Patent ID: 8648224

Claim:
A process for making a bio-naphtha and optionally bio-propane from a complex mixture of natural occurring fats & oils, wherein said complex mixture is subjected to a refining treatment for removing a major part of non-triglyceride and non-fatty acid components, thereby obtaining refined fats & oils; and said refined fats & oils are transformed into linear or substantially linear paraffins as the bio-naphtha by hydrodeoxygenation; or from said refined fats & oils are obtained fatty acids that are transformed into linear or substantially linear paraffins as the bio-naphtha by hydrodeoxygenation or decarboxylation of free fatty acids; or from said refined fats & oils are obtained fatty acid soaps that are transformed into linear or substantially linear paraffins as the bio-naphtha by decarboxylation of the fatty acid soaps.