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US 11,898,114 B2Granted
Reactions and methods for producing fuels
AssigneeAlliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
InventorsDaniel Ruddy, Thomas Dwight Foust, Trenton John Wilke, Anh The To, Andrew Wolf Bartling, Martha Arellano-Trevino
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a compound having the structure R1O—(CH2O)n—R2 and a cetane number between about 65 and about 100, where n is between 1 and 10, inclusively, R1 includes a first alkyl group, and R2 includes a second alkyl group.
Claims14
A fuel composition comprising:
- CH3O(CH2O)nBu′,
- Bu″O(CH2O)mBu′″, and
- CH3O(CH2O)zCH3, and
- a boiling point between 160° C. and 300° C., wherein:
- n is between 1 and 6, inclusively,
- m is between 1 and 6, inclusively, and
- z is between 1 and 6, inclusively, and
- each of Bu′, Bu″, and Bu′″ is independently selected from the group consisting of an n-butyl group, an iso-butyl group, and a sec-butyl group.
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A method comprising:
- reacting a first mixture with an alcohol, R—OH, to form a first fuel mixture, wherein:
- the reacting comprises an acid catalyzed trans-acetalization reaction,
- the first mixture comprises CH3O(CH2O)zCH3,
- the fuel mixture comprises CH3O(CH2O)mR and RO(CH2O)nR,
- the fuel mixture has a boiling point between 160° C. and 300° C.,
- m is between 1 and 6, inclusively,
- n is between 1 and 6, inclusively,
- z is between 1 and 6 inclusively, and
- R comprises a first alkyl group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.