Method of manufacturing oxygenated fuel
US7300568B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G2400/04
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a process to improve the cetane number and emissions characteristics of a distillate feedstock by increasing the oxygen content of the feedstock by contacting the feedstock with an oxygen-containing gas in the oxidation zone at oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal and a basic support.
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