Abstract:
A wax-containing petroleum distillate fuel composition having improved low temperature flow properties is described. The distillate fuel has added thereto:A. an amorphous, normally solid, essentially saturated hydrocarbon fraction substantially free of normal paraffin hydrocarbons;B. a wax modifying random copolymer of ethylene and an unsaturated ester; andC. an ether.
Abstract:
A composition for reducing the amount of particulate matter formed during the combustion of residual fuel oil, particularly No. 6 fuel oil, comprising a residual fuel oil and an effective amount of selected oil soluble zirconium salts of an alcohol/phenol or sulfonate. Another embodiment involves a process for reducing the amount of particulate matter formed during combustion of a residual fuel oil which comprises combustion of a residual fuel oil which contains an effective amount of a selected zirconium salt of alcohol/phenol or sulfonate.
Abstract:
Oil soluble combinations of (A) ethylene polymer or copolymer, (B) a second polymer having alkyl side chains of 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and derived from carboxylic acid esters and/or olefins, and (C) nitrogen compounds, such as amides, amine salts and ammonium salts, of carboxylic acids or anhydrides, are useful in improving the cold flow properties of distillate hydrocarbon fuel oils.
Abstract:
The present invention provides for a middle distillate fuel having a boiling range within about 120.degree. to about 400.degree. C. which has enhanced low temperature flow properties. These enhanced properties are provided by the addition of a mixture comprising:a) the sulfonamide or amine salt reaction product of an alkylaryl sulfonic acid having from about 10 to about 70 carbon atoms and a primary, secondary tertiary or quaternary amine having from 4 to about 40 carbon atoms;b) an alkyl diphenyl ether wherein the alkyl group contains from about 16 to about 44 carbon atoms; andc) an oil soluble nitrogen-containing compound containing a total of about 30 to about 300 carbon atoms and having at least one straight chain alkyl segment of 8 to 40 carbon atoms and selected from the class consisting of the amine salt and/or amide reaction product of a hydrocarbyl carboxylic acid or anhydride having 1 to 4 carbonyl groups and a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine having from 4 to about 40 carbon atoms.This mixture may be added to very low levels to middle distillate oils, i.e., diesel and home heating oil, to yield fuel products having enhanced cold flow properties.
Abstract:
It has been found that when minor amounts of quaternary ammonium hydroxides are added to gasolines, the octane requirement increase for fuel fired spark ignition internal combustion engines is decreased or reversed.Thus, in one aspect, the present invention comprises a method for controlling the ORI of spark ignition internal combustion engines by operating such engines on a fuel containing certain quaternary ammonium hydroxides in amounts sufficient to control the ORI.
Abstract:
A composition for reducing the amount of particulate matter formed during the combustion of residual fuel oil, particularly No. 6 fuel oil, comprising a residual fuel oil and an effective amount of a combination of zirconium and cerium salts of carboxylic acids, alcohols, phenols or sulfonates. Another embodiment involves a process for reducing the amount of particulate matter formed during combustion of a residual fuel oil which comprises combustion of a residual fuel which contains an effective amount of said selected combination of zirconium and cerium salts.
Abstract:
Oil-soluble combinations of (A) ethylene polymer or copolymer, (B) normal paraffinic wax composed of normal hydrocarbons whose average molecular weight is within the range of from 300 to 650, and (C) nitrogen compounds, such as amides, amine salts and ammonium salts, of carboxylic acids or anhydrides, are useful in improving the cold flow properties of distillate hydrocarbon fuel oils. Preferably, the wax contains n-paraffins ranging from C.sub.23 to C.sub.37 inclusive. If desired, the combination can be usefully stabilized by the addition of one or more compatibility additives, i.e. a polymer having alkyl side chains of 6 to 30 carbon atoms and derived from carboxylic acid esters and/or olefins or C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkanol, e.g. tridecyl alcohol or mixtures of said polymer and alkanol.
Abstract:
A pour depressant for hydrocarbon oils, such as hydrotreated shale oil, and a method for depressing the pour point of hydrocarbon oil utilizing the pour depressant are disclosed. The depressant comprises the combination of:I. an asphaltenic material with copolymers of:II. dibehenyl fumarate vinyl acetate; and,III. ditallow fumarate vinyl acetate.
Abstract:
The method of inhibiting or reducing the level of asphaltic sediment formed in residual fuels by adding an alkylaryl sulfonic acid stabilizer to said fuel comprising the improvement of adding an effective stabilizing amount of said stabilizer to said fuel oil and maintaining said stabilized fuel at a selected high temperature of at least about 190.degree. C. for a time sufficient to inhibit the formation or reduce the level of asphaltic sediment.
Abstract:
Borated derivatives of C.sub.8 to C.sub.40 hydrocarbyl substituted succinamic acids and/or acid salts thereof, preferably obtained by the reaction of boric acid with an aliphatic hydrocarbyl succinamic acid derivative, are useful alone and in combination with an amorphous hydrocarbon in improving the cold flow properties of distillate hydrocarbon oils.