Diesel fuel composition
US6447558B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10L1/026
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
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 no more than 10% by weight of esters, by admixing said fuel with greater than 5% by weight based on the total composition of a saturated, aliphatic monohydric alcohol having on an average from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, one or more ketones having on an average 5 to 25 carbons and mixture of said alcohol(s) and ketone(s). The amount of the oxygenate in the fuel composition is sufficient to provide the fuel with at least 0.5% by weight of oxygen. The oxygenate significantly reduce particulate emissions from the exhausts of diesel powered engines.
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