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

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1462998

Patent Number(s):: 10017792

Application Number:: 14/804,161

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12Y - ENZYMES

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C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C07C55/14 - Adipic acid

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12Y - ENZYMES
C12Y401/01063 - Protocatechuate decarboxylase

C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C07C51/47 - by solid-liquid treatment

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
C12N9/88 - Lyases

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
C12P7/44 - Polycarboxylic acids

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12Y - ENZYMES
C12Y113/11001 - Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase
C12Y402/01118 - 3-Dehydroshikimate dehydratase

C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C07C51/43 - by change of the physical state, e.g. crystallisation
C07C51/36 - by hydrogenation of carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
C07C57/16 - Muconic acid

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Jul 20

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS

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                    Beckham, Gregg T., Johnson, Christopher W., Vardon, Derek R., and Franden, Mary Ann. Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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