Ee-terrabon Biofuels LLC

The Texas A&M University System

Sebastian Taco

Mark Thomas Holtzapple

Michael Kyle Ross

Cesar Benigno Granda

Gary Luce

Rae L Spencer

John A Spencer

A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass that includes converting at least a portion of the biomass into a first product having at least one of a carboxylic acid, a ketone, an ammonium carboxylate salt, and combinations thereof; converting at least a portion of the first product into an alcohol; reacting at least some of the alcohol in an oligomerization reactor as part of a process that produces an oligomerization product.

Alternative paths to alcohols and hydrocarbons from biomass

A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass, the method including converting biomass into a carboxylic acid; reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester; and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. The steps of reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester, and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce an alcohol, may both be carried out in the same reactor.

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Bryan, TX, United States of America

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