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US 2009/0062578 A1Published application
Process for the manufacture of hydrocarbons
OwnerEija KOIVUSALMI, Juha Jakkulainventors
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Abstract
A feedstock originating from renewable sources is converted to branched and saturated hydrocarbons without heteroatoms in the diesel fuel distillation range by skeletal isomerisation and deoxygenation carried out by hydrodeoxygenation or alternatively by combined decarboxylation and decarbonylation reactions, whereby the consumption of hydrogen is decreased.
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Branched saturated hydrocarbons prepared in a process comprising skeletally isomerizing a feedstock comprising unsaturated fatty acids or fatty acid esters with C1-C5 alcohols, or mixtures thereof, and deoxygenating the skeletally isomerized feedstock.
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