ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,691, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Swedish Biofuels AB (Stockholm).
"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 a motor fuel includes converting a mixture comprising one or more C2-C4 alkenes, synthesis gas, and acetaldehyde to a mixture comprising C3-C4 aldehydes and C5-C8 aldols; hydrogenating the mixture comprising C3-C4 aldehydes and C5-C8 aldols to obtain a mixture comprising C3-C8 alcohols; converting the C3-C8 alcohols into C6-C24 paraffins; and isolating a fraction of the C6-C24 paraffins. The isolated fraction may be us...