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US 2015/0031927 A1Published application
Renewable High Density Turbine And Diesel Fuels From Sesquiterpenes
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsBenjamin G. Harvey, Heather A. Meylemans
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Abstract
A fuel and method for conversion of sesquiterpenes to high density fuels. The sesquiterpenes can be either extracted from plants or specifically produced by bioengineered organisms from waste biomass. This approach allows for the synthesis of high performance renewable fuels.
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A method for manufacturing jet and diesel fuels, comprising:
- providing pure and/or mixed sesquiterpenes isolated from plant extracts and/or biosynthesized from biomass;
- purifying said pure and/or mixed sesquiterpenes to produce single components or mixtures of sesquiterpenes;
- converting said single component or mixed sesquiterpenes by either,
- directly hydrogenating said single component or mixed sesquiterpenes with at least one hydrogenation catalyst under hydrogen pressure;
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- isomerizing either with or without a solvent, said single component or mixed sesquiterpenes with at least one heterogeneous acid catalyst to produce isomers and hydrogenating said isomers with at least one hydrogenation catalyst under hydrogen pressure;
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- distilling either said hydrogenated single component or mixed sesquiterpenes or said hydrogenated isomers to produce high density fuels.
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A method for manufacturing jet and diesel fuels, comprising:
- providing pure and/or mixed sesquiterpenes isolated from plant extracts and/or biosynthesized from biomass;
- purifying said pure and/or mixed sesquiterpenes to produce single components or mixtures of sesquiterpenes producing a first set of fuels;
- or
- converting said single component or mixed sesquiterpenes by isomerizing either with or without a solvent, said single component or mixed sesquiterpenes with at least one heterogeneous acid catalyst to produce isomers;
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- distilling said isomers producing a second set of fuels.
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