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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7118605 | Fuel conditioning process The present invention relates to a fuel conditioning process for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. According to the present invention, on board a motor vehicle at a temperature of from 20° C. to 150° C. and at atmospheric pressure, nitrous gases essen... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6069281 | Process for producing organic nitrogen compounds, special organic nitrogen compounds and mixtures of such compounds and their use as fuel and lubricant additives The invention relates to the preparation of organic nitrogen compounds, in particular of aminoalkanes, alkyloximes, alkylnitrones or mixtures thereof, which have only one nitrogen-functional group and no alcoholic hydroxyl groups in the molecule, from nit... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6004361 | Low emissions diesel fuel A low emission diesel fuel suitable for use in underground diesel-engined mining equipment comprises a straight run distillate fuel having an end point not greater than 300° C. (about 660° F.), a cetane number in the range of 55 to 60 a specific gravity... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5976201 | Low emissions diesel fuel A low emission diesel fuel suitable for use in underground diesel-engined mining equipment comprises a straight run distillate fuel having an end point not greater than 300° C. (about 660° F.), a cetane number in the range of 55 to 60 a specific gravity... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5433756 | Chemical clean combustion promoter compositions for liquid fuels used in compression ignition engines and spark ignition engines Catalytic clean-combustion-promoter compositions for use with finished gasoline or diesel fuels in compression ignition engines and spark ignition engines improve fuel efficiency and reduce air polluting emissions. The compositions utilize ketones as solv... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5316558 | Catalytic clean-combustion-promoter compositions for liquid hydrocarbon fuels used in internal combustion engines Petroleum derived fuel compositions of improved efficiency for use with finished gasoline and diesel fuels in compression ignition engines and spark ignition engines include a catalytic clean-combustion-promoter composition to improve fuel efficiency and ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5264005 | Two-cycle lubricants and methods of using the same This invention relates to a two-cycle engine lubricant composition, comprising (A) at least one dispersant, (B) at least one reaction product of a fatty acid and a polyamine, and (C) at least about 25% by weight of the composition of at least one varnish ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5141524 | Catalytic clean combustion promoter compositions for liquid fuels used in internal combustion engines The incorporation of these catalytic clean combustion promoters compositions to liquid fuels for internal combustion engines, improve their combustion properties; thus, reducing their air polluting emissions as nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon mon... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5032144 | Octane enhancers for fuel compositions The octane value of fuels such as gasoline is increased by adding thereto an organic compound containing a tert-butyl group bonded to a carbon or nitrogen atom, which, in turn, is bonded to yet another atom by double or triple bonds.... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4892561 | Methyl ether fuels for internal combustion engines Fuels for internal combustion engines are described which contain at least 50% by weight of methyl ether.... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4670021 | Detergent and corrosion inhibiting additive and motor fuel composition containing same A novel compound having the following formula: ##STR1## in which R1 and R2 may independently represent a hydrogen radical, a hydrocarbon radical having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy substituted hydrocarbon radical of f... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4583991 | Nitromethane fuel compositions The tendency of nitromethane to detonate when used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine surprisingly has been found to be reduced by adding to the fuel a detonation reducing amount of an additive selected from the group consisting of nitroethane, 2-... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4561862 | Use of selected beta-nitroalkenes as cetane number boosters for diesel fuel Disclosed is a diesel fuel comprising a base fuel selected from the group consisting of liquid hydrocarbons of the diesel boiling range, alcohols, and mixtures thereof, and an effective cetane number-increasing amount of at least one beta-nitroalkene of t... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4549884 | Diesel oil containing monoalkoxylated nonyl phenol characterized by decrease in visible smoke in exhaust gases Decrease in visible smoke in exhaust gases is achieved by operating diesel engines with fuel containing monoalkoxylated nonyl phenol.... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4455151 | Vapor injection fuel composition A fuel additive comprising: for every forty-seven parts by volume of acetone, one part by volume 2-methylpentane, ten parts by volume nitromethane, four hundred fifty parts by volume methanol, and four hundred sixty parts by volume water. Such an additive... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4400178 | Liquid fuels containing polyamine dispersants Certain polyamines are useful carburetor dispersants for liquid fuel compositions. Among the suitable polyamines are diamines which may be prepared by the Mannich reaction of certain primary or secondary amines with an aldehyde such as formaldehyde and an... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4328005 | Polynitro alkyl additives for liquid hydrocarbon motor fuels A family of liquid hydrocarbon motor fuel additives known as polynitro alkyls having the general formula R1 --C(NO2)2 --R2 have been found to enhance the overall combustion characteristics of motor fuels by incr... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4113444 | Microbicide for use with hydrocarbon fuels This invention relates to the inhibition of microbial growth in liquid distillate hydrocarbon fuels and more particularly to the use of halonitro alcohols as microbicides which effectively inhibit microbial growth in liquid distillate hydrocarbon fuels wh... | 09/12/1978 |
