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US 9,790,138 B2Granted
Conversion of polyester-containing feedstocks into hydrocarbon products
AssigneeBoisynthetic Technologies, LLC
InventorsTravis Thompson, Jeremy Forest
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods of processing polyester-containing feedstocks to provide hydrocarbon products. Exemplary feedstocks include those containing estolide compounds, which may be processed under thermal and/or catalytic conditions to provide at least one hydrocarbon product.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a feedstock comprising at least one estolide compound;
- and converting the at least one estolide compound into at least one hydrocarbon product, wherein the at least one estolide compound is selected from compounds of the following formula:
- wherein
- x is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected from 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20;
- y is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20;
- n is an integer selected from 0 to 20;
- R1 is an optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched;
- and
- R2 is selected from hydrogen and an optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched;
- wherein each fatty acid chain residue of said at least one estolide compound is independently optionally substituted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.