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Boliven Patents - US8053615: Synthesis of liquid fuels and chemicals from oxygenated hydrocarbons - Details
Patents » US8053615: Synthesis of liquid fuels and chemicals from oxygenated hydrocarbons
Randy D. Cortright · Paul G. Blommel · Assignee(s)
Virent Energy Systems, Inc. · View assignee updates
Quarles & Brady LLP · Primary Examiner
N. Bhat · Application Number US12044837
Filing date 03/07/2008
Issue date 11/08/2011
Prior Publication Data US20080216391 - 09/11/2008
Predicted expiration date 10/18/2029
Patent term adjustment 590
U.S. Classifications 585/240 · 423/437.1 · 585/324 · 568/801 · 585/242 · International Classifications C07C2960 · C07C400 · Kind CodeB2
Related U.S. Application DataCROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONSThis application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60/985,475 filed on Nov. 5, 2007, 60/985,500 filed on Nov. 5, 2007, and, 60/905,703 filed on Mar. 8, 2007.Commonly owned U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 11/961,280 filed on Dec. 20, 2007, discloses related subject matter.Commonly owned U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 11/800,671 filed on May 7, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,767,867 discloses related subject matter.Commonly owned PCT Application No. PCT/US06/048030 filed on Dec. 18, 2006, discloses related subject matter.
147 Claims, 20 Drawings
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1. A method of making a C4+ compound comprising:
providing water and a water soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon comprising a C1+O1+ hydrocarbon in an aqueous liquid phase and/or a vapor phase,
providing H2,
catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenated hydrocarbon with the H2 in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst at a deoxygenation temperature and deoxygenation pressure to produce an oxygenate comprising a C1+O1-3 hydrocarbon in a reaction stream, and
catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenate in the presence of an acid catalyst at a condensation temperature and condensation pressure to produce the C4+ compound,
wherein the C4+ compound comprises a member selected from the group consisting of C4+ alcohol, C4+ ketone, C4+ alkane, C4+ alkene, C5+ cycloalkane, C5+ cycloalkane, aryl, fused aryl, and a mixture thereof.
104. A method of making a C4+ compound comprising:
catalytically reacting a portion of the water and oxygenated hydrocarbon in the liquid phase and/or vapor phase in the presence of an aqueous phase reforming catalyst at a reforming temperature and a reforming pressure to produce in situ generated H2,
catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenated hydrocarbon with the in situ generated H2 in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst at a deoxygenation temperature and deoxygenation pressure to produce an oxygenate comprising a C1+O1-3 hydrocarbon in a reaction stream, and
wherein the C4+ compound comprises a member selected from the group consisting of C4+ alcohol, C4+ ketone, C4+ alkane, C4+ alkene, C5+ cycloalkane, C5+ cycloalkene, aryl, fused aryl, and a mixture thereof.
140. A method of making a C4+ compound comprising:
providing an aqueous solution comprising water and a member selected from the group consisting of a sugar, furfural, carboxylic acid, ketone, furan, and a combination thereof;
catalytically reacting in a liquid and/or vapor phase the sugar, furfural, carboxylic acid, ketone, furan, or combination thereof, with H2 in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at a hydrogenation temperature and hydrogenation pressure to produce an oxygenated hydrocarbon comprising a C1+O1-3 hydrocarbon,
catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenated hydrocarbon with the in situ generated H2 in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst at a deoxygenation temperature and deoxygenation pressure to produce an oxygenate comprising a C1+O1-3 hydrocarbon, and
144. A method of making a C4+ compound comprising:
providing an aqueous solution comprising water and a member selected from the group consisting of a polysaccharide, disaccharide, monosaccharide, polyhydric alcohol, sugar, sugar alcohol, and a combination thereof;
catalytically reacting in a liquid and/or vapor phase the sugar, sugar alcohol, polysaccharide, disaccharide, monosaccharide, polyhydric alcohol, or combination, with H2 in the presence of a hydrogenolysis catalyst at a hydrogenolysis temperature and hydrogenolysis pressure to produce an oxygenated hydrocarbon comprising a C1+O1+ hydrocarbon,
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