Methods to produce fuels

US9790444B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Zachary C. Baer · Glen Mills, US
• Harvey W. Blanch · San Francisco, US
• Douglas S. Clark · Orinda, US
• Sanil Sreekumar · Midland, US
• F. Dean Toste · Piedmont, US
• Gorkem Gunbas · Ankara, TR
• Konstantinos Goulas · Newark, US
• Amit A. Gokhale · Corona, US
• Joseph B. Binder · Haverford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to the catalytic conversion of alcohols into hydrocarbon ketones suitable for use as fuels. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to the catalytic conversion of a mixture of isopropanol-butanol-ethanol (IBE) or acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE), into ketones suitable for use as fuels. The ABE or IBE mixtures may be obtained from the fermentation of biomass or sugars.