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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Juben Nemchand Chheda, Houston, TX (US);
Lorna Beatriz Ortiz-soto, Katy, TX (US);
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, TX (US);
Juben Nemchand Chheda, Houston, TX (US);
Lorna Beatriz Ortiz-Soto, Katy, TX (US);
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method comprises providing a bio-based feedstock; contacting the bio-based feedstock with a solvent in a hydrolysis reaction to form an intermediate stream comprising carbohydrates; contacting the intermediate stream with an aqueous phase reforming catalyst to form a plurality of oxygenated intermediates, wherein a first portion of the oxygenated intermediates are recycled to form the solvent; and contacting at least a second portion of the oxygenated intermediates with a condensation catalyst comprising a base functionality to form a fuel blend.