Inventors:
Akwasi A. Boateng - Royersford PA, US
Neil M. Goldberg - North Wales PA, US
Peter B. Johnson - Hanna City IL, US
Sudhir Seth - Bloomington IL, US
Charles A. Mullen - Lansdale PA, US
Serin R. Rao - Peoria IL, US
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture - Washington DC
International Classification:
C12P 21/00
Abstract:
Bio-oil from a feedstock selected from mustard family seeds, mustard family seed presscake, mustard family seed defatted presscake, and mixtures thereof. The bio-oil is produced by a method involving (1) pyrolyzing the feedstock to produce bio-oil, bio-char and non-condensable gases, (2) removing the bio-char from the bio-oil, (3) condensing the bio-oil, and (4) precipitating the bio-oil.