ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,361, issued on June 16.
"Method for producing motor fuel from ethanol" was invented by Igor Goloubkov (Lidingo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making C5-C8 alcohols includes converting a mixture of ethanol and water under suitable conditions into a reaction product mixture comprising a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase comprises water, acetone, acetaldehyde, and diethylketone, and wherein the gas phase comprises carbon dioxide, hydrogen, C2-C4 olefins, and C1-C4 paraffins; hydrogenating the acetone and the diethylketone to yield isopropanol and 3 pentanol alcohol; and reacting ethanol, the iso...