Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose materials to ethanol

Catalytic chemical conversion of acid digested cellulose materials comprising newspaper, wood sawdust, prairie grass, switch grass, bagasse, cotton, waste cellulose products and starch materials directly to ethanol at 200° C. to 350° C.

Catalytic chemical conversion of acid digested cellulose materials comprising newspaper, wood sawdust, prairie grass, switch grass, bagasse, cotton, waste cellulose products and starch materials directly to ethanol at 200° C. to 350° C. in a sealed reactor at digestion vapor pressure with conversion efficiencies of some 90 percent.

Catalytic chemical conversion of acid digested cellulose materials comprising newspaper, wood sawdust, prairie grass, switch grass, bagasse, cotton, waste cellulose products and starch materials directly to ethanol at 200° C. to 350° C. in a sealed reactor at digestion vapor pressure with conversion efficiencies of some 90 percent wherein catalysts, possessing a degree of symmetry, are formed from transition metal compounds comprising titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold or combinations thereof