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Removing water haze from distillate fuels

US4002558A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 1976
Grant dateJan 11, 1977
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Expiry dateJan 22, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G33/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Undesirable haze that occurs in a distillate fuel, such as a diesel fuel, a jet fuel or a heating oil, as a result of emulsion formation with slight traces of water, is removed from the fuel by adding to and simply mixing with the fuel a small amount of an inorganic halide or nitrate of calcium, magnesium, cadmium, copper or nickel dissolved in a water-miscible, fuel-immiscible aliphatic monohydric or polyhydric alcohol or glycol ether.

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