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

Claim 0:
1. A method for producing jet range hydrocarbons comprising:
providing a triglyceride stream comprising at least one C18:1 fatty acid;
hydrolyzing the triglyceride stream in a hydrolysis unit to produce at least one C18:1 free fatty acid, wherein the hydrolyzing comprises contacting the at least one C18:1 fatty acid with steam at conditions sufficient to hydrolyze at least a portion of the at least one C18:1 fatty acid to produce the C18:1 free fatty acid;
introducing the C18:1 free fatty acid 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 1-decene and 9-decenoic acid;
introducing the 1-decene and 9-decenoic acid into a hydrotreating unit and hydrotreating at least a portion of the 1-decene and 9-decenoic acid to produce decane; and
introducing the decane into an isomerization unit and isomerizing at least a portion of the decane to produce iso-decane.