摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a process for providing fuels from biomass such as seed oils or plant fruits. Generally the process utilizes a metal or zeolite catalyzed conversion step to provide fuel mixtures with compositions that may be varied depending on conditions of temperature, pressure and time of reaction. Mixtures of fuel grade hydrocarbons produced from limonene feedstocks include alicyclic, alkyl and aromatic components but the mixtures are free of polycyclic aromatic and olefinic compounds. Monocyclic aromatic compounds may be obtained in the hydrocarbon mixtures in yields of over 90 % depending on the reaction conditions employed.</p> |