Mississippi State University

Sathishkumar Tanneru

Philip H Steele

Sanjeev K Gajjela

Certain embodiments of the present invention are configured to produce boiler and transportation fuels. A first phase of the method may include oxidation and/or hyper-acidification of bio-oil to produce an intermediate product. A second phase of the method may include catalytic deoxygenation, esterification, or olefination/esterification of the intermediate product under pressurized syngas. The composition of the resulting product&#x2014;e.g., a boiler fuel&#x2014;produced by these methods may be used directly or further upgraded to a transportation fuel. Certain embodiments of the present invention also include catalytic compositions configured for use in the method embodiments.

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Starkville, MS, United States of America

Sathishkumar Tanneru