Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080249346 | CATALYST FOR SELECTIVE OPENING OF CYCLIC NAPHTHA AND PROCESS FOR USING THE CATALYST - A catalyst and process for opening aliphatic cyclic hydrocarbons have been developed. The catalyst comprises a catalytic metal component, a molecular sieve and refractory inorganic oxide component. The molecular sieve is selected from the group consisting of MAPSOs, SAPOs, UZM-8, UZM-8HS, UZM-15, UZM-15HS, UZM-16, UZM-16HS and mixtures thereof. Preferred catalytic metals include platinum, palladium and rhodium. The catalyst may also contain a modifier such as niobium, titanium, or rare earth metals. | 10-09-2008 |
20080312346 | Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels - A method for preparing biomass for slurry processing. The method includes solubilizing the solid material into either a dissolved state or a suspended solid in a liquid phase, and treating the liquid phase to produce chemicals and fuels. | 12-18-2008 |
20080312476 | Production of Chemicals from Pyrolysis Oil - A process for the recovery of organic chemical feedstocks from biooil is presented. The process comprises separating the water soluble chemicals from biomass and recovering the primarily oxygenate compounds for use as feedstocks. | 12-18-2008 |
20080312479 | Enhancing Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass - A method for preparing biomass for slurry processing. The method includes solubilizing the solid material into either a dissolved state or a suspended solid in a liquid phase, and processing the liquid phase to produce chemicals and fuels. | 12-18-2008 |
20090158637 | Production of Aviation Fuel from Biorenewable Feedstocks - A process has been developed for producing aviation fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils and animal fats and oils. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide n-paraffins having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms. At least some of the n-paraffins are isomerized to improve cold flow properties. At least a portion of the paraffins are selectively cracked to provide paraffins meeting specifications for different aviation fuels such as JP-8. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162264 | Production of Aviation Fuel from Biorenewable Feedstocks - A process has been developed for producing aviation fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils and animals fats and oils. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide n-paraffins having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms. At least some of the n-paraffins are isomerized to improve cold flow properties. At least a portion of the paraffins are selectively cracked to provide paraffins meeting specifications for different fuels such as JP-8. | 06-25-2009 |
20090250376 | Production of Blended Gasoline and Blended Aviation Fuel from Renewable Feedstocks - A process for producing at least one blended fuel from a paraffin rich component and a cyclic rich component, where each of the components are generated from a renewable feedstock, is presented. The paraffin rich component is generated from glycerides and free fatty acids in feedstocks such as plant and animal oils. The cyclic rich component is generated from biomass derived pyrolysis oil. The source of the animal or plant oil and the biomass may be the same renewable source. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253947 | Production of Blended Fuel from Renewable Feedstocks - A process for producing a blended fuel from a paraffin rich component and a cyclic rich component, where each of the components are generated from a renewable feedstock, is presented. The paraffin rich component is generated from a first renewable feedstock comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of glycerides, free fatty acids, biomass, lignocellulose, free sugars, and combinations thereof. The cyclic rich component is generated from a second renewable feedstock comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of glycerides, free fatty acids, free fatty alkyl esters, biomass, lignocellulose, free sugars, and combinations thereof. The blended fuel may a gasoline boiling point range blended fuel, a diesel boiling point range blended fuel, an aviation boiling point range blended fuel, any combination thereof, or any mixture thereof. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253948 | Fuel and Fuel Blending Components from Biomass Derived Pyrolysis Oil - A process for the conversion of biomass derived pyrolysis oil to liquid fuel components is presented. The process includes the production of diesel, aviation, and naphtha boiling point range fuels or fuel blending components by two-stage deoxygenation of the pyrolysis oil and separation of the products. | 10-08-2009 |
20090283442 | Production of Aviation Fuel from Renewable Feedstocks - A hydrocarbon product stream having hydrocarbons with boiling points in the aviation fuel range is produced from renewable feedstocks such as plant and animal oils. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating, deoxygenating, isomerization, and selectively hydrocracking the feedstock to produce paraffinic hydrocarbons having from about 9 to about 16 carbon atoms and a high iso/normal ratio in a single reaction zone containing a multifunctional catalyst, or set of catalysts, having hydrogenation, deoxygenation, isomerization and selective hydrocracking functions. | 11-19-2009 |
20090287029 | Controlling Production of Transportation Fuels from Renewable Feedstocks - A process for controlling the concurrent production of both diesel range hydrocarbons and aviation range hydrocarbons from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils and animal oils. The process involves determining the required specification of the desired products and the desired relative yields of the product that still meet the required specifications. The necessary isomerization and selective hydrocracking zone conditions are determined in order to create a mixture of paraffins which meet the required product specifications and yields. The necessary fractionation zone conditions are determined to separate the desired products. A renewable feedstock is treated by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide an effluent comprising paraffins, isomerizing and selectively hydrogenating at least a portion of the paraffins at the predetermined conditions, and separating by fractionation at the predetermined fractionation conditions to generate a diesel range hydrocarbon product and an aviation range hydrocarbon product. | 11-19-2009 |
20090294324 | Production of Blended Gasoline Aviation and Diesel Fuels from Renewable Feedstocks - A process for producing at least one blended fuel from a paraffin rich component and a cyclic rich component, where each of the components are generated from a renewable feedstock, is presented. The paraffin rich component is generated from glycerides and free fatty acids in feedstocks such as plant and animal oils. The cyclic rich component is generated from biomass derived pyrolysis oil. The source of the animal or plant oil and the biomass may be the same renewable source. | 12-03-2009 |
20090301930 | Production of Blended Fuel from Renewable Feedstocks - A process for producing a blended fuel from a paraffin rich component and a cyclic rich component, where each of the components are generated from a renewable feedstock, is presented. The paraffin rich component is generated from glycerides and free fatty acids in feedstocks such as plant and animal oils. The cyclic rich component is generated from biomass derived pyrolysis oil. The source of the animal or plant oil and the biomass may be the same renewable source. | 12-10-2009 |
20100076238 | Production of Fuel from Co-Processing Multiple Renewable Feedstocks - A process for producing a fuel or fuel blending component from co-processing at least two different classes of renewable feedstocks, is presented. One feedstock comprises glycerides and free fatty acids in feedstocks such as plant and animal oils while the other feedstock comprises biomass derived pyrolysis oil. The source of the animal or plant oil and the biomass may be the same renewable source. | 03-25-2010 |
20110160505 | Production of Diesel Fuel from Crude Tall Oil - A process has been developed for producing diesel fuel from crude tall oil. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a diesel boiling range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the treatment zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture. | 06-30-2011 |
20130153759 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING FUEL COMPOSITIONS - Methods for evaluating a fuel are provided. In one embodiment, a method of evaluating a fuel includes providing a testing specimen of the fuel. Also, the method includes analyzing the testing specimen and identifying a compound in the testing specimen. The method also provides for determining the fuel is biologically-sourced based on the identified trace compound. | 06-20-2013 |
20130305591 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION OF DIESEL AND JET FUEL RANGE PARAFFINS BY BLENDING FEEDSTOCKS - A process for controlling the simultaneous production of hydrocarbons with boiling points in both the diesel fuel range and the aviation fuel range from renewable feedstocks originating from plants or animals other than petroleum feedstocks is described. The hydrocarbon product can be adjusted by changing the feedstocks without requiring different process equipment. | 11-21-2013 |
20130338410 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING LINEAR ALKYLBENZENES FROM BIO-RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS - A method for producing a linear alkylbenzene product from a bio-renewable feedstock having a mixture of naturally-derived hydrocarbons includes separating the mixture of naturally-derived hydrocarbons into a naphtha portion and a distillate portion, reforming the naphtha portion, and using a high purity aromatics recovery process on the reformed naphtha portion to produce benzene. The method further includes separating a normal paraffins portion from the distillate portion and dehydrogenating the normal paraffins portion to produce mono-olefins. Still further, the method includes reacting the benzene and the mono-olefins to produce the linear alkylbenzene product. | 12-19-2013 |
20140005450 | USE OF N-PARAFFIN ADSORPTION TO INCREASE SELECTIVITY AND YIELD OF SYNTHETIC DISTILLATE FUEL | 01-02-2014 |
20140163278 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PREPARING NORMAL PARAFFINS AND HYDROCARBON PRODUCT STREAMS - Methods and apparatuses for preparing normal paraffins and hydrocarbon product streams are provided herein. A method of preparing normal paraffins includes providing an unsaturated feed that includes an unsaturated compound that has at least one alkenyl group. The unsaturated feed is epoxidized to convert the at least one alkenyl group in the unsaturated compound to an epoxide functional group, thereby converting the unsaturated compound to an epoxide compound that has at least one epoxide functional group. The at least one epoxide functional group in the epoxide compound is converted to at least one secondary hydroxyl functional group, thereby converting the epoxide compound to a hydroxyl-functional compound that has at least one hydroxyl functional group. The hydroxyl-functional compound is deoxygenated to form normal paraffins. | 06-12-2014 |