Abstract:
The present invention relates to transportable product for the transportation of paraffinic wax and methods of transporting using this transportable product. The transportable product comprises 90 to 20 weight % of a liquid comprising > 50 weight % alcohol and having a true vapor pressure of =14.7 psia when measured at 20°C, and 10 to 80 weight % of wax particles, herein the wax particles comprise =75 weight % of wax particles larger than 0.1 mm. The transportable product and methods of transporting according to the present invention are able to accommodate a relatively high weight % of paraffinic wax particles in the transportable product while avoiding interparticle adhesion and clumping by ensuring that the wax particles are not too small and the amount of small wax particles is not excessive.
Abstract:
A water-in-oil type emulsion fuel oil, prepared by dispersing and emulsifying in a heavy oil a water/carbon mixture prepared by dispersing carbon fines in water with an emulsifying agent and a protective colloid. This emulsion fuel oil comprises 100 vol% of a heavy oil and 20 to 45 vol% of the water/carbon mixture, the water being uniformly dispersed and emulsified in the heavy oil in the form of particles having diameters exceeding 20 mu m but not exceeding 35 mu m. When the amount of the water/carbon mixture to be mixed with 100 parts by weight of the heavy oil is 20 to 35 vol%, the dispersed water particles have diameters ranging from 25 to 35 mu m, while when the amount is 35 to 45 vol%, they have diameters ranging from 20 to 25 mu m. The emulsion fuel oil exhibits a flame temperature equivalent to that of a water-free heavy oil, thus being extremely advantageous in heat balance. Further, the emulsion fuel oil is effective in inhibiting the global warming, because it is decreased in the amount of oil burnt to result in a decrease in the amount of CO2 emitted.
Abstract:
A pumpable slurry for recovering fuel value from lignin by mixing the lignin with water, fuel oil and a dispersing agent to form a stable thixotropic or near Newtonian portable slurry by coordinating the amounts of lignin, water and fuel oil to produce a substantially slurry suitable for use as a liquid fuel having a viscosity after stirring of 100 to 1,000 mPa.s.
Abstract:
A droplet formation for fuels is disclosed. The droplet formation for fuels includes an amphiphile. The droplet formation for fuels further includes at least one of an extensional viscosity modifier and a viscosity modifier. The droplet formation for fuels further includes a hydrophilic portion. The droplet formation for fuels further includes a hydrophobic portion. The droplet, including the hydrophilic portion and the hydrophobic portion, includes characteristics selected for beneficial combustion properties. The selected characteristics include flash point, autoignition temperature, density, viscosity, miscibility, size, combustion temperature, organic properties, inorganic properties, zwitterionic properties, micelle properties, and particulate properties.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a gasoline efficacy promoter (GEP) boosting combustion efficiency of gasoline in internal combustion engines by a mechanism of micro-dissociation comprising a microemulsion of modified bio-carbon, a surfactant, water, a modified vegetable oil and a dispersant, and a method of making it. The gasoline efficacy promoter, environmentally friendly and stable for longer than six months, can increase the combustion efficiency by more than 10%, and reduce 80% of NOx formation in exhaust emission when an appropriate dosage is added to a fuel tank in a vehicle.
Abstract:
A method for reducing tar fuel viscosity by steam heating, during slurrification in a rotary slurrifier, is described for creating slurries of many small tar particles suspended in a continuous water phase. This heating is done at pressure to avoid evaporation of the water. The tar in water slurry is evaporatively cooled by subsequent depressurization.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to transportable product for the transportation of paraffinic wax and methods of transporting using this transportable product. The transportable product comprises 90 to 20 weight % of a liquid comprising >50 weight % alcohol and having a true vapor pressure of ≦14.7 psia when measured at 20° C., and 10 to 80 weight % of wax particles, wherein the wax particles comprise ≧75 weight % of wax particles larger than 0.1 mm. The transportable product and methods of transporting according to the present invention are able to accommodate a relatively high weight % of paraffinic wax particles in the transportable product while avoiding interparticle adhesion and clumping by ensuring that the wax particles are not too small and the amount of small wax particles is not excessive.
Abstract:
A method of reducing costs in the steel industry by making a Steel Industry Fuel comprising solublizing a portion of a coking waste product with a green solvent, to form a mixture and adding the mixture to coal wherein a prefuel mixture of the green solvent and the coking waste product has a lower viscosity than the coking waste product prior to the addition of the green solvent and wherein the green solvent is a combustible fuel derived from a renewable source, and adding the prefuel mixture of the green solvent and the coking waste product to a coal.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to transportable product for the transportation of paraffinic wax and methods of transporting using this transportable product. The transportable product comprises 90 to 20 weight % of a liquid comprising >50 weight % alcohol and having a true vapor pressure of ≦14.7 psia when measured at 20° C., and 10 to 80 weight % of wax particles, wherein the wax particles comprise ≧75 weight % of wax particles larger than 0.1 mm. The transportable product and methods of transporting according to the present invention are able to accommodate a relatively high weight % of paraffinic wax particles in the transportable product while avoiding interparticle adhesion and clumping by ensuring that the wax particles are not too small and the amount of small wax particles is not excessive.
Abstract:
A composition for use as a fuel comprising: less than about 10% by weight water; greater than about 35% by weight solids and from about 30 to about 65% by weight of liquid hydrocarbons; the solids comprising inorganic solids and combustible organic solids that are insoluble in methylene chloride and the composition having a minimum heat value of at least about 7,000 BTU/lb. and a viscosity such that the composition is a pumpable fluid at ambient temperature. The solids and the liquid hydrocarbons are obtained from a single refinery waste stream containing liquid hydrocarbons, water and said solids so that all of the heat value of the composition is derived from components initially present in the waste stream.