Patent ID: 9611554
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10G,C10L,C10M,C25B,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method of producing C6-C54 hydrocarbons comprising: (a) combining one or more C4-C28 unsaturated fatty acids and one or more C4-C28 saturated fatty acids with a solvent; and (b) performing a Kolbe electrolysis reaction on the combined reaction mixture prepared in (a) to produce one or more C6 to C54 hydrocarbons, wherein the combined reaction mixture of the unsaturated and saturated fatty acids has a combined saturation score (S) of greater than 1.0, where: and w s , w mu , w du and w tu are weight percent of fatty acids that are saturated (w s ), and having one (w mu ), two (w du ) or three (w tu ) double bonds, respectively.