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(12) United States Patent Hallen e t a ] . US008366907B2 U S 8,366,907 B 2 Feb. 5 , 2013 (10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent: (54) (75) (73) (21) (22) (65) (51) (52) (58) (56) DEOXYGENATION OF FATTY ACIDS FO R PREPARATION OF HYDROCARBONS Inventors: Richard T . Hallen, Richland, WA US); Karl O . Albrecht, Richland, WA US); Heather M . Brown, KenneWick, WA (US); James . White, Richland, WA (Us) Battelle Memorial nstitute, Richland, WA U S ) Assignee: Notice: Subject t o a n y disclaimer, the term o f h i s patent i s extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 220 days. Appl. N0.: 12/848,887 Filed: Aug. 2 , 2010 Prior Publication Data US 012/0029250 A1 Feb. 2 , 2012 Int. C l . C10M 01/00 C10M177/00 (2006.01) C10G 71/00 (2006.01) U.S. C l . ........... . . 208/18; 208/63; 585/734; 585/737 Field of Classi?cation Search .................. . . 208/ 8 , 208/63; 585/734, 73 7 S e e application ? l e f o r complete search history. (2006.01) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,953,232 A 4/1934 Jaeger 1,964,516 6/1934 Jaeger 2,816,905 A 12/1957 Gilbert e t a l . 2,816,906 A 12/1957 Gilbert e t a l . 2,902,512 A 9/1959 Verheyden etal. 3,391,191 A 7/1968 Velde 3,476,803 A 11/1969 Pine 3,530,198 A 9/1970 Fenton 3,632,822 A 1/1972 Conroy 3,660,491 A 5/1972 Thigpen e t a1 . 3,732,263 A 5/1973 Berman 3,856,876 A 12/1974 Burnett 3,962,035 A 6/1976 Antos 4,102,938 A 7/1978 R a o 4,262,157 A 4/1981 Horiet a 1 . 4,303,486 A 12/1981 Bardetal. 4,320,241 A 3/1982 FrankieWicZ 4,554,397 A 11/1985 Stern e t a l . 4,950,763 A 8/1990 Schommer t a l . A e t a 1 . 5,077,447 A 12/1991 Miller e t a l . 5,228,982 A 7/1993 Scouten e a . 5,233,109 A 8/1993 Chow 5,290,325 A 3/1994 Kanne t a 1 . 5,344,975 A 9/1994 Zeiler 5,364,949 A 11/1994 Neuss e t al . 5,412,120 A 5/1995 Fischeret a1 . 5,422,327 A 6/1995 Soledet a 1 . 6,187,903 B1 2/2001 Elsasseret a l . 6,864,398 B2 3/2005 O’Rear 6,946,567 B2 9/2005 Zhang t a1 . 7,001,964 B2 2/2006 Small 7,002,044 B2 2/2006 Erkey et a l . 7,229,481 B2 6/2007 Clarket a 1 . 7,459,597 B 2 12/2008 Koivusalmi e t a l . 7,491,858 B 2 2/2009 Murzin e t a 1 . 7,511,181 B 2 3/2009 Petri e t a l . 2004/0006912 A1 1/2004 Krull 2004/0074760 A1 4/2004 Portnoff e t a l . 2005/0272941 12/2005 Zhang t a 1 . 2006/0016723 A1 1/2006 Tang e t a l. 2006/0161032 A1 7/2006 Murzin e t a 1 . 2006/ 0207166 A1 9/2006 HerskoWitZ e t a l. 2006/0264684 A1 11/2006 Petri e t a l . 2007/0010682 A1 1/2007 Myllyoja e t a1 . 2007/0100166 A1 5/2007 Beavers et a1 . 2007/0131579 A1 6/2007 Koivusalmi e t a l . 2007/0135669 A1 6/2007 Koivusalmi e t a l . 2007/0244343 A1 10/2007 Brevoord e t a 1 . 2007/0281875 A1 12/2007 Scheibel e t al . 2008/0034645 A1 2/2008 Bressler 2008/0071125 A1 3/2008 L i 2008/0177114 A1 7/2008 Goossen e t al . 2008/0216391 A1 9/2008 Cortright e t a1 . (Continued) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CA 1201080 2/1986 EP 0478075 4/1992 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATI ONS A i, M . , “Activities for t h e decomposition o f formic acid a n d t h e acid-base properties of metal oxide catalysts,” Journal o f atalysis, 5 0 , (2), 291-300, 1977. A 1 M . , “The activity o f W03-based mixed-oxide catalysts: I. Acidic properties o f WO3-based catalysts a n d correlation with catalytic activity,” Journal ofCatalysis, 4 9 , (3), 305-312, 1977. A 1 M ., “The oxidation activity a n d acid-base properties o f SnO2 based binary catalysts : I. T h e SnOZiVZO5 system,” Journal o f Catalysis, 4 0 , (3), 318-326, 1975. A 1 , M .; Ikawa, T . , T h e acid-base properties o f MoO3iBi2O3iP2O5 catalysts a n d their correlation with catalytic activity nd selectivity. Journal ofCatalysis, 4 0 , (2), 203-211, 1975. (Continued) Primary Examiner * haWquia Young (74) Attorney, Agent, o r Firm * larquist Sparkman, LL P (57) ABSTRACT Embodiments of methods f o r making renewable diesel b y deoxygenating (decarboxylating/decarbonylating/dehydrat ing) fatty acids t o produce hydrocarbons are disclosed. Fatty acids are exposed o a catalyst selected from ) P t an d MO 3 n ZrO2 (M s W , Mo , o r a combination thereof), or b ) Pt/Ge o r P t / Sn on carbon, a nd t h e catalyst decarboxylates at least 1 0 % o f t h e fatty acids. I n particular embodiments, t h e catalyst consists essentially of0.7 W t % t a n d 1 2 W t % O3 , elative t o a mass o f catalyst, or the catalyst consists essentially o f a ) 5 Wt % t a n d ) 0.5 Wt % e r 0 . 5 W t % n , relative to amass o f catalyst. Deoxygenation i s performed Without added hydrogen and at less than 100 psi. Disclosed embodiments o f the catalysts deoxygenate a t least 1 0 % of atty acids in a fatty acid feed, a nd remain capable of deoxygenating fatty acids f o r at least 2 0 0 minutes t o more than 3 5 0 hours. 4 3 Claims, 31 Drawing Sheets

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3 , 4 7 6 , 8 0 3 A 1 1 / 1 9 6 9 P i n e

3 , 5 3 0 , 1 9 8 A 9 / 1 9 7 0 F e n t o n

3 , 6 3 2 , 8 2 2 A 1 / 1 9 7 2 C o n r o y

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3 , 8 5 6 , 8 7 6 A 1 2 / 1 9 7 4 B u r n e t t

3 , 9 6 2 , 0 3 5 A 6 / 1 9 7 6 A n t o s

4 , 1 0 2 , 9 3 8 A 7 / 1 9 7 8 Rao

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4 , 3 0 3 , 4 8 6 A 1 2 / 1 9 8 1 B a r d e t a l .

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p r o p e r t i e s o f W O 3 - b a s e d c a t a l y s t s a n d c o r r e l a t i o n w i t h c a t a l y t i ca c t i v i t y , ” J o u r n a l o f C a t a l y s i s , 4 9 , ( 3 ) , 3 0 5 - 3 1 2 , 1 9 7 7 .A 1 , M . , “ T h e o x i d a t i o n a c t i v i t y a n d a c i d - b a s e p r o p e r t i e s o f S n O 2

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Primary Examiner * haWquia You n g

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d e o x y g e n a t i n g ( d e c a r b o x y l a t i n g / d e c a r b o n y l a t i n g / d e h y d r a ti n g ) f a t t y a c i d s t o p r o d u c e h y d r o c a r b o n s a r e d i s c l o s e d . F a t t y

a c i d s a r e exposed o a c a t a l y s t s e l e c t e d from ) P t andMO3

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a c i d f e e d , a n d r e m a i n c a p a b l e o f d e o x y g e n a t i n g f a t t y a c i d sf o r a t l e a s t 200 minutes t o m o r e than 350 h o u r s .

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B i m o l e c u l a r R e a c t i o n o f A l i p h a t i c A c i d s t o K e t o n e s , ” J o u r n a l o fC a t a l y s i s , 1 6 8 , ( 2 ) , 2 6 5 - 2 7 2 , 1 9 9 7 .P in g e t a l . , “ H i g h l y d i s p e r s e d p a l l a d i u m n a n o p a r t i c l e s o n u l t r a - p or o u s s i l i c a m e s o c e l l u l a r foam f o r t h e c a t a l y t i c d e c a r b o x y l a t i o n o f

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