METHOD FOR PRODUCING GASOLINE ALTERNATIVE AND GASOLINE ALTERNATIVE

    公开(公告)号:US20240110113A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18372758

    申请日:2023-09-26

    Abstract: A method for producing a gasoline alternative by mixing FT light naphtha obtained through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using renewable power with bioalcohol obtained from biomass, includes: determining a mixing ratio of the bioalcohol to the FT light naphtha based on an octane value of the FT light naphtha, a blending octane value of the bioalcohol, and a predetermined target octane value; determining a hydrogenation ratio for hydrogenation of olefin contained in the FT light naphtha to paraffin such that the gasoline alternative has an olefin content ratio of 10 vol % or less based on the determined mixing ratio of the bioalcohol and an olefin content ratio of the FT light naphtha; hydrogenating the FT light naphtha according to the determined hydrogenation ratio; and mixing the bioalcohol with the hydrogenated FT light naphtha according to the determined mixing ratio of the bioalcohol.

    METHODS OF PRODUCING LOW CLOUD POINT BIODIESEL FROM COCOA BUTTER

    公开(公告)号:US20240084341A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18263399

    申请日:2022-01-26

    Abstract: Methods of producing a biodiesel derived from cocoa butter and in which the biodiesel possesses a cloud point as low as −61° F. generally include a two-step cold stabilization process in which at least two separate processes primarily aimed at reducing the cloud point of the resultant biodiesel are carried out. In some embodiments, one of the two cold stabilization steps involves desaturating the cocoa butter prior to transesterifying the cocoa butter for form biodiesel. Desaturating cocoa butter may include using a desaturase to convert saturated fatty acids present in the cocoa butter to unsaturated fatty acids. The second step of the two-step cold stabilization may employ urea clathration, which results in the formation of a lattice-like structure of urea having saturated fatty acid methyl esters trapped therein and which can easily be removed from the biodiesel. As a result of the two-step cold stabilization process, the amount of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in the biodiesel is reduced and the cloud point of the biodiesel is correspondingly lowered.

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