Start-up commercializing NC State technology for drop-in biofuels; full commercial production targeted for 2016
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2011
This step converts the n-alkanes to the specifications necessary for jet, diesel and gasoline fuels. Within the hydroisomerization reaction, hydrocarbon cracking also occurs, which shortens the hydrocarbon branch size, which can be controlled to give the desired ranges for jet, diesel and gasoline fuels. Step 2: deoxygenation.
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