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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7785378 | Fischer-tropsch derived turbine fuel and process for making same The present invention is directed to a Fischer-Tropsch derived distillate suitable for use as a turbine fuel having a flash point 38° C. minimum measured by ASTM D 56 and a freeze point of −40° C. or less and further containing not less than 0.01 wt. % oxygen in... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7559961 | Mixed alcohol fuels for internal combustion engines, furnaces, boilers, kilns and gasifiers Mixed alcohol formulas can be used as a fuel additive in gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, aviation gasoline, heating oil, bunker oil, coal, petroleum coke or as a neat fuel in and of itself. The mixed alcohols formulations can contain C1-C5 alcohols... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7419515 | Multi-phase distillate fuel compositions and concentrates containing emulsified boric acid Disclosed is a multiphase fuel composition formed of an emulsion containing (a) a distillate fuel first phase, (b) a second phase formed of boric acid and a liquid that is a solvent for boric acid, but immiscible in the first phase, such as glycerol, and (c) a surfa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7354507 | Hydroprocessing methods and apparatus for use in the preparation of liquid hydrocarbons The present invention is generally related towards enhancing the yield and/or cold-flow properties of certain hydrocarbon products, increasing the degree of isomerization in a diesel product and/or increasing the production rate of a diesel product. The embodiments ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7250450 | Process for the production of hydrocarbons from gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feed A process for the production of hydrocarbons from gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feed involving the steps of: i) partial oxidation conversion of the gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feed and oxygen containing gas at elevated temperature and pr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7189269 | Fuel composition comprising a base fuel, a fischer tropsch derived gas oil, and an oxygenate A fuel composition is provided containing (i) a base fuel, (ii) a Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil and (iii) an oxygenate. The components (ii) and (iii) can be used in a tertiary fuel blend with a base fuel (i) for the purpose of achieving for the composition (a) a n... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169196 | Fuel or fuel additive containing doped cerium oxide nanoparticles A fuel or fuel additives is disclosed which includes particles of cerium oxide which have been doped with a divalent or trivalent metal or metalloid which is a rare earth metal, a transition metal or a metal of group IIA, IIIB, VB, or VIB of the Periodic Table. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7011809 | Attrition resistant gamma-alumina catalyst support A γ-alumina catalyst support having improved attrition resistance produced by a method comprising the steps of treating a particulate γ-alumina material with an acidic aqueous solution comprising water and nitric acid and then, prior to adding any catalytic materi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6896708 | Synthetic jet fuel and diesel fuel compositions and processes Novel clean fuels comprising selected nonlinear long chain saturated primary monohydric/dihydric alcohols and mixtures thereof, novel diols; and processes for making clean synthetic jet fuels and/or clean synthetic diesel fuels as well as processes for making clean ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6860909 | Low emissions F-T fuel/cracked stock blends A blend useful as a diesel fuel, as well as a method for its production, comprising a high quality Fischer-Tropsch derived distillate boiling in the range of a diesel fuel blended with a cracked stock boiling in the range of a diesel fuel wherein the final blend con... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6858048 | Fuels for internal combustion engines Mixed alcohols can be used as a fuel additive in gasoline, diesel, jet fuel or as a neat fuel in and of itself. The mixed alcohols can contain C1-C5 alcohols, or in the alternative, C1-C8, or higher, alcohols in order to b... | 02/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6783561 | Method to improve lubricity of low-sulfur diesel and gasoline fuels A method for providing lubricity in fuels and lubricants includes adding a boron compound to a fuel or lubricant to provide a boron-containing fuel or lubricant. The fuel or lubricant may contain a boron compound at a concentration between about 30 ppm and about 3,0... | 08/31/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6755877 | Freestanding plastic container for controlled combustion of alcohol-based lighter fluid A combustible fire-starting or heat-providing assembly is described that includes a suitable quantity of combustible alcohol-based fuel liquid held within a freestanding, combustible, alcohol-resistant and alcohol-impermeable container. The container is configured w... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6669743 | Synthetic jet fuel and process for its production (law724) Clean distillate useful as a jet fuel or jet blending stock is produced from Fischer-Tropsch wax by separating wax into heavier and lighter fractions; further separating the lighter fraction and hydroisomerizing the heavier fraction and that portion of th... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6579330 | Alternative fuel to gasoline The development of a fuel that is an alternative fuel to gasoline for internal combustion engines, which does not discharge toxic gases such as sulfur oxide that causes pollution, is low-pollution, and yet is highly efficient with a high output of power. ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6488726 | Lamp fuel composition for colored flames and manufacturing method thereof This invention relates to lamp fuel composition for colored flames and manufacturing method thereof, comprising solvents, coloring agents, capillary linkers, supporters, and flavors. The lamp fuel composition for colored flames presented by this invention... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6458176 | Diesel fuel composition This invention is a fuel composition for use in internal combustion engines comprising a major amount of a base fuel which contains no more than 10% by weight of olefins and no more than 10% by weight of esters, and greater than 5% by weight based on the ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6447557 | Diesel fuel composition This invention relates to an ultra-low sulphur fuel composition comprising (A) a major amount of a base fuel having (a) no more than 50 ppm by weight of sulphur, (b) no more than 10% by weight of olefins and (c) no more than 10% by weight of an ester and ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447558 | Diesel fuel composition This invention is a method of reducing particulate matter emission from internal combustion engines which use a diesel fuel composition comprising a major amount of a diesel fuel having a base fuel which contains no more than 10% by weight of olefins and ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6309432 | Synthetic jet fuel and process for its production Clean distillate useful as a jet fuel or jet blending stock is produced from Fischer-Tropsch wax by separating wax into heavier and lighter fractions; further separating the lighter fraction and hydroisomerizing the heavier fraction and that portion of th... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6039772 | Non leaded fuel composition Fuel compositions comprised of well-defined proportions of cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl antiknock compounds, solvents selected from the group consisting of C1 to C6 aliphatic alcohols and nonleaded gasoline bases, possess i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6017372 | Alcohols as lubricity additives for distillate fuels Small amounts of primary, linear alcohols can be added to distillate fuels to improve the fuel's lubricity properties; particularly when the fuel has low or minimal lubricity.... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5969189 | Thermal conversion of volatile fatty acid salts to ketones This invention provides a method for thermally converting volatile fatty acid (VFA) salts to ketones by mixing dry calcium salts of VFAs with hot heat transfer agent in an evacuated container, thereby causing thermal decomposition of the calcium salts of ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5951722 | Catalyzed lower alcohols-water based fuels Catalyzed lower alcohol-water based fuels are presented which are suitable for use in internal combustion engines, said fuels flowing from renewable carbon resources and providing a clean burn which is environmentally safe as compared to conventional foss... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5904740 | Fuel for liquid feed fuel cells A sulfuric acid-free fuel composition for use in liquid feed polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. The fuel composition is a solution of water, methanol and formic acid. The methanol is present in concentrations between 0.5 and 15 molar and the formic ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5858031 | Isopropanol blended with aqueous ethanol for flame coloration without use of salts or hazardous solvents A method for enhancing the visibility of a flame produced during free-burning of an aqueous alcohol-based fuel composition in air. The fuel composition is substantially free of skin-irritants, corrosive salts and agents which, when burned in air, produce ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5853433 | Emergency fuel for use in an internal combustion engine An emergency alternative fuel for internal combustion engines is stable for storage for a year or more. The alternative fuel is stored in a container which has an outlet sealed with a removable seal. The container is prevented from being reused for storag... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5766274 | Synthetic jet fuel and process for its production Clean distillate useful as a jet fuel or jet blending stock is produced from Fischer-Tropsch wax by separating wax into heavier and lighter fractions; further separating the lighter fraction and hydroisomerizing the heavier fraction and that portion of th... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5720784 | Fuel blends A miscible fuel blend composition consisting of a diesel fuel oil and a C3 (excluding n-propanol) - C22 organic alcohol.... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5645613 | Process for the production of hydrocarbons Several Fischer-Tropsch reaction schemes using a promoted iron catalyst in a slurry reactor produce oxygenated naphtha and diesel fractions on distillation that reduce particulate emissions in diesel engines. High carbon conversion efficiencies and optimu... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5421835 | Spontaneously ignitable fire starter composition A new and improved fire starter composition includes a liquid fuel component, a solid oxidant component retained in separation from the liquid fuel component until ready for use, and a blend of the liquid fuel component and the solid oxidant component for... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5324335 | Process for the production of hydrocarbons An oxygen-containing diesel fuel additive for reducing particulate airborne emissions which additive is produced in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction using a promoted iron-based catalyst. The additive contains alcohols having at least five carbon atoms... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5266082 | Fuel additive Fuel additive compositions for improving the combustion efficiency of an internal combustion engine, and thereby substantially reducing undesirable motor vehicle exhaust emissions as well as fuel consumption. The composition is composed of a bicyclic arom... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5160350 | Fuel compositions This invention describes a water fix for an alcohol containing gasoline which has been formulated with a lead replacement.... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5024678 | Process for the prevention or reduction of deposits in carburetors, injection devices and similar devices of engines Process for the prevention of reduction of deposits in carburetors, injection devices or similar devices of engines, which are operated with alcohol fuels comprising 99.9 to 75 Vol.-% methanol, ethanol or a mixture thereof and at least one corrosion inhib... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5017731 | Direct conversion of ethane to alcohols by high pressure controlled oxidation A process directly converting ethane to ethanol and methanol uses controlled oxidation. The reaction takes place in an inert reactor, i.e., one having internal surfaces which do not affect the reaction, in the absence of a catalyst. The ethane is intimate... | 05/21/1991 |
