Patent ID: 8329967

Claim:
A process for producing a blended fuel from renewable feedstocks comprising; a) generating at least one paraffin rich component from a first renewable feedstock comprising at least glycerides, the steps comprising: i) treating the glycerides and free fatty acids in the renewable feedstock in a first reaction zone by hydrogenating and deoxygenating the glycerides using a catalyst at reaction conditions in the presence of hydrogen to provide a first reaction zone product stream comprising hydrogen, water, carbon dioxide, and a hydrocarbon fraction comprising paraffins in the diesel boiling point range; ii) introducing at least the hydrocarbon fraction comprising paraffins to a second reaction zone to contact an isomerization and selective hydrocracking catalyst at isomerization and selective cracking conditions to selectively hydrocrack at least a portion of the paraffins and to isomerize at least a portion of the paraffins and generate a branched paraffin-enriched stream; iii) cooling the branched paraffin-enriched stream and the gaseous stream and separating a gaseous component comprising at least hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the paraffin rich component and a water component; b) generating a cyclic rich component from a second renewable feedstock comprising pyrolysis oil, the steps comprising: i) partially deoxygenating the pyrolysis oil in a first pyrolysis oil deoxygenation zone by contacting the pyrolysis oil with a first deoxygenation and hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at deoxygenation conditions to produce a partially deoxygenated pyrolysis oil stream comprising water, gasses, light ends, and hydrocarbons; ii) passing the partially deoxygenated pyrolysis oil stream to a separation zone to separate a water, gasses, and light ends stream from a remainder stream wherein the light ends of the water, gasses, and light ends stream are processed other than blending with the cyclic rich component of step b) iii); iii) passing the remainder stream to a second pyrolysis oil deoxygenation zone and deoxygenating the remainder stream by contacting with a second deoxygenation catalyst under deoxygenation conditions, to generate a cyclic rich component comprising cyclic hydrocarbon compounds useful as a fuel or a fuel blending component in the boiling point ranges of gasoline, aviation, diesel, and any combination thereof; and c) blending at least a portion of the paraffin rich component and at least a portion of the cyclic rich component to form at least one blended fuel selected from the group consisting of a gasoline boiling point range blended fuel, a diesel boiling point range blended fuel, an aviation boiling point range blended fuel, or any combination thereof.