having a metal from group VIB and a metal from group VIII or an active phase with at least one metal from group VIII, and e) further separation of H2S formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Sophie COUDERC, Adrien GOMEZ, Clementina LOPEZ-GARCIA, Philibert LEFLAIVE, Damien HUDEBINE, Floriane MALDONADO
  • Publication number: 20210261872
    Abstract: A two-step hydrocracking process with a distillation step wherein a dividing wall distillation column is used, the dividing wall dividing the lower part of the column into two compartments, located in the section of the column located under the supply of said column with the unconverted effluent resulting from the first hydrocracking step. The distillation column is fed on either side of the vertical dividing wall with the liquid hydrocarbon effluent from the first hydrocracking step and with the liquid hydrocarbon effluent from the second hydrocracking step, allowing the concentration of the HPNAs contained in the effluent from the second hydrocracking step in a specific compartment of the column delimited by the dividing wall and avoiding the dilution of said HPNAs by the unconverted effluent from the first hydrocracking step. The present invention allows purging of purer HPNAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Thomas PLENNEVAUX, Emmanuelle GUILLON, Sophie COUDERC, Audrey BONDUELLE-SKRZYPCZAK
  • Patent number: 10766846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butadiene that is fed with a butanediol feedstock, with said method comprising at least: a) An esterification step comprising: A reaction section; A separation section producing a butanediol diester effluent, a water effluent, and a carboxylic acid effluent; b) An esterification pyrolysis step; c) A separation step comprising at least: A cooling section producing a liquid pyrolysis effluent and a vapor pyrolysis effluent; A gas-liquid washing section that is fed at the top with a fraction of the carboxylic acid effluent that is obtained from the separation section of step a) and at the bottom with said vapor pyrolysis effluent and producing at the top a butadiene effluent and at the bottom a washing effluent; in which a carboxylic-acid-rich stream comprising at least a portion of the liquid pyrolysis effluent is recycled to step a); d) A separation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Marc Jacquin, Nuno Pacheco, Rejane Dastillung, Sophie Couderc, Claire Fauvarque Nuytien
  • Patent number: 10654763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock comprising a step of converting ethanol into butadiene, a step of separating the reactants into a hydrated butadiene effluent, an impurities effluent and an ethanol-butadiene effluent, a separation step that separates the ethanol-butadiene effluent into a butadiene distillate and a contaminated reactants effluent, a step of purifying the butadiene by extractive distillation and an effluent treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Rejane Dastillung, Sophie Couderc, Olivier Thinon
  • Patent number: 10647624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 1,3-butanediene from a butanediol feedstock that includes: a) A step for esterification of butanediol by a carboxylic acid to form the corresponding diester; b) A step for pyrolysis of the diester effluent obtained from step a); c) A step for distillation fed by at least the carboxylic acid effluent obtained from step a), and producing an aqueous distillate and a carboxylic acid residue; d) A step for drying the carboxylic acid that is fed at least by the carboxylic acid residue obtained from step c) and producing a water effluent and a carboxylic acid product that feeds step a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: IFP Energies nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Nuno Pacheco, Margarita Dorato, Marc Jacquin, Rejane Dastillung, Sophie Couderc
  • Patent number: 10501391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock, comprising a step of converting the ethanol into butadiene, a distillation step, a step of washing with water, a butadiene purification step comprising at least one section for separating the 1-butene by extractive distillation and a final distillation section fed with the topped butadiene distillate, separating at the top a purified butadiene effluent and at the bottom a butene residue, and an effluent treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Sophie Couderc, Rejane Dastillung, Olivier Thinon
  • Publication number: 20190300470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butadiene that is fed with a butanediol feedstock, with said method comprising at least: a) An esterification step comprising: A reaction section; A separation section producing a butanediol diester effluent, a water effluent, and a carboxylic acid effluent; b) An esterification pyrolysis step; c) A separation step comprising at least: A cooling section producing a liquid pyrolysis effluent and a vapor pyrolysis effluent; A gas-liquid washing section that is fed at the top with a fraction of the carboxylic acid effluent that is obtained from the separation section of step a) and at the bottom with said vapor pyrolysis effluent and producing at the top a butadiene effluent and at the bottom a washing effluent; in which a carboxylic-acid-rich stream comprising at least a portion of the liquid pyrolysis effluent is recycled to step a); d) A separation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Marc JACQUIN, Nuno PACHECO, Rejane DASTILLUNG, Sophie COUDERC, Claire FAUVARQUE NUYTIEN
  • Publication number: 20190202756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock comprising a step of converting ethanol into butadiene, a step of separating the reactants into a hydrated butadiene effluent, an impurities effluent and an ethanol-butadiene effluent, a separation step that separates the ethanol-butadiene effluent into a butadiene distillate and a contaminated reactants effluent, a step of purifying the butadiene by extractive distillation and an effluent treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Rejane DASTILLUNG, Sophie COUDERC, Olivier THINON
  • Publication number: 20190169095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock, comprising a step of converting the ethanol into butadiene, a distillation step, a step of washing with water, a butadiene purification step comprising at least one section for separating the 1-butene by extractive distillation and a final distillation section fed with the topped butadiene distillate, separating at the top a purified butadiene effluent and at the bottom a butene residue, and an effluent treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Sophie COUDERC, Rejane DASTILLUNG, Olivier THINON
  • Publication number: 20180370869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 1,3-butanediene from a butanediol feedstock that includes: a) A step for esterification of butanediol by a carboxylic acid to form the corresponding diester; b) A step for pyrolysis of the diester effluent obtained from step a); c) A step for distillation fed by at least the carboxylic acid effluent obtained from step a), and producing an aqueous distillate and a carboxylic acid residue; d) A step for drying the carboxylic acid that is fed at least by the carboxylic acid residue obtained from step c) and producing a water effluent and a carboxylic acid product that feeds step a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: IFP Energies nouvelles, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Nuno PACHECO, Margarita DORATO, Marc JACQUIN, Rejane DASTILLUNG, Sophie COUDERC