Method to convert fermentation mixture into fuels

US9856427B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

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

Inventors

• F. Dean Toste · Piedmont, US
• Pazhamalai Anbarasan · Berkeley, US
• Joseph B. Binder · Haverford, US
• Paul A. Willems · Naperville, US
• Douglas S. Clark · Orinda, US
• Zach Baer · Berkeley, US
• Sanil Sreekumar · Midland, US
• Harvey W. Blanch · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E50/10
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods to produce ketones suitable for use as fuels and lubricants by catalytic conversion of an acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation product mixture that can be derived from biomass.