Chemistry: fischer-tropsch processes; or purification or recover – Liquid phase fischer-tropsch reaction
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Parsa, Jafar (Department: 1621)
Chemistry: fischer-tropsch processes; or purification or recover
Liquid phase fischer-tropsch reaction
C518S702000, C518S704000, C518S706000, C518S715000, C585S240000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07872054
ABSTRACT:
A low-temperature catalytic process for converting biomass (preferably glycerol recovered from the fabrication of bio-diesel) to synthesis gas (i.e., H2/CO gas mixture) in an endothermic gasification reaction is described. The synthesis gas is used in exothermic carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, such as Fischer-Tropsch, methanol, or dimethylether syntheses. The heat from the exothermic carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction is integrated with the endothermic gasification reaction, thus providing an energy-efficient route for producing fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass resources.
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Cortright Randy D.
Dumesic James A.
DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C.
Leone, Esq. Joseph T.
Parsa Jafar
Virent Energy Systems
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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