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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy, West Richland, WA (US);
Michel J. Gray, Kennewick, WA (US);
Carlos A. Alvarez-Vasco, Itagui, CO;
Mond F. Guo, Richland, WA (US);
Senthil Subramaniam, Richland, WA (US);
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and catalysts for converting an alcohol containing feedstock to an upgraded material in a single catalyst bed wherein a feedstock is fed to a catalyst under preselected conditions to obtain an intermediate; and condensing the intermediate through an aldol condensation reaction to yield a product containing an upgraded material. In one instance the feedstock includes ethanol, the catalyst is a mixed metal oxide catalyst and the upgraded material is typically a C+ ketone(s) or alcohol(s), such as 2-pentanone, 2-heptanone, 4-heptanone and 2-nonanone.