Use of proteins as an antifoaming constituent in fuels

US8038740B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Subkowski · Schriesheim, DE
• Hans-Georg Lemaire · Schifferstadt, DE
• Marvin Karos · Plankstadt, DE
• Susan Hammer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Joern Karl · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Dietmar Posselt · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10L1/238
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or of a derivative thereof as a defoamer in additive compositions or fuels, to a process for defoaming fuels, to an additive and fuel composition comprising at least one hydrophobin or derivative thereof and at least one further fuel additive, and to a process for preparing at least one fuel composition.