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Alternative paths to alcohols and hydrocarbons from biomass

  • US 8,232,440 B2
  • Filed: 12/02/2009
  • Issued: 07/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass, the method comprising:

  • converting at least a portion of the biomass into a carboxylic acid, a ketone, or an ammonium carboxylate salt;

    reacting at least one of a portion of the carboxylic acid, a portion of the ketone, or a portion of the ammonium carboxylate salt in an oligomerization reactor as at least part of a process that produces an oligomerization product; and

    separating hydrocarbons from the oligomerization product.

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