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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Shell Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nicolaas Van Dijk, Amsterdam, NL;
Harish Kumar Balam, Bangalore, IN;
Michael Richard Pope, London, GB;
Daniel Thomas Shiosaki, Houston, TX (US);
Aldo Caiazzo, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
SHELL USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/08 (2006.01); C10G 1/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/02 (2006.01); C10G 1/06 (2006.01); C10G 1/08 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01); C10G 45/02 (2006.01); C10G 45/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/08 (2013.01); C10G 1/002 (2013.01); C10G 1/006 (2013.01); C10G 1/02 (2013.01); C10G 1/06 (2013.01); C10G 1/08 (2013.01); C10G 3/50 (2013.01); C10G 45/02 (2013.01); C10G 45/58 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1014 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1018 (2013.01); C10G 2300/301 (2013.01); C10G 2300/307 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/06 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0484 (2013.01); C10L 2290/02 (2013.01); C10L 2290/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A biofuel includes a mixture of a gasoil generated from hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion of a solid biomass containing lignocellulose. The gasoil has a cetane index less than 46. The biofuel also includes a hydroprocessed ester fatty acid (HEFA) generated from hydrotreating a renewable resource having fats and oils. A cetane index of the biofuel is greater than 46.