US 12,187,966 B2
Selective formation of jet and diesel fuels from bio-based C3-C8 olefins via oligomerization with tungstated catalysts
Jonathan Smith, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); and Madeline Sjodin, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Gevo, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Gevo, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,172.
Application 17/734,172 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/059163, filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,389, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259508 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. C10G 50/00 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 50/00 (2013.01) [C10G 3/46 (2013.01); C10G 3/49 (2013.01); C10L 1/08 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); C10L 2200/043 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. A process for oligomerizing one or more C3-C8 linear or branched olefins derived from one or more C2-C5 alcohols to one or more C8-C24 hydrocarbons, the process comprising:
contacting a feed stream with a catalyst at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 400° C., a pressure from about 200 psig to about 600 psig, and a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of at least 0.5, the feed stream comprising the one or more C3-C8 linear or branched olefins, wherein the catalyst comprises a tungstated alumina catalyst or a tungstated silica catalyst, each admixed with a zeolite catalyst; and
forming the one or more C8-C24 hydrocarbons, wherein a mass yield of the C8-C24 hydrocarbons is at least 70%.