Patent ID: 9732282
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10G,C10L,C11B,C11C,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method of producing a fuel composition comprising: providing (a) a feedstock comprising natural oil glycerides, and (b) low-molecular-weight olefins; reacting the natural oil glycerides with the low-molecular-weight olefins in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesized product comprising metathesized olefins and metathesized esters; hydrogenating the metathesized product to form a hydrogenated composition comprising hydrogenated metathesized olefins and hydrogenated metathesized esters; and separating at least a portion of the hydrogenated metathesized olefins from hydrogenated composition to form a fuel composition.