Patent ID: 8324438

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 and free fatty acids, the steps comprising: i) hydrogenating and deoxygenating the first renewable feedstock by contacting the first renewable feedstock with a hydrogenation and deoxygenation catalyst in the presence of hydrogen and at hydrogenation and deoxygenation conditions to provide n-paraffins; ii) isomerizing at least a portion of the n-paraffins by contacting with an isomerization catalyst at isomerization conditions to generate branched-paraffins; iii) selectively cracking the n-paraffins, the branched-paraffins, or a mixture thereof by contacting with a selective cracking catalyst at selective cracking conditions to generate the paraffin rich 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, an aviation boiling point range blended fuel, or any combination thereof.