Operationally simple electrochemical method for the conversion of acetone into high-specification jet fuel

Abstract

Highly branched alkanes and cycloalkanes are produced via electrochemical processing of the renewable platform molecule mesityl oxide, which is a dimer of biogenic acetone. The final product is a sustainable, drop-in jet fuel.

Electrical-energy storage into chemical-energy carriers by combining or integrating electrochemistry and biology

“…These are, for example: (1) the fermentation to oleic acid followed by an electrochemical decarboxylation; 88 and (2) the electrochemical upgrading of acetone into a drop-in fuel. 89 Generally, the production rates for biological systems are relatively slow, with production rates of at least 1 g L À1 h À1 for economically viable systems. 90,91 This results in a relatively large fermentation volume with relatively low parasitic electrical-energy losses of approximately 3%.…”

“…These are, for example: (1) the fermentation to oleic acid followed by an electrochemical decarboxylation; 88 and (2) the electrochemical upgrading of acetone into a drop-in fuel. 89…”

“Metafining” of nerolidol with a Grubbs-Hoveyda catalyst to generate high-performance sustainable aviation fuels

“…6,24,25 and electrochemistry. 26 Alternatively, naturally occurring cyclic molecules can be utilized as substrates for the preparation of high performance fuels. In particular, several groups have explored cyclic monoterpenes [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] and sesquiterpenes [36][37][38][39][40][41] as fuel precursors.…”