Patents by Inventor St{acute over (e)}phane Kressmann

St{acute over (e)}phane Kressmann 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: 6171477
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of a hydrocarbon fraction comprising a step a) for treating a hydrocarbon charge in the presence of hydrogen in at least one reactor containing at least one hydrodesulphurisation catalyst in a fixed bed under conditions that make it possible to obtain a liquid effluent with a reduced sulphur content, a step b) for treating at least a part of the liquid effluent originating from step a) in the presence of hydrogen in at least one three-phase reactor, containing at least one hydrotreatment catalyst in a boiling bed, operating with an ascending stream of liquid and gas, said reactor comprising at least one means of withdrawing the catalyst from said reactor situated near the bottom of the reactor and at least one means of making up fresh catalyst in said reactor situated near the top of said reactor, and a step c) in which at least part of the product obtained in step b) is passed to a distillation zone from which are recovered a gas fraction, a motor fuel fraction of the petrol type
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Fr{acute over (e)}d{acute over (e)}ric Morel, Jean-Luc Duplan, Alain Billon, St{acute over (e)}phane Kressmann