Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals

Title: Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals

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This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for converting biomass to various chemical intermediates and final products including fuels. Aspects include the depolymerization of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose to a wide slate of depolymerization compounds that can be subsequently metabolized by genetically modified bacterium, and converted to cis,cis-muconic acid. Other aspects include the use of monometallic catalysts for converting the cis,cis-muconic acid to commodity chemicals and fuels, for example adipic acid and/or nylon.

Inventors:: Beckham, Gregg T.; Johnson, Christopher W.; Vardon, Derek R.; Franden, Mary Ann

Issue Date:: 2018-07-10

OSTI Identifier:: 1462998

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO) NREL

Patent Number(s):: 10,017,792

Application Number:: 14/804,161

Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Jul 20

Research Org:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS

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