DIESEL AND JET FUELS BASED ON THE OLIGOMERIZATION OF BUTENE

摘要

A renewable biofuel is based on a highly efficient batch catalysis methodology for conversion of 1-butene to a new class of potential jet fuel blends. By tuning the catalyst and then using the dimer produced, the carbon use can be about 95% or greater. This is particularly useful where the source of raw materials (i.e., biomass/biofeedstock) is limited. The batch catalysis approach disclosed requires a minimal input of energy and hydrogen to make fuels that possess useful flash points, coldflow properties, and solution density/energy content. This new process affords a saturated hydrocarbon fuel that has a high solution density and thus possesses a higher calculated power density (per volume) than similar fuels made by the GTL Fischer-Tropsch processes.