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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Matthew C. Davis, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of making fuel including adding alcohol to a reactor with a zinc dihalide salt and heating the reactor to reflux, thereby forming a mixture. Water is removed from the mixture using azeotropic distillation. The mixture is distilled, thereby forming oligo(alkenes)and residual alcohol. The oligo(alkenes)are distilled using fractionation, thereby forming a first, a second, a third fraction, and removing the residual alcohol. The first fraction includes oligo(alkenes)with n ranging from 2 to 4, the second fraction includes oligo(alkenes)with n ranging from 4 to 8, and the third fraction includes oligo(alkenes)with n ranging from 8 to 12. The first, second, and third fractions are hydrogenated, thereby forming oligo(alkanes). The first fraction includes oligo(alkanes)with n ranging from 2 to 4, the second fraction includes oligo(alkanes)with n ranging from 4 to 8, and the third fraction includes oligo(alkanes)with n ranging from 8 to 12.