US 12,454,497 B2
Fuels and methods of making the same
Derek Richard Vardon, Lakewood, CO (US); Nabila Asem Huq, Boulder, CO (US); Randy D. Cortright, Boulder, CO (US); Zia Abdullah, Littleton, CO (US); Glenn Richard Hafenstine, Wheat Ridge, CO (US); Xiangchen Huo, Golden, CO (US); and Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Arvada, CO (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Appl. No. 18/255,681
Filed by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/061938
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/120261, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 2022.
Application 18/255,681 is a continuation of application No. 17/121,336, filed on Dec. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,420,912, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,465, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,813, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,331, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0368054 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. C07C 1/22 (2006.01); C07C 9/15 (2006.01); C07C 9/16 (2006.01); C07C 45/41 (2006.01); C07C 45/68 (2006.01); C10L 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC C07C 1/22 (2013.01) [C07C 9/15 (2013.01); C07C 9/16 (2013.01); C07C 45/41 (2013.01); C07C 45/68 (2013.01); C10L 1/04 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0469 (2013.01); C10L 2270/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
processing, in a hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reactor, a volatile fatty acid (VFA)-derived ketone stream and a co-processing stream comprising at least one of a lipid, a fat, an oil, a grease, a petroleum feedstock, a plastic decomposition product, or a combination thereof to produce a composition that is at least partially bioderived, wherein:
the VFA-derived ketone stream and the co-processing stream are separate streams prior to processing.