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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Joshua R. Strege, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Benjamin G. Oster, Thompson, ND (US);
Paul D. Pansegrau, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Chad A. Wocken, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Ted R. Aulich, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Marc D. Kurz, Thompson, ND (US);
Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to production of fuels or fuel blendstocks from renewable sources. Various embodiments provide a method of producing a hydrocarbon product by hydrotreating a feedstock including at least one of a renewable triacylglyceride (TAG), renewable free fatty acid (FFA), and renewable fatty acid C-Calkyl ester (C-CFAE) in the presence of a nonsulfided hydrotreating catalyst to produce a first product including hydrocarbons. In some examples, the first product can be subjected to further chemical transformations such as aromatization, cracking, or isomerization to produce a second product including hydrocarbons. In various embodiments, the first or second hydrocarbon product with minimal or substantially no further processing can be suitable as a liquid transportation fuel or fuel blendstock, including fuels such as gasoline, naptha, kerosene, jet fuel, and diesel fuels.