Methods of cracking a platform chemical mixture to liquefied petroleum gas and aromatic hydrocarbon products

A method for deriving a low-C hydrocarbon fuel from a platform chemical mixture, the method comprising:

• providing a platform chemical mixture comprising a mixture of aliphatic organic compounds;
• evaporating the platform chemical mixture;
• thereafter, introducing the evaporated platform chemical mixture to a catalytic material, at a reaction temperature of between about 375° C. and about 450° C. and a reaction pressure of from about 660 mmHg to about 860 mmHg to produce a product stream comprising a low-C hydrocarbon fuel, wherein the catalytic material comprises an aluminosilicate zeolite material, wherein the aluminosilicate zeolite material has a mordenite framework inverted structure having a silica to alumina molar ratio of from 20 to 200;
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• separating the low-C hydrocarbon fuel in the product stream from unreacted platform chemicals, wherein the low-C hydrocarbon fuel comprises liquefied petroleum gas consisting of C3 and C4 compounds, wherein the C3 and C4 compounds are present at a yield above 19.2% based on the mass of the platform chemical mixture.