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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7780746 | Additives and lubricant formulations for improved used oil combustion properties The disclosure is directed to a method of enhancing a fuel value for a used or waste lubricating oil, lubricating oils having improved combustion and emission characteristics, and a business method for distributing and using waste oils as components of primary combu... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7341112 | Firefighting training fluid and method for making same A firefighting training fluid (FFTF) comprising a paraffin blend. The blends of paraffins typically have no less than about two carbon atoms and no more than about twelve carbon atoms. The blends of paraffins may possess Reid vapor pressures in the range from about ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332001 | Method of enhancing the operation of diesel fuel combustion systems A method of enhancing the operation of diesel fuel combustion systems in a combustion system includes supplying a fuel and additive that includes a manganese compound to a diesel fuel combustion system. The fuel is then combusted in the combustion chamber to produce... | 02/19/2008 |
| 5713964 | Low smoke composition and firefighter training process A low smoke firefighter training hydrocarbon composition and process. The compositions preferably contain alkanes and avoid aromatics. Ferrocene or certain other volatile iron compounds are incorporated in the compositions which am readily ignitable but n... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5599357 | Method of operating a refinery to reduce atmospheric pollution Methods and compositions for reducing toxic compounds emissions and the maximum reactivity of exhaust products emitted by spark-ignition internal combustion engines. Gasoline having a minimum target octane number is formed by blending together base fuel b... | 02/04/1997 |
| 4336033 | Fuel compositions containing iron pentacarbonyl An improved fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline boiling range, and a minor amount of iron pentacarbonyl capable of improving the octane number rating of the composition but insufficient to cause excessive wea... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4222746 | Diesel fuel containing wax oxidates to reduce particulate emissions Addition of 0.1 to 1.5 percent by weight of wax oxidates to a diesel fuel is found to reduce the amount of soot and invisible particles produced when the fuel is used in a diesel engine. The wax oxidates act synergistically with fuel-soluble organometalli... | 09/16/1980 |
