MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647085941 A) filed by Ifp Energies Nouvelles on July 14, 2026, for Method For Treating A Liquid Carbonaceous Feedstock Resulting From A Hydrothermal Liquefaction Treatment.
Inventors include Augier, Frederic; Digne, Romina; Legagneux, Nicolas; Huard, Thierry; Kleverud, Jan Henning; and Schoeffel, Klaus Number.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating a liquid feedstock that comprises at least partially carbonaceous products resulting from a hydrothermal liquefaction treatment, referred to as a biocrude feedstock (1), with a view to reducing the content of mineral compounds thereof, such that the treatment comprises: - a step a) of diluting the biocrude feedstock with a diluent (8) which comprises an organic liquid phase so as to obtain a diluted biocrude feedstock (9); - a step b) of bringing the diluted biocrude feedstock obtained in step a) into contact with at least one solvent (3) which comprises an aqueous liquid phase, with counter-current liquid-liquid extraction, so as to obtain a raffinate (5) comprising the biocrude feedstock depleted in mineral compounds and the diluent, and an extract (4) comprising the solvent enriched in mineral compounds; and - a step c) of separating the raffinate (5) obtained in step b), so as to obtain the biocrude feedstock depleted in mineral compounds (7), and a phase comprising the diluent (8).
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