Catalysts and methods for converting carbonaceous materials to fuels

Hensley, Jesse; Ruddy, Daniel A.; Schaidle, Joshua A.; Behl, Mayank

Catalysts and methods for converting carbonaceous materials to fuels

Patent · 31 October 2017

OSTI ID:1406576

Hensley, Jesse; Ruddy, Daniel A.; Schaidle, Joshua A.; Behl, Mayank

Catalysts and processes designed to convert DME and/or methanol and hydrogen (H.sub.2) to desirable liquid fuels are described. These catalysts produce the fuels efficiently and with a high selectivity and yield, and reduce the formation of aromatic hydrocarbons by incorporating H.sub.2 into the products. Also described are process methods to further upgrade these fuels to higher molecular weight liquid fuel mixtures, which have physical properties comparable with current commercially used liquid fuels.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308;

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Patent Number(s):: 9,803,142

Application Number:: 15/617,026

OSTI ID:: 1406576

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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