Patents Assigned to Cantrell Research, Incorporated
  • Hydrocarbon-based fuels from biomass
    Patent number: 5186722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for providing fuels from biomass such as seed oils or plant fruits. Generally the process utilizes a metal catalyzed conversion to step to provide fuel mixtures with compositions that may be varied depending on conditions of temperature, pressure and time of reaction. Mixtures of hydrocarbons produced from limonene feedstocks include alicyclic, alkyl and aromatic species. Monocyclic aromatic compounds may be obtained in high yields depending on the reaction conditions employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Cantrell Research, Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles L. Cantrell, Ngee S. Chong