<br/>Hydrocarbon fuels are composed of a complex mixture of aromatic, cyclic, and open-chain molecules. However, current thermal methods from lignocellulose result in primarily aromatic products (FP, HTL) and routes to paraffinic and isoparaffinic fuel blend stocks are lacking. Additionally, routes that maximize carbon utilization and minimize H2 utilization are desired for technically and commercially viable biorefineries to produce liquid transportation fuels and chemicals from biomass. We are working to develop direct, low temperature and pressure routes to hydrocarbon fuels using catalytic processes to convert lignocellulosic feeds to paraffinic and isoparaffinic fuels. Here we will present data from our work in which, in a single process step, levulinic acid and/or gamma-valerolactone is converted to a partially-deoxygenated organic liquid with distillation properties very similar to diesel.<br/>

Catalytic conversion of sugar stream to hydrocarbons

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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