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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, TX (US);
John Anthony Smegal, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/18 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/1802 (2013.01); C10G 3/42 (2013.01); C10G 3/50 (2013.01); Y02E 50/343 (2013.01); Y02P 30/20 (2015.11); Y02T 50/678 (2013.01);
Abstract
A partially digested biomass solids is converted in a fixed bed catalytic reduction reactor under hydrothermal catalytic condition with a supported metal catalyst having a high void fraction. The catalyst having high void fraction allows high permeability and extends reaction run time.