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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Thomas Henry Vanderspurt, Brick, NJ (US);
Timothy D. Davis, Portland, OR (US);
Sean C. Emerson, Broad Brook, CT (US);
Ying She, East Hartford, CT (US);
Rhonda R. Willigan, Manchester, CT (US);
Salvatore Saitta, Willington, CT (US);
Tianli Zhu, Cheshire, CT (US);
Thomas Henry Vanderspurt, Brick, NJ (US);
Timothy D. Davis, Portland, OR (US);
Sean C. Emerson, Broad Brook, CT (US);
Ying She, East Hartford, CT (US);
Rhonda R. Willigan, Manchester, CT (US);
Salvatore Saitta, Willington, CT (US);
Tianli Zhu, Cheshire, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for processing biomass to produce biofuel includes decomposing lignocellulosic material into byproduct polymers that include lignin, decomposing the lignin into targeted chemical fragments, and chemically converting the targeted chemical fragments into a biofuel.