Patent ID: 9273252
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: C10G,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing aromatic compounds from fatty acid oil, the method comprising: heating a fatty acid oil in a reactor vessel to a temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 800° C. at a pressure ranging from vacuum conditions to about 200 psia for a time sufficient to noncatalytically crack the fatty acid oil and produce a cracked fatty acid oil; removing undesired materials, unreacted fatty acid oil, heavy ends, and light ends from the cracked fatty acid oil to produce a purified cracked fatty acid oil; heating the purified cracked fatty acid oil in a second reactor vessel to a temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 800° C. at a pressure ranging from vacuum conditions to about 200 psia for a time sufficient to reform alkenes and alkanes in the purified cracked fatty acid oil into aromatic compounds and produce a reformed fatty acid oil; and extracting components from the reformed fatty acid oil to produce a mixture of chemical products containing between 5% and 90% aromatic compounds by weight.