Shell Oil Comapny

Franklin Eugene Caputo

Joseph Broun Powell

Kimberly Ann Johnson

Lamar Lane Joffrion

Thomas Lamar Flowers

Molly Gilchrest

Todd Paul Peltier

Hubert Willem Schenck

Andries Quinn Boon

Processing of a reaction product mixture of cellulosic biomass material containing at least one volatile organic compound at least one of lignin, a lignin-derived compound, unextracted cellulose, unextracted hemicellulose, a caramelan, and any combination thereof by vaporizing the at least one volatile organic compound using at least thermal energy generated by combusting at least a portion of the reaction product mixture. In a particular embodiment, the reaction product mixture comes from reactions involving deconstruction (or digestion) of cellulosic biomass which contains various polysaccharides (e.g., carbohydrates) and lignin.

Methods and systems for processing a reaction product mixture of cellulosic biomass material

A bottom fraction of a product of a hydrocatalytic reaction is gasified to generate hydrogen for use in further hydrocatalytic reactions. In one embodiment, one or more volatile organic compounds is also vaporized using heat generated in the gasification process. In one embodiment, an overhead fraction of the hydrocatalytic reaction is further processed to generate higher molecular weight compounds. In another embodiment, a product of the further processing is separated into a bottom fraction and an overhead fraction, where the bottom fraction is also gasified to generate hydrogen for use in further hydrocatalytic reactions.

Methods and systems for supplying hydrogen to a hydrocatalytic reaction

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Franklin Eugene Caputo