Biorenewable naphtha
AssigneeSyntroleum Corporation
InventorsRamin Abhari, H. Lynn Tomlinson, Gary Roth
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a method for producing a naphtha product from a renewable feedstock. The method includes hydrotreating the renewable feedstock to produce a hydrotreating unit heavy fraction that includes n-paraffins, and hydrocracking the hydrotreating unit heavy fraction to produce a hydrocracking unit product that includes the naphtha product. The method also includes separating the naphtha fraction and optionally recycling the hydrocracking unit heavy fraction through the hydrocracking unit. The present invention also relates to a biorenewable naphtha product suitable for use as feed stock for steam crackers and catalytic reforming units, and for use as fuel, or fuel blend stock.
Claims16
A composition comprising
- at least 80% by weight paraffins, wherein the paraffins mainly fall within the C15-C18 range;
- aromatics;
- cycloparaffins;
- and
- olefins;
- wherein:
- the paraffins, aromatics, cycloparaffins, and olefins are produced by hydrotreating a biorenewable feedstock;
- and
- the composition has no detectable oxygenates as determined by gas chromatograph.
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