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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Juben Nemchand Chheda, Houston, TX (US);
Kimberly Ann Johnson, Richmond, TX (US);
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/18 (2006.01); C10L 1/182 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/1826 (2013.01); C10G 3/45 (2013.01); C10G 3/46 (2013.01); C10G 3/47 (2013.01); C10G 3/49 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1011 (2013.01); C10G 2300/80 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); Y02P 30/20 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method comprises providing a carbohydrate; reacting the carbohydrate with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenolysis catalyst to produce reaction products comprising an alcohol, a polyol, and a higher polyol; recycling the higher polyol through the hydrogenolysis reaction to produce reaction products comprising an alcohol and a polyol and a higher polyol; processing at least a portion of the reaction products to form a fuel blend.