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Fuel composition

US8435313B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Furanix Technologies B, V. · NL

Inventors

Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruter · Eijsden, NL
Edserd De Jong · Amsterdam, NL

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2009
Grant date	May 7, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/678
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fuel composition includes a ring-hydrogenated alkyl furfuryl ether of the general formula (I): R″-TF-CH2-O—R or a mixture of the ethers, where TF represents a 2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofuran ring, where each R independently represents a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and where each R″ independently represents a methyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, the product of an aldol condensation reaction or an alkoxymethyl group of the general formula (II): —CH2-O—R′, where each R′ independently represents a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, in combination with diesel fuels of petroleum origin or diesel fuels of bioorganic origin.

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