Renewable High Density Turbine and Diesel Fuels

摘要

A method for synthesizing cyclic hydrocarbons with linear hydrocarbon side chains from a renewable source, or biomass by naturally occurring or bioengineered fungal strains, or hydrodistillation of plants.

主权项

1. A method of synthesizing fuels, comprising:
isolating 1-octene-3-ol from waste biomass or a renewable source by hydrodistillation of plant material, enzymatic cleavage of fatty acids, or direct biosynthesis with fungi or bacteria; dehydrating said 1-octene-3-ol with at least one acid catalyst to produce a mixture of isomers of 1,3-octadiene and internal octadienes; cyclodimerizing said mixture of isomers of 1,3-actadiene and internal octadienes under modest pressure having a range from about 1 atm to about 200 atm and heating with a range from about −20° C. to about 350° C. with at least one homogeneous or heterogenous Lewis acid catalyst to effect a Diels-Alder cycloaddition to produce a mixture of unsaturated cyclic olefins; catalytically hydrogenating said unsaturated cyclo-olefins with hydrogen to produce a mixture of saturated cyclic hydrocarbons; and purifying said saturated cyclic hydrocarbons by distillation to produce fuel mixtures with densities greater than 0.8 g/mL.