Inventors:
James P. Diebold - Lakewood CO
John W. Scahill - Evergreen CO
Helena L. Chum - Arvada CO
Robert J. Evans - Lakewood CO
Bahman Rejai - Lakewood CO
Richard L. Bain - Golden CO
Ralph P. Overend - Lakewood CO
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute - Kansas City MO
International Classification:
C07C 4105, C07C 2904, C07C 100
Abstract:
A process for conversion of a feedstock selected from the group consisting of biomass and refuse derived fuel (RDF) to provide reformulated gasoline components comprising a substantial amount of materials selected from the group consisting of ethers, alcohols, or mixtures thereof, comprising: drying said feedstock; subjecting said dried feedstock to fast pyrolysis using a vortex reactor or other means; catalytically cracking vapors resulting from said pyrolysis using a zeolite catalyst; condensing any aromatic byproduct fraction; catalytically alkylating any benzene present in said vapors after condensation; catalytically oligomerizing any remaining ethylene and propylene to higher olefins; isomerizing said olefins to reactive iso-olefins; and catalytically reacting said iso-olefins with an alcohol to form ethers or with water to form alcohols.