Patent ID: 8309783

Claim:
A method of producing a hydrocarbon product, the method comprising: hydrotreating a feedstock comprising at least one of a renewable triacylglyceride (TAG), renewable fatty acid, renewable fatty acid C 1 -C 5 alkyl ester (C 1 -C 5 FAE), and a mixture thereof, in the presence of a nonsulfided hydrotreating catalyst, to produce a first product comprising hydrocarbons, wherein the hydrotreating is performed at a temperature in the range of about 470° to about 530° C. and at a pressure in the range of about 750 psig to about 1000 psig; wherein the renewable TAG, renewable FFA, and renewable C 1 -C 5 FAE comprise fatty acid units that have an even number of carbon atoms; wherein in the first product, a proportion of hydrocarbons with an odd-number of carbon atoms, cyclic hydrocarbons, or hydrocarbons with an even-number of carbon atoms is dependent on the temperature used during the hydrotreating.