Z, No self-respecting engineer would refer to any chemical processor as a machine, because the term machine implies the work being done is physical, not chemical.
Looking at all the previous work done in the field would make me question weather JB's unpatented super seceret catalyst might infringe on the intellectual property from all the previous work in this field. I'm sure he's using some type of Zeolite.
These engineers and scientists bring up another grim reality that no JBI investors seam willing to face: http://www.bepress.com/ijcre/vol5/A72/ The yield of gasoline fraction is also considerable and although its composition is not suitable for commercial gasoline, is interesting for its use in petrochemistry. The catalyst deactivation rate is low.
"Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them." - Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Economy, 1854