According to the present invention, organic material is converted to biogas through anaerobic digestion and the biogas is purified to yield a combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane. A fuel production facility utilizes or arranges to utilize combustible fluid feedstock to generate renewable hydrogen that is used to hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons in a process to make liquid transportation or heating fuel. The renewable hydrogen is added to a reactor operated so as to simultaneously desulfurize and hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons.
C10G 45/02 - Raffinage des huiles d'hydrocarbures au moyen d'hydrogène ou de composés donneurs d'hydrogène pour éliminer des hétéro-atomes sans modifier le squelette de l'hydrocarbure mis en œuvre et sans craquage en hydrocarbures à point d'ébullition inférieurHydrofinissage
C10G 47/00 - Craquage des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en présence d'hydrogène ou de composés donneurs d'hydrogène, pour obtenir des fractions à point d'ébullition inférieur
C10G 65/12 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, uniquement par plusieurs procédés d'hydrotraitement uniquement par plusieurs étapes en série comprenant des étapes de craquage et d'autres étapes d'hydrotraitement
According to the present invention, organic material is converted to biogas through anaerobic digestion and the biogas is purified to yield a combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane. A fuel production facility utilizes or arranges to utilize combustible fluid feedstock to generate renewable hydrogen that is used to hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons in a process to make transportation or heating fuel. The renewable hydrogen is combined with crude oil derived hydrocarbons that have been desulfurized under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen or alternatively, the renewable hydrogen can be added to a reactor operated so as to simultaneously desulfurize and hydrogenate the hydrocarbons. The present invention enables a party to receive a renewable fuel credit for the transportation or heating fuel.
The present invention relates to a modified Family 5 cellulase comprising a substitution of an amino acid at position 363 with a non-native alanine, serine or threonine, said position determined from alignment of the modified Family 5 cellulase with amino acids 71-397 of a Trichoderma reesei Cel5A amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 and enzyme mixtures comprising same. Additionally provided is a genetic construct comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the modified Family 5 cellulase and a genetically modified microbe comprising the genetic construct. The invention also provides a process for producing the modified Family 5 cellulase.
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