Production of hydrocarbons with a relatively high cetane rating
OwnerWayne K. Craig, Douglas W. Soveraninventors
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Abstract
There is described a process for producing hydrocarbon products in the diesel boiling range, comprising mainly C.sub.15 -C.sub.18 paraffins and being highly effective as diesel fuel ignition improvers. The process comprises hydroprocessing vegetable oils such as canola, sunflower, soybean and rapeseed oils or some fatty acids in hydroprocessing temperatures (350.degree.-450.degree. C.), pressures (4.8-15.2 MPa) and liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) of 0.5-5.0 hr.sup.-1 depending on the type and purity of the feedstock. Commercially available hydroprocessing catalysts may be used.
Claims8
A process for producing liquid paraffinic hydrocarbons in the C.sub.15 -C.sub.18 range, effective as diesel fuel cetane rating improvers, comprising:
- (a) hydroprocessing a feedstock selected from a group consisting of canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, palm oil and fatty acid fraction of tall oil by contacting the feedstock with gaseous hydrogen under conditions of temperature and pressure including selected temperatures from about 350.degree. C. to about 450.degree. C. in the presence of a hydroprocessing catalyst, the conditions effective to cause hydrogenation, hydrotreating and hydrocracking of the feedstock to convert the feedstock a mixture of compounds including mainly a diesel fuel boiling range fraction consisting predominately of C.sub.15 -C.sub.18 straight-chain paraffins,
- (b) separating the mixture of compounds;
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- (c) removing from the mixture the diesel fuel boiling range fraction.
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