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US 10,246,659 B2Granted
Unleaded aviation fuel
AssigneeLANXESS Deutschland GmbH
InventorsAlexander Henseler, Torsten Hauschild
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an aviation gasoline composition, its production and its use in a reciprocating spark ignition aircraft engine.
Claims20
A lead-free aviation gasoline composition having a high motor octane number and low freezing temperature, the gasoline comprising:
- (a) about forty-five percent (45%) to about sixty-five percent (65%) by weight of at least one unleaded gasoline base fuel having a motor octane number of between ninety-seven (97) and ninety-nine point nine (99.9);
- (b) about ten percent (10%) to about thirty-five percent (35%) by weight of one or more alkylated benzenes;
- (c) about six percent (6%) to about twelve percent (12%) by weight, collectively, of one or more of iso-pentane, n-butane, and iso-butane;
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- (d) about four percent (4%) to about fifteen percent (15%) by weight aromatic-amines, said aromatic amines comprising N-methyl-p-toluidine in combination with at least one of N-methyl-m-toluidine and m-Toluidine, and a ratio of N-methyl-p-toluidine to the at least one of N-methyl-m-toluidine and m-Toluidine is about four to one (4:1) to twelve to one (12:1);
- wherein the gasoline has a freezing point of −58° C. or lower.
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