Methods for producing fuels, gasoline additives, and lubricants

US9738617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. · US

Inventors

• Eric R. Sacia · Wilmington, US
• Anbarasan Pazhamalai · Cuddalore, IN
• Balakrishnan Madhesan · Fremont, US
• Sanil Sreekumar · Midland, US
• F. Dean Toste · Piedmont, US
• Amit A. Gokhale · Corona, US
• Martin E. Carrera · Berkeley, US
• Alexis T. Bell · Oakland, US
• Gorkem Gunbas · Ankara, TR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P30/20
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to the production of fuels, gasoline additives, and/or lubricants, and precursors thereof. The compounds used to produce the fuels, gasoline additives, and/or lubricants, and precursors thereof may be derived from biomass. The fuels, gasoline additives, and/or lubricants, and precursors thereof may be produced by a combination of intermolecular and/or intramolecular aldol condensation reactions, Guerbet reactions, hydrogenation reactions, and/or oligomerization reactions.