Affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to achieving a more prosperous and sustainable world. As the petroleum resources are depleting, we have been looking into renewable/sustainable raw materials - the biological resources - to replace petroleum-based materials in the processes for manufacturing the products in demand. The biological resources such as lipids (e.g., vegetable oil and animal fat) have very different compositions and properties in comparison to petroleum. Therefore, new catalytic processes are highly desirable for directly converting such biological feedstocks to renewable gasoline, diesel, base oils and lubricants as well as sustainable aviation fuel.<br/>In this paper we will present the latest results from our novel hydroprocessing to produce jet/diesel fuels, base oils, lubricants and surfactants from lipids. Furthermore, we will report the new role of paraffin disproportionation in improving the properties of jet/diesel fuels Some characteristics of the catalysts will be discussed.

Upgrading biological feedstocks to renewable fuels and base oils via novel hydroprocessing

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