Patent ID: 9469827
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: C07C,C10G,C10L,C11B,C11C,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A method of refining a natural oil, comprising: providing (a) a feedstock comprising natural oil glycerides, and (b) low-molecular-weight alpha-olefins, wherein the low-molecular-weight alpha-olefins comprise 1-butene; reacting the natural oil glycerides with the low-molecular-weight alpha-olefins in a metathesis reactor in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to provide a metathesized product comprising metathesized olefins and metathesized glycerides; separating at least a portion of the metathesized olefins of the metathesized product to provide a first stream comprising separated metathesized olefins; and recycling at least a portion of the separated metathesized olefins of the first stream to the metathesis reactor.