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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Walter S. Trahanovsky, Ames, IA (US);
Ronald C. Holtan, Stanhope, IA (US);
Kyle W. Quasdorf, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Norman K. Olson, Nevada, IA (US);
Alyse A. Hurd, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph A. Marshall, Plano, TX (US);
Walter S. Trahanovsky, Ames, IA (US);
Ronald C. Holtan, Stanhope, IA (US);
Kyle W. Quasdorf, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Norman K. Olson, Nevada, IA (US);
Alyse A. Hurd, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph A. Marshall, Plano, TX (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
Methods of converting cellulose or related biorenewable carbohydrate materials into high-value chemical compounds. The methods provide a means of converting low-cost materials such as cellulose and biomass into high yields of compounds such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerin, methanol, hydroxyacetone, glycolaldehyde and dihydroxyacetone.