Patent ID: 9079811
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: C07C,C10G,C11D

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an alkylbenzene product from a natural oil comprising: deoxygenating the natural oil selected from the group consisting of palm kernel oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, and mixtures thereof to form a stream comprising paraffins, wherein the deoxygenating utilizes a catalyst comprising a first component selected from the group consisting of Ni—Mo, Ni—Mo—P, Ni—Co—Mo, and Co—Mo and a second component selected from the group consisting of aluminas, silica, titania, zirconia, and mixtures thereof; dehydrogenating at least a portion of the paraffins to provide mono-olefins; alkylating benzene with the mono-olefins under alkylation conditions to provide an alkylation effluent comprising alkylbenzenes and benzene; separating the alkylbenzenes to provide the alkylbenzene product comprising alkylbenzenes having an alkyl group of about n carbon atoms where n is from about 12 to about 13 and wherein the alkyl group is a linear alkyl group for at least 80 mass % of the alkylbenzenes having an alkyl group of about n atoms.