Patent ID: 8303804

Claim:
A process for producing a jet fuel from a kerosene feedstock which comprises: hydrotreating the kerosene feedstock with a boiling range from 163 to 302° C. (325 to 575° F.) in the presence of a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions to produce a hydrotreated kerosene feedstock; dewaxing substantially all of the hydrotreated kerosene feedstock in the presence of a catalyst including a 10 member ring 1-D molecular sieve under dewaxing conditions to produce a hydrodewaxed kerosene feedstock; and fractionating the hydrodewaxed kerosene feedstock to produce a jet fuel; wherein: the dewaxing conditions include temperatures of from 300° C. to 380° C. (572 to 716° F.), pressures of from 791 to 20786 kPa (100 to 3000 psig), liquid hourly space velocities of from 0.1 to 10 hr −1 , and hydrogen treat gas rates from 45 to 1780 m 3 /m 3 (250 to 10000 scf/B); and the jet fuel has an API Gravity from 37-51, a freeze point less than −52° C. (−61.6° F.), a flash point greater than 100° F. (37.8° C.), a smoke point greater than 18 mm; and the yield of hydrodewaxed kerosene feedstock is at least 83.2 wt % based on the kerosene feedstock.