Method for producing bio-fuel that integrates heat from carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions to drive biomass gasification reactions

Title: Method for producing bio-fuel that integrates heat from carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions to drive biomass gasification reactions

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A low-temperature catalytic process for converting biomass (preferably glycerol recovered from the fabrication of bio-diesel) to synthesis gas (i.e., H.sub.2/CO gas mixture) in an endothermic gasification reaction is described. The synthesis gas is used in exothermic carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, such as Fischer-Tropsch, methanol, or dimethylether syntheses. The heat from the exothermic carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction is integrated with the endothermic gasification reaction, thus providing an energy-efficient route for producing fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass resources.

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Cortright, Randy D ^[1]; Dumesic, James A ^[2]

Madison, WI
Verona, WI

Publication Date:: 2012-04-10

Research Org.:: Virent, Inc. (Madison, WI)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1040881

Patent Number(s):: 8,153,698

Application Number:: 12/962,747

Assignee:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI); Virent, Inc. (Madison, WI)

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-84ER13183

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS

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