US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on May 5 for "Process and apparatus for producing renewable fuels" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,677, issued on May 5, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Process and apparatus for producing renewable fuels" was invented by Joseph M. Ellsworth (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to processes and apparatus for producing fuels and fuel compositions. In an aspect, a process for converting a carbon-containing feedstock is provided. The process includes drying a carbon-containing feedstock comprising biomass to form a terpene stream and a dried carbon-containing material, and hydrotreating the terpene stream to form a first hydrocarbon stream. The process furthe...