Patent ID: 8114644
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: C12P,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A process for the production of fuel and fuel additives comprising the steps of: (1) reacting biomass with an oxidizing agent to produce unoxidized aromatic and/or phenolic compounds and C 1-6 linear and branched, saturated and unsaturated carboxylic acids; (2) separating the unoxidized aromatic and/or phenolic compounds from the C 1-6 carboxylic acids; (3) anaerobically fermenting the C 1-6 carboxylic acids in the presence of an anaerobic bacterium in its solventogenesis phase to produce a solvent comprised of short chain, linear and branched, saturated and unsaturated alcohols and non-fermentable carboxylic acids.