MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441103191 A) filed by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited on December 26, 2024, for A Process For Producing Platform Chemicals And A System For Production Thereof.
Inventors include Meena, Devendra Singh; Velaga, Bharath; Gopinath, Bhanu Prasad Saiyapaneni; Kukade, Somanath; Kumar, Pramod; Sriram, Sundaram; and Maheshwari, Vipul Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing platform chemicals and a system for production thereof. Particularly, the present invention relates an easy, an economic and a continuous process for producing platform chemicals comprising levulinic acid and an efficient system for production thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to an easy, an economic and a continuous process for producing platform chemicals comprising levulinic acid (LA), 5-Hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF), and formic acid (FA) from biomass derivatives/2G ethanol plant residues and an efficient system for production thereof, wherein the process provides a continuous production of the desirable products like levulinic acid (LA), 5-Hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF), and formic acid (FA) with an improved selectivity and an improved yield, by employing an in-situ regeneration set of the catalyst in the process.
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