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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2007
Randy D. Cortright, Madison, WI (US);
James A. Dumesic, Verona, WI (US);
Randy D. Cortright, Madison, WI (US);
James A. Dumesic, Verona, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Virent Energy Systems, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A low-temperature catalytic process for converting biomass (preferably glycerol recovered from the fabrication of bio-diesel) to synthesis gas (i.e., H/CO gas mixture) in an endothermic gasification reaction is described. The synthesis gas is used in exothermic carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, such as Fischer-Tropsch, methanol, or dimethylether syntheses. The heat from the exothermic carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction is integrated with the endothermic gasification reaction, thus providing an energy-efficient route for producing fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass resources.