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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Mark T. Holtzapple, College Station, TX (US);
Cesar B. Granda, College Station, TX (US);
Sebastian Taco, Bryan, TX (US);
Michael Kyle Ross, Bryan, TX (US);
Gary Luce, Spring, TX (US);
John A. Spencer, Cypress, TX (US);
Rae L. Spencer, Cypress, TX (US);
Mark T. Holtzapple, College Station, TX (US);
Cesar B. Granda, College Station, TX (US);
Sebastian Taco, Bryan, TX (US);
Michael Kyle Ross, Bryan, TX (US);
Gary Luce, Spring, TX (US);
John A. Spencer, Cypress, TX (US);
Rae L. Spencer, Cypress, TX (US);
The Texas A&M University Systems, College Station, TX (US);
EE-Terrabon Biofuels LLC, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass that includes converting at least a portion of the biomass into a first product having at least one of a carboxylic acid, a ketone, an ammonium carboxylate salt, and combinations thereof; converting at least a portion of the first product into an alcohol; reacting at least some of the alcohol in an oligomerization reactor as part of a process that produces an oligomerization product.