Patent ID: 8657999
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: C10B,C10G,C10L,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a fuel composition from a feedstock that includes biomass, municipal solid waste (MSW), or a combination thereof, said method comprising the steps of: pyrolyzing the feedstock in the presence of a transition metal using microwave energy, wherein a level of oxygen in at least one pyrolysis product is reduced, and wherein the transition metal is oxidized to form a transition metal oxide; and regenerating the transition metal by subjecting the transition metal oxide to a reduction reaction in a regeneration reactor, wherein regeneration of the transition metal is carried out by a reduction reaction which reduces the transition metal oxide, and wherein at least a portion of the energy required for the reduction reaction is supplied by combustion of at least one pyrolysis product.