Patent ID: 8436221

Claim:
An alkylation process, comprising: a) providing a first Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream comprising olefins; b) providing a second Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream comprising wax; c) contacting the second Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream with a hydrocracking catalyst in a hydrocracking zone under hydrocracking conditions to provide a distillate enriched hydrocracked product comprising isoparaffins; d) separating a naphtha containing fraction comprising the isoparaffins from the distillate enriched hydrocracked product; and d) contacting the olefins with the naphtha containing fraction comprising the isoparaffins in an alkylation zone under alkylation conditions in the presence of an ionic liquid catalyst to alkylate to provide an alkylate product comprising more than 50 vol % C 9 -C 25 distillate.