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Method for converting biomass into products containing acetal groups and use thereof as biofuels

US8870982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES · FR

Inventors

Bruno Delfort · Paris, FR
Remy Marchal · Chatou, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2008
Grant date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P30/20
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention describes a method of converting biomass to products that can be incorporated into the diesel fuel pool, comprising a first stage of fermentation of renewable raw materials of vegetable origin at the end of which a least one alcohol and at least one compound containing a carbonyl group are obtained, and a second stage corresponding to an acetalization reaction involving said alcohol and said compound containing a carbonyl group.

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