Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.

Balchem Corporation

Sasol Gmbh

Sasol Germany Gmbh

Axel Kraft

Andreas Menne

Volker Heil

Eckhard Weidner

Thomas Hirth

Christoph Unger

Holger Ziehe

Thoralf Gross

Achim Weber

Joachim Danzig

Reinhard Broucek

Anna Grevé

Silvana Rossow

Anna Fastabend

Ulrich Seifert

Karl Meller

Wolfgang Urban

Klaas Breitkreuz

Günter Tovar

Marc Herold

Jürgen Grän-Heedfeld

Anke Nellese

Carmen Gruber-Traub

The invention relates to a method for extracting hydrocarbon mixtures that have an increased proportion of hydrocarbons of a medium chain length (8 to 16 carbon atoms), or the corresponding pure compounds. Firstly, a starting material is provided that includes at least 50 wt. % unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds having oxygen. The compounds include olefin fragments of the formula &#x2014;CCH&#x2014;CH&#x2550;CH&#x2014;CH2with at least 14 carbon atoms, carbon atom (C) being saturated with substituted or unsubstituted heteroatoms and/or hydrogen. In a conversion reactor, this starting material is brought into contact with a porous catalyst based on carbon, in the absence of oxygen, and at a temperature of between 200 and 800&#xb0; C.; and a product mixture that contains hydrocarbons is produced containing an increased proportion of hydrocarbons with medium chain lengths. Finally, the product mixture including hydrocarbons is collected and fed to a separating device in which a product separation is carried out.

Method for extracting hydrocarbons with medium chain lengths, and the use of the same

The invention relates to a method for catalytically condensing organic compounds containing at least one oxo and/or hydroxyl function into CH acidic compounds and/or coupling said organic compounds to the CH acidic compounds in the presence of a catalyst which comprises an active carbon substrate provided with a metal. The method is suitable in particular for generating higher alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and/or alkanes as well as mixtures thereof.

Method for the purpose of a catalytic condensation or coupling

The invention provides a process for preparing higher alcohols and/or aldehydes and also mixtures thereof by catalytic reaction of ethanol, the reaction taking place in the presence of at least one catalyst, the catalyst comprising an activated-carbon substrate which is provided with at least one metal, and more particularly has at least one metal dope.

Catalytic conversion of alcohols and aldehydes

A process for obtaining gaseous hydrocarbons from a starting material which contains oxygen-containing hydrocarbons. The process includes providing the starting material and contacting the starting material with a porous catalyst at a temperature of 300-850&#xb0; C. in the absence of oxygen in a converting reactor so as to form a hydrocarbon-containing product gas mixture in which a proportion by weight of gaseous hydrocarbons is greater than a proportion by weight of liquid hydrocarbons in the gas mixture. Additionally, the process includes collecting a hydrocarbon-containing product gas stream of the hydrocarbon-containing product gas mixture and introducing the product gas stream into a separation apparatus in which product fractionation is carried out.

Method for extracting gaseous hydrocarbons from biogenic raw materials

The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid esters from fats and/or oils of biogenic origin by transesterification with monovalent or polyvalent alcohols in the presence of a special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compound as the catalyst.

Method for producing fatty acid esters of monovalent or polyvalent alcohols using special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compounds as catalysts

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Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany

Axel Kraft