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Diesel fuel additives and diesel fuels containing soluble platinum group metal compounds and use in diesel engines

US4892562A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1986
Grant dateJan 9, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B3/06
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides diesel fuel additive compositions comprising solutions of diesel fuel-soluble platinum group metal compounds in solvents miscible in the fuel, the platinum group metal complex being present in an amount sufficient to supply from 0.01 to 1.0 parts per million of the platinum group metal when added to a predetermined amount of fuel. Fuel compositions and methods employing them are also provided.

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