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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Air Company Holdings, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Stafford W. Sheehan, Tiverton, RI (US);
Chi Chen, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Nicholas J. Steinke, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Air Company Holdings, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for utilizing carbon dioxide to produce multi-carbon products are disclosed. The systems and methods of the present disclosure involve: reducing COto produce a first product mixture comprising an alcohol product mixture comprising one or more alcohols and a paraffin product mixture comprising one or more paraffins; dehydrating the alcohol product mixture to form an olefin product mixture comprising one or more olefins; oligomerizing the olefin product mixture to form a higher olefin product mixture comprising unsaturated paraffins and optionally aromatics; and reducing the higher olefin product mixture to form a higher hydrocarbon product mixture comprising unsaturated paraffins and optionally aromatics. Catalyst materials and reaction conditions for individual steps are disclosed to optimize yield for ethanol or jet fuel range hydrocarbons.