Patent ID: 8105474

Claim:
A method for producing a biofuel with an electrochemical device comprising a proton exchange membrane disposed between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, an anode plate adjacent to said anode electrode and forming at least one anode flow channel between said anode plate and said anode electrode, and a cathode plate adjacent to said cathode electrode and forming at least one cathode flow channel between said cathode plate and said cathode electrode, the method comprising the steps of: introducing a bio-oil into said at least one anode flow channel; introducing a carbohydrate into said at least one cathode flow channel; oxidizing said bio-oil, producing said biofuel; migrating protons from said anode electrode to said cathode electrode, producing migrated protons; and at least one of reducing said migrated protons to hydrogen and reacting said migrated protons with said carbohydrate, producing hydrogen and carbon-hydrogen biofuel.