Patents by Inventor Sophie Montes

Sophie Montes 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: 7267775
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a plant for processing a gas by means of a glycol solution wherein a feed comprising a gas, a glycol, water and salts is subjected to a first stage (5) of separating the gas from a liquid effluent and said liquid effluent is subjected to a dehydration stage (14) to recover a dehydrated liquid effluent, characterized in that the salts contained in the liquid effluent, dehydrated or not, are eliminated in a membrane separation stage (10) by means of a driving force generated by mechanical pressure difference on either side of a membrane of pore size ranging between 5 and 100 Angstrom. The invention also relates to the use of the method and of the plant for regeneration of a liquid compound of the glycol family used for hydrate formation prevention when using a natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Arnaud Baudot, Nathalie Dupassieux, Sophie Montes
  • Publication number: 20050022665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a plant for processing a gas by means of a glycol solution wherein a feed comprising a gas, a glycol, water and salts is subjected to a first stage (5) of separating the gas from a liquid effluent and said liquid effluent is subjected to a dehydration stage (14) to recover a dehydrated liquid effluent, characterized in that the salts contained in the liquid effluent, dehydrated or not, are eliminated in a membrane separation stage (10) by means of a driving force generated by mechanical pressure difference on either side of a membrane of pore size ranging between 5 and 100 Angstrom. The invention also relates to the use of the method and of the plant for regeneration of a liquid compound of the glycol family used for hydrate formation prevention when using a natural gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Arnaud Baudot, Nathalie Dupassieux, Sophie Montes