Method for producing hydrocarbon and alcohol mixtures. [Patent application]

Patent · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5962263

Compere, A L; Googin, J M; Griffith, W L

It is an object of this invention to provide an efficient process for extracting alcohols and ketones from an aqueous solution containing the same into hydrocarbon fuel mixtures, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and fuel oil. Another object of the invention is to provide a mixture consisting of hydrocarbon, alcohols or ketones, polyoxyalkylene polymer and water which can be directly added to fuels or further purified. The above stated objects are achieved in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention by contacting an aqueous fermentation liquor with a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture containing carbon compounds having 5 to 18 carbon atoms, which may include gasoline, diesel fuel or fuel oil. The hydrocarbon-aqueous alcohol solution is mixed in the presence or one or more of a group of polyoxyalkylene polymers described in detail hereinafter; the fermentation alcohol being extracted into the hydrocarbon fuel-polyoxyalkylene polymer mixture.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: TIC; ERA-07-010406; EDB-82-019218
• Patent Number(s): None
• OSTI ID: 5962263
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALCOHOLS
BIOCONVERSION
BUTANOLS
DIESEL FUELS
DISPERSIONS
ETHANOL
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POLYMERS
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PROPANOLS
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