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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Fangxiao Fx Yang, Butte, MT (US);
Inventor:
Fangxiao Fx Yang, Butte, MT (US);
Assignee:
Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/16 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Biomass is converted to short chain alcohols such as butanol by a process which comprises (1) reacting biomass with an oxidizing agent to produce unoxidized aromatic and/or phenolic compounds and Clinear and branched, saturated and unsaturated carboxylic acids; (2) separating the unoxidized aromatic and/or phenolic compounds from the Ccarboxylic acids; (3) anaerobically fermenting the Ccarboxylic acids in the presence of an anaerobic bacterium in its solventogenesis phase to produce a solvent comprised of butanol and non-fermentable carboxylic acids. The products of the process can be used as fuel and/or fuel additives.