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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435273 | Alkoxylated alkyl phenols and the use thereof in fuels and lubricants Alkoxylated alkylphenols which have at least one long-chain alkyl radical having at least one tertiary or quaternary carbon atom are prepared and are used as fuel or lubricant additives in fuel and lubricant compositions. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7399323 | Fuel compositions comprising farnesane and farnesane derivatives and method of making and using same A fuel composition comprises farnesane and/or farnesane derivatives and a conventional fuel component selected from diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene or gasoline. The farnesane or farnesane derivative can be used as a fuel component or as a fuel additive in the fuel c... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7235113 | Use of an oxygenated product as a substitute of gas oil in diesel engines Use of a liquid oxygenated product with a cetane number higher than 50, consisting of one or more compounds selected from dialkyl-polyformals represented by the formula RO(CH2O)mR wherein R is an alkyl chain CnH | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220289 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in diesel fuel additives for reduced emissions A diesel fuel additive is provided that includes a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The additive may be added to any diesel fuel to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of the fuel. A method for preparing the additive is also pro... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195656 | Method for combustion of pulverized coal with reduced emissions Fuel compositions containing (a) pulverized coal; and (b) an oxygenate selected from glycerol, glycerol derivatives, propylene glycol, propylene glycol derivatives, ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol derivatives, fatty acid alkyl esters, fatty alcohols, and mixtures t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7160338 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in jet fuels for reduced emissions A jet fuel and jet fuel additive are provided that include a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The jet fuel additive may be added to any jet fuel to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of the fuel, or to reduce the smoke point of... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160339 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in gasoline additives for reduced emissions A gasoline additive is provided that includes a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The additive may be added to any gasoline to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of the fuel. A method for preparing the additive is also provided.... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160438 | Process for removal of nitrogen containing contaminants from gas oil feedstreams The present invention is directed to the removal of nitrogen and sulfur containing impurities from high molecular weight petroleum feedstock obtained from fluid cracking catalyst or distillation zone of a petroleum treatment plant. The present process comprises firs... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144434 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in coal-based fuels for reduced emissions A coal-based fuel and fuel additive are provided that include a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The additive may be added to any coal-based fuel to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of the fuel. A method for preparing the coa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144435 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in two-cycle oil additives for reduced emissions A two-cycle oil additive is provided that includes a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The additive may be added to any two-cycle oil or fuel to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of the fuel. A method for preparing the additive... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144433 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in fossil fuels for reduced emissions A fuel additive is provided that includes a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The additive may be added to any liquid hydrocarbon fuel, coal, or other hydrocarbonaceous combustible fuel to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141083 | Method and composition for using organic, plant-derived, oil-extracted materials in resid fuel additives for reduced emissions A resid fuel additive is provided that includes a plant oil extract, β-carotene, and jojoba oil. The additive may be added to any resid fuel to reduce emissions of undesired components during combustion of the fuel. A method for preparing the additive is also provi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141084 | Fuel for fuel cell system A fuel for a fuel cell system, which comprises at least 5 vol. % of hydrocarbons based on the whole fuel and 0.5 to 20 mass % of oxygenates in terms of an oxygen content based on the whole fuel, wherein the total content of hydrocarbon compounds which have carbon nu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7087156 | Process for removal of nitrogen containing contaminants from gas oil feedstreams The present invention is directed to the removal of nitrogen and sulfur containing impurities from high molecular weight petroleum feedstock obtained from fluid cracking catalyst or distillation zone of a petroleum treatment plant. The present process comprises firs... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7014668 | Motor fuel for diesel, gas-turbine and turbojet engines The invention relates to a motor fuel suitable for diesel, gas-turbine and jet engines and standard engines, comprising a mixture of organic compounds having oxygen-containing functional groups, and optionally a hydrocarbon fraction. The fuel is typically a stable h... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979426 | Biodiesel production unit In a first aspect, systems and methods for producing biodiesel fuel include a modular production unit incorporated onto a single platform or into a housing for ease of relocatability. The modular production unit preferably includes a mixing unit, a reactor unit, a s... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6923838 | Fuel additive composition and method for treatment of middle distillate fuels and gasoline A fuel additive for middle distillate fuels is a mixture of at least one methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl ester of a vegetable oil or a C16-C18 fatty acid, at least one alkyl ether of propylene glycol, a surfactant, and an antioxidant. A fuel add... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6884272 | Fuel for fuel cell system The present invention relates to a fuel for a fuel cell system comprising 5 vol. % or more of hydrocarbons based on the whole fuel, and 0.5-20 mass % of oxygenates in terms of an oxygen content based on the whole fuel, wherein the content of hydrocarbon compounds ha... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6835217 | Fuel composition containing friction modifier A fuel composition comprising (a) a major amount of an internal combustion engine hydrocarbon fuel containing at least one alcohol, it being provided that MTBE is substantially absent from the fuel and (b) a friction modifying amount of a reaction product of at leas... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6824573 | Fuel for use in fuel cell A fuel for a fuel cell system comprising 0.5-40 mass % of oxygenates in terms of an oxygen content based on the whole fuel. The fuel for a fuel cell system has a high power generation quantity per weight, a high power generation quantity per CO2 emission,... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6767373 | Diesel fuel additive composition and method for the treatment of diesel fuels A fuel additive for use in the treatment of diesel fuels to reduce polluting emissions during the combustion of such fuels wherein the additive composition is formulated to contain mineral seal oil, mineral spirits, a glycol alkyl ether and at least one alkyl aromat... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6758870 | Method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and pre-determined increase in cetane number The present invention relates to a method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and a pre-determined increase in cetane number over the stock diesel fuel. Upon establishing the desired flash-point and increase in cetane number, an amou... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6733549 | Fuel-water emulsions containing polybutene-based emulsifying agents Fuel-water emulsions in which an alkoxylated, preferably an ethoxylated, polyisobutene is used as an emulsifier are described. Stable emulsions, in particular of diesel-water mixtures, which have advantageous properties when used as fuel in internal combustion engin... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6716258 | Fuel composition This invention relates to a diesel fuel composition comprising a major amount of a base fuel and a relatively minor amount of at least one chemical component other than that generated in a refinery process stream which component is miscible with the base fuel in suc... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6599336 | Low pollution fuel To provide a low pollution fuel capable of obviating imperfect combustion of fuel in a diesel engine, etc., and fundamentally solving the exhaust gas problems without depending on the conventional symptomatic method. The low pollution fuel is composed of ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592638 | Mixtures of carboxylic acids, their derivatives and hydroxyl-containing polymers and their use for improving the lubricating effect of oils The invention relates to additives for improving lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising A) 10-95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble amphiphile which comprises nitrogen- or oxygen-containing groups substituted by alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl o... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6554876 | Oil compositions Specific esters of specific alkoxylated alcohols in combination with other cold flow improvers provide oils with improved low temperature properties.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6537336 | Diesel fuel compositions containing oxygenated compounds derived from tetrahydrofurfuryl Diesel fuel compositions containing oxygenated compounds derived from tetrahydrofurfuryl having to the general formula: ##STR1## in which --X-- is chosen from: --O-- and --O--[CH2 --O]n -- with n comprised between 1 and 20 and --R is chos... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534685 | Liquid mixture consisting of diesel gas oils and oxygenated compounds A liquid mixture is described having a cetane number higher than 40, characterized in that it consists of: a typical diesel gas oil cut having a boiling point ranging from 150 to 380° C. and a density ranging from 0.76 to 0.935 g/ml at 15° C.; one or mo... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533830 | Polyalkene alcohol-polyalkoxylates and their use in fuels and lubricants Polyalkene alcohol polyalkoxylates R--(CH2)n --(O--A)m --OH, where R is a polyalkene radical derived from C2 - to C30 -alkenes and having a number average molecular weight from 300 to 5000, A is an al... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6486362 | Process for producing oxygen-containing compounds containing at least one oxygen atom bonded to two distinct carbon atoms which are not bonded together and not including a multiple bond A process for producing oxygen-containing compounds containing at least one oxygen atom bonded to two distinct carbon atoms which are not bonded together and not comprising a multiple bond comprises a step a) for hydroformylation of a feed comprising at l... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6451075 | Low lead aviation gasoline blend A particularly useful low lead aviation gasoline fuel blend complies with all requirements of ASTM D 910 and includes 67.0 volume % isooctane, 18.0 volume % xylene, 12.0 volume % isopentane, 3.0 volume % isobutane and 0.47 mL/gal of tetraethyl lead. Anoth... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6432148 | Fuel injection nozzle and method of use Atomized particles within a desired size range (e.g., 1 micron to about 5 microns) are produced from two immiscible fluids, the first a fuel source containing the formulation to be atomized, and a second fluid source which is contained in a pressure chamb... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6423107 | Detergent compositions for gasoline-type fuels that contain polytetrahydrofuran derivatives Detergent additive compositions for gasoline-type fuels comprise at least one compound that corresponds to the general formula: ##STR1## in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, for example alkyl, with 1 to 30 ca... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419715 | Diesel fuel additive composition and method for the treatment of diesel fuels A fuel additive for use in the treatment of diesel fuels to reduce polluting emissions during the combustion of such fuels wherein the additive composition is formulated to contain mineral seal oil, mineral spirits, a glycol alkyl ether and at least one a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6309431 | Winterized paraffin crystal modifiers Winterized wax crystal modifiers which remain fluid at temperatures ranging from about -40° F. to 160° F. and methods for winterizing wax crystal modifiers are provided.... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6206940 | Fuel formulations to extend the lean limit (law770) The invention is related to fuels having a high laminar flame speed and particular distillation characteristics. More particularly, the invention is directed towards fuels containing at least one species having a laminar flame speed greater than isooctane... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6183525 | Fuel additive composition and method for the treatment of fuels A fuel additive for use in the treatment of liquid hydrocarbon fuels to reduce polluting emissions during the combustion of such fuels wherein the additive composition is formulated to contain mineral seal oil, mineral spirits, a glycol alkyl ether and at... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6172272 | Process for conversion of lignin to reformulated, partially oxygenated gasoline A high-yield process for converting lignin into reformulated, partially oxygenated gasoline compositions of high quality is provided. The process is a two-stage catalytic reaction process that produces a reformulated, partially oxygenated gasoline product... | 01/09/2001 |