Patents Assigned to Terrabon, Inc.
  • ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO ALCOHOLS AND HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120264184
    Abstract: A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass, the method including converting biomass into a carboxylic acid; reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester; and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. The steps of reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester, and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce an alcohol, may both be carried out in the same reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: Terrabon, Inc., The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John Spencer, Rae Spencer, Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco Vasquez
  • ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO ALCOHOLS AND HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120258508
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass that includes converting at least a portion of the biomass into a first product having at least one of a carboxylic acid, a ketone, an ammonium carboxylate salt, and combinations thereof; converting at least a portion of the first product into an alcohol; reacting at least some of the alcohol in an oligomerization reactor as part of a process that produces an oligomerization product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: Terrabon, Inc., THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John Spencer, Rae Spencer, Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco-Vasquez