Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

University of Illinois

Ut-battelle, Inc.

Colorado State University Research Foundation

Eric M Karp

Gregg Tyler Beckham

Derek Richard Vardon

Todd R Eaton

Patrick Owen Saboe

Amit Kumar Naskar

Christopher W Johnson

Mary Ann Franden

Nicholas A Rorrer

Jeffrey G Linger

Michael T Guarnieri

Philip Thomas Pienkos

Lucas Hans Loetscher

Sybil Sharvelle

Lorenz Perry Manker

Violeta Sanchez Nogue

Hanna Rose Monroe

Timothy J Strathmann

Kelly Marie Meek

An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes a first reacting a molecule from at least one of a carboxylic acid, an ester of a carboxylic acid, and/or an anhydride with ammonia to form a nitrile, where the first reacting is catalyzed using an acid catalyst. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the molecule may include at least one of acetic acid, lactic acid, and/or 3-hydroxyproprionic acid (3-HPA). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the molecule may include at least one of methyl acetate, ethyl lactate, and/or ethyl 3-hydroxypropanoate (ethyl 3-HP). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the anhydride may be acetic anhydride.

Systems and methods for producing nitriles

The present disclosure relates to a method that includes utilizing a microorganism for the converting of a substrate to an acid contained in a mixture that includes the acid and water, maintaining a pH of the mixture to less than 5, and treating the mixture with a first stream comprising an organic.

Advanced anaerobic digestion to carboxylic acids

The present disclosure relates to a method that includes polymerizing a nitrile with an acrylate ester to form a copolymer, in a mixture that includes water and an alcohol (R&#x2014;OH), according to the following reaction where Rincludes at least one of a first aliphatic group or hydrogen, Rcomprises at least one of a second aliphatic group or hydrogen, 100&#x2264;m&#x2264;4000, and 1&#x2264;n&#x2264;4000. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mixture may be an emulsion.

Emulsion polymerization of nitriles and other compounds

Disclosed herein are methods for the recovery of target bio-base carboxylic acid products using a sorption-based technology with a mixed elution solvent optimized for minimized downstream distillation energy input. The sorption-based technology includes absorbing the targeted bio-base carboxylic acid products onto a non-ionic resin and eluting the targeted bio-base carboxylic acid products with a mixed elution solvent. The mixed elution solvent includes a first solvent and a second solvent. The first solvent has a boiling point that is lower than the targeted bio-base carboxylic acid products and the second solvent is selected from the group consisting of a phosphine oxide or tertiary amine.

Advanced adsorption processes for separation of bio-derived products

Disclosed herein are methods for the production of fuels, chemicals, or materials from biomass-derived lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. Also provided are methods for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from lignocellulosic biomass and the subsequent thermal and catalytic conversion of polyhydroxyalkanoates to hydrocarbons. In addition, methods for the production of ethanol from the fermentation of polysaccharides are described.

Lignin conversion to fuels, chemicals and materials

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Eric M Karp