Preparing a fuel from liquid biomass

摘要

The present application generally relates to methods to prepare a fuel from a liquid biomass by first producing the liquid biomass from a solid biomass by a thermal process, and then processing the liquid biomass with a petroleum fraction in the presence of a catalyst.

主权项

1. A method to prepare a fuel from a liquid biomass, comprising: processing the liquid biomass and a petroleum fraction in the presence of a catalyst, said liquid biomass derived from a non-catalytic thermo-mechanical conversion consisting essentially of:
i) grinding a dried cellulosic biomass; and ii) liquefying at least 60 wt. % of the ground dried cellulosic biomass to form the liquid biomass.