US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Oct. 7 for "Catalyst selection for improved lipid feedstock conversion" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,224, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Catalyst selection for improved lipid feedstock conversion" was invented by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor system includes a reactor that treats a lipid feedstock using a metal oxide catalyst to produce a treated stream comprising a bio-oil. The metal oxide catalyst includes catalyst particles having a diameter of 0.01 to 0.5 mm. The metal oxide catalyst can comprise calcium on alumina. The bio-oil has an increased proportion of transportation fuels relative to other techniques for processing lipid fee...