Patent ID: 11858872
Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 9:
10. A method for producing jet range hydrocarbons comprising:
counter-currently contacting a triglyceride stream and steam in a column hydrolysis unit to produce at least a C18:1 free fatty acid stream, wherein the triglyceride stream comprises at least one triglyceride comprising at least one C18:1 fatty acid;
introducing the C18:1 free fatty acid stream into an olefin cross-metathesis reactor and reacting at least a portion of the C18:1 free fatty acid with ethylene in the presence of a Grubbs catalyst to produce a 1-decene and 9-decenoic acid stream;
introducing the 1-decene and 9-decenoic acid stream into a hydrotreating unit and hydrotreating at least a portion of the 1-decene and 9-decenoic acid to produce a decane stream;
introducing the decane stream into an isomerization unit and isomerizing at least a portion of the decane stream to produce an iso-decane stream; and
separating at least a portion of the iso-decane stream to produce a jet range hydrocarbon stream.