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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Alena Kubatova, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Wayne S. Seames, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Brian M. Tande, Fargo, ND (US);
Alena Kubatova, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Wayne S. Seames, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Brian M. Tande, Fargo, ND (US);
The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a mixture of short chain carboxylic acids from biomass includes adding biomass to a reactor vessel, heating the biomass to crack it, removing undesired and unreacted materials and light ends from the cracked biomass, and removing a mixture containing carboxylic acids having carbon chain lengths between C2 and C16. A composition includes a carboxyl group-containing compound derived by cracking biomass and having a carboxyl carbon chain length between C2 and C16.