Intermediate and hydrotreated fuel compositions from renewable lipid feedstocks
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsSven Ivar HOMMELTOFT, Krege CHRISTISON, Michelle YOUNG
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Abstract
A reactor system includes a ketopyrolysis zone in which a metal oxide catalyst reacts with a lipid feedstock to produce a renewable fuel intermediate composition. The renewable fuel intermediate composition includes a jet fuel fraction in which a non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon content exceeds an acyclic isoalkane content. The renewable fuel intermediate composition is hydrotreated to produce a fuel composition that includes a jet fuel component with a freezing point less than −15° C.
Claims20
A renewable fuel intermediate composition comprising a jet fuel component, the jet fuel component comprising:
- a carbon content of which at least 90% is derived from biological origin as determined by carbon-14 presence;
- a boiling point greater than 121° C. and less than 300° C.;
- a freezing point less than −15° C.;
- an acyclic isoalkane content of less than 10 wt %;
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- a non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon content having one or two rings, the non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon content comprising greater than 7 wt % of the renewable fuel intermediate composition.
A renewable fuel intermediate composition produced by a process comprising:
- providing an input of a lipid feedstock comprising at least one fatty acid glycerol ester into a fixed bed reactor, wherein the fixed bed reactor comprises a ketopyrolysis zone disposed above a hydrolysis zone, wherein the ketopyrolysis zone comprises a metal oxide catalyst on an oxide support, and wherein the lipid feedstock enters the fixed bed reactor between the ketopyrolysis zone and the hydrolysis zone;
- providing an input of a superheated steam into the fixed bed reactor, wherein the superheated steam enters the fixed bed reactor below the hydrolysis zone, wherein the superheated steam reacts with the lipid feedstock producing an intermediate lipid gas that flows upward through the ketopyrolysis zone;
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- treating the intermediate lipid gas with the metal oxide catalyst in the ketopyrolysis zone under treating conditions to produce a renewable fuel intermediate composition that is output from the fixed bed reactor.
A hydrotreated renewable fuel composition comprising:
- a carbon content of which at least 90% is derived from biological origin as determined by carbon-14 presence;
- a bromine index less than 1000;
- an oxygen content less than 1 wt %;
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- a cycloalkane content having one or two rings, the cycloalkane content comprising greater than 15 wt %.
A hydrotreated renewable fuel composition produced by a process comprising:
- providing an input of a lipid feedstock comprising at least one fatty acid glycerol ester into a fixed bed reactor, wherein the fixed bed reactor comprises a ketopyrolysis zone disposed above a hydrolysis zone, wherein the ketopyrolysis zone comprises a metal oxide catalyst on an oxide support, and wherein the lipid feedstock enters the fixed bed reactor between the ketopyrolysis zone and the hydrolysis zone;
- providing an input of a superheated steam into the fixed bed reactor, wherein the superheated steam enters the fixed bed reactor below the hydrolysis zone, wherein the superheated steam reacts with the lipid feedstock producing an intermediate lipid gas that flows upward through the ketopyrolysis zone;
- treating the intermediate lipid gas with the metal oxide catalyst in the ketopyrolysis zone under treating conditions to produce a renewable fuel intermediate composition that is output from the fixed bed reactor;
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- hydrotreating a liquid portion of the renewable fuel intermediate composition to produce the hydrotreated renewable fuel composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.