Patent ID: 8193399

Claim:
A process for producing both a diesel range product and an aviation range product from a renewable feedstock comprising: hydrogenating and deoxygenating the renewable feedstock by contacting the renewable feedstock and hydrogen with a hydrogenation and deoxygenation catalyst in a hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone at hydrogenating and deoxygenating conditions to provide a hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone effluent comprising paraffins, hydrogen, water, and carbon oxides; separating at least the paraffins from the hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone effluent; isomerizing and selectively hydrocracking the separated paraffins by contacting the separated paraffins, in the presence of hydrogen, with an isomerization and selective hydrocracking catalyst in an isomerization and selective hydrocracking zone at isomerization and selective hydrocracking conditions and generating an isomerization and selective cracking zone effluent comprising at least normal and branched paraffins in the diesel boiling point range, normal and branched paraffins in the aviation boiling point range, hydrogen, naphtha, and LPG; separating the isomerization and selective hydrocracking zone effluent into a gaseous component and a liquid component wherein the liquid component comprises the normal and branched paraffins in the diesel boiling point range, normal and branched paraffins in the aviation boiling point range, naphtha, and LPG; and separating, in a fractionation zone, the liquid component into at least a diesel boiling range product and an aviation boiling range product.