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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
George W. Huber, Belchertown, MA (US);
Tushar P. Vispute, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Kamalakanta Routray, Paducah, KY (US);
George W. Huber, Belchertown, MA (US);
Tushar P. Vispute, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Kamalakanta Routray, Paducah, KY (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of generating hydrogen from a bio-oil, comprising hydrogenating a water-soluble fraction of the bio-oil with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, and reforming the water-soluble fraction by aqueous-phase reforming in the presence of a reforming catalyst, wherein hydrogen is generated by the reforming, and the amount of hydrogen generated is greater than that consumed by the hydrogenating. The method can further comprise hydrocracking or hydrotreating a lignin fraction of the bio-oil with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst wherein the lignin fraction of bio-oil is obtained as a water-insoluble fraction from aqueous extraction of bio-oil. The hydrogen used in the hydrogenating and in the hydrocracking or hydrotreating can be generated by reforming the water-soluble fraction of bio-oil.