Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20110098503
Filing Date: October 26, 2010Priority Date: October 26, 2009
Inventors: M. Clayton Wheeler, G. Peter van Walsum, Thomas J. Schwartz, Adriaan Reinhard Pieter van Heiningen
Assignee(s): University of Maine Board of Trustees
Current U.S. Classification: 562, 562/594000, 568, 568/876000
Abstract
A process for upgrading an organic acid includes neutralizing the organic acid to form a salt and thermally decomposing the resulting salt to form an energy densified product. In certain embodiments, the organic acid is levulinic acid. The process may further include upgrading the energy densified product by conversion to alcohol and subsequent dehydration.
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