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US 2011/0212004 A1Published application
System for making renewable fuels
AssigneeCool Planet Biofuels, Inc.
InventorsMichael Cheiky, Rajashekharam Malyala
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Abstract
Multiple catalytic processing stations couple with a system which produces volatile gas streams from biomass decomposition at discrete increasing temperatures. These catalytic processing stations can be programmed to maximize conversion of biomass to useful renewable fuel components based on input feedstock and desired outputs.
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A system for the conversion of biomass to combustible fuels, comprising:
- a device containing a programmable number of processing stations (N) and a series of catalysts;
- means for subjecting biomass within the stations to at least one programmable starting temperature (Tstart);
- means for incrementing an individual processing station temperature by programmable increments (ΔT) to produce a volatile and a non-volatile component;
- and
- means for subjecting the volatile components generated in each station through the series of catalysts to produce at least one renewable fuel.
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A system for converting biomass to a renewable fuel, comprising:
- a device containing a programmable number of processing stations (N) and a series of catalysts selected from the group consisting of catalytic dehydration, catalytic aromatization and catalytic gas-upgrading;
- means for subjecting biomass within the stations to at least one programmable starting temperature (Tstart);
- means for incrementing an individual processing station temperature by programmable increments (ΔT) to produce a volatile and a non-volatile component;
- and
- means for subjecting the volatile components generated in each station through the series of catalysts to produce at least one renewable fuel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.