Production of diesel fuel from vegetable and animal oils

US8142527B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY · IL

Inventors

• Mordechay Herskowitz · Meitar, IL
• Miron Landau · Beer Sheva, IL
• Iehudit Reizner · Rahat, IL
• Mark Kaliya · Beer Sheva, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P30/20
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for producing a fuel composition from vegetable and/or animal oil comprises hydrodeoxygenating and hydroisomerizing the oil in a single step. The fuel composition has acceptable lubricity and comprises a mixture of C14 to C18 paraffins having a ratio of iso to normal paraffins of 2 to 8 and less than 5 ppm sulfur.