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Synthesis of Sustainable Fuels and Intermediates from Ethanol and Methanol
Author(s) -
Peters Martin,
Menne Andreas,
Gielisch Hendrik
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.202200020
Subject(s) - methanol , naphtha , chemistry , jet fuel , raw material , catalysis , organic chemistry , ethanol , gasoline , biomass (ecology) , carbon fibers , synthetic fuel , alcohol , chemical engineering , materials science , oceanography , composite number , composite material , geology , engineering
Higher alcohols represent a highly interesting group of substances for fuels or as intermediates for the production of chemicals. Current production pathways for higher alcohols are based on fossil resources. Sustainable and largely available alcohols are methanol based on CO 2 or ethanol based on biomass. ethanol and methanol can be used to produce higher alcohols in a heterogeneous catalytic process employing a Guerbet reaction. The resulting mixture consists of mainly branched and linear alcohols with a chain length distribution ranging from three to eight carbon atoms. The mixture displays very advantageous properties as fuel blend and feedstock for further processes to produce jet fuel or synthetic naphtha.