Nanocarbon particle based fuel additive
AssigneeAdámas Nanotechnologies, Inc.
InventorsOlga Aleksandrovna Shenderova, Michail Grigorievich Ivanov, Gary Elder McGuire, Denis Ivanov
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Abstract
A fuel additive composition has a base fuel; colloidal nanocarbon particles, and a dispersion stabilizer that aids in stably suspending the colloidal nanocarbon particles in the base fuel. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
Claims27
A combustion fuel additive for use in a fully formulated combustion fuel, the additive designed for improving the fully formulated combustion fuel's efficiency when the fuel combusts in an engine, the combustion fuel additive comprising:
- a) a base fuel for dispersion in the fully formulated combustion fuel;
- b) colloidal nanodiamond particles, wherein the colloidal nanodiamond particles are dispersed in the base fuel;
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- c) a surfactant dispersion stabilizer that aids in stably suspending the colloidal nanodiamond particles in the base fuel which surfactant dispersion stabilizer is dispersible in the fully formulated combustion fuel,
- where the colloidal nanodiamond particles comprise nanodiamonds modified by at least one modification selected from the group consisting of:
- a wet phase chemical reaction, gas phase chemical reaction, a chemical reaction induced photochemically, a chemical reaction induced electrochemically, a chemical reaction induced mechanochemically, annealing, modification by exposure to a plasma, modification by irradiation, modification by exposure to sonic energy and a modification during a process of nanodiamond synthesis by introducing dopants or defects.
A combustion fuel additive for use in a fully formulated combustion fuel, the additive designed for improving the fully formulated combustion fuel's efficiency when the fuel combusts in an engine, the combustion fuel additive comprising:
- a) a base fuel for dispersion in the fully formulated combustion fuel;
- b) colloidal nanodiamond particles, wherein the colloidal nanodiamond particles are dispersed in the base fuel;
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- c) a surfactant dispersion stabilizer that aids in stably suspending the colloidal nanodiamond particles in the base fuel which surfactant dispersion stabilizer is dispersible in the fully formulated combustion fuel,
- where the dispersion stabilizer comprises at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of zwitterionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, ionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, anionic surfactants and steric surfactants.
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