SYNTHESIS OF BASE OILS AND FUELS FROM FATTY ACIDS

摘要

Processes and systems for producing base oils and fuels from fatty acids comprising, in an embodiment, oligomerizing at least one unsaturated fatty acid to provide a mixture of fatty acid oligomers, wherein the mixture of fatty acid oligomers comprises fatty acid trimers and heavier molecules; and hydrotreating the mixture of fatty acid oligomers to provide a product comprising hydrotreated fatty acid oligomers including hydrotreated trimers and heavier molecules, wherein the product has a pour point and other characteristics suitable for use as a base oil, and wherein such processes for base oil production do not require an isomerization step.

主权项

1. A process for base oil production, comprising:
a) oligomerizing at least one unsaturated fatty acid to provide an oligomerization product comprising a mixture of fatty acid oligomers; and b) hydrotreating at least a portion of the oligomerization product to provide a base oil product having a pour point less than −12° C., wherein the process does not include a step for isomerizing the oligomerization product.