Nano perovskite materials as combustion improver for liquid and gaseous fuels
AssigneeIndian Oil Corporation Limited
InventorsJyotiranjan Ota, Samik Kumar Hait, Madhira Indu Sekhara Sastry, Gurpreet Singh Kapur, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to use of Perovskite type of materials as combustion improver in gaseous and liquid fuels. Structurally, the Perovskite material consists of ABO3, AxB1-xCyO3 or AxB1-xCyO3 kind of material with stoichiometric deficiency and oxygen deficient sites. More particularly, the present invention relates to the nanosized perovskite materials stably dispersed in hydrocarbon medium and compatible to the fuel has been used to improve the combustion process and generate more heat output.
Claims8
A liquid dispersion composition comprising:
- nanosized-perovskite materials having a size in the range of 5-20 nm and a hydrocarbon medium,
- wherein the hydrocarbon medium is a fuel or a hydrocarbon compatible with a fuel, and wherein the fuel is selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel, gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blend, diesel-alcohol blend, diesel-biodiesel blend, kerosene, mineral turpentine oil (MTO), fuel oil, and combinations thereof,
- wherein the nanosized-perovskite materials are represented by at least one of a general formula (I), (II), or (III):
- ABO3, (I),
- AxB1-xCyO3 or (II),
- AxB1-xCyD1-yO3 (III),
- wherein A represents La, Y, Sm, or Ce;
- B represents Ca, Ba, or Sr;
- C represents Mn, Co, Fe, Cu, or Ni;
- D represents Cr, Ru, or Fe;
- x is in the range of 0.15 to 0.50;
- and
- y is in the range of 0.15 to 0.95,
- wherein the composition improves a combustion process.
An additized fuel composition comprising:
- a fuel doped with a liquid dispersion of nanosized-perovskite materials wherein the nanosized-perovskite materials are dispersed in a hydrocarbon medium,
- wherein the hydrocarbon medium is a fuel or a hydrocarbon compatible with a fuel, and wherein the fuel is selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel, gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blend, diesel-alcohol blend, diesel-biodiesel blend, kerosene, mineral turpentine oil (MTO), fuel oil, and combinations thereof,
- wherein the nanosized-perovskite materials have a size in a range of 5-20 nm, and
- wherein the nanosized-perovskite materials are represented by at least one of a general formula (I), (II), or (III):
- ABO3, (I),
- AxB1-xCyO3 or (II),
- AxB1-xCyD1-yO3 (III),
- wherein A represents La, Y, Sm, or Ce;
- B represents Ca, Ba, or Sr;
- C represents Mn, Co, Fe, Cu, or Ni;
- D represents Cr, Ru, or Fe;
- x is in the range of 0.15 to 0.50;
- and
- y is in the range of 0.15 to 0.95;
- wherein the additized fuel composition increases flame temperature of a fuel to which it is added from about 1900° C. to about 2600° C.
A process for preparation of a liquid dispersion composition, wherein the process comprises:
- grinding perovskite material in a non-reacting hydrocarbon medium to provide a nanosized-perovskite material having a size in a range of 5-20 nm in the non-reacting hydrocarbon medium as the liquid dispersion;
- wherein the non-reacting hydrocarbon medium is a fuel or a hydrocarbon compatible with the fuel, and wherein the fuel is selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel, gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blend, diesel-alcohol blend, diesel-biodiesel blend, kerosene, mineral turpentine oil (MTO), fuel oil, and combinations thereof.
A process for preparation of an additized fuel composition, wherein the process comprises:
- (a) dispersing a nanosized-perovskite material, having a size in a range of 5-20 nm, in a non-reacting hydrocarbon medium in a matrix and obtaining a liquid dispersion of the nanosized-perovskite material;
- wherein the non-reacting hydrocarbon medium is a fuel or a hydrocarbon compatible with a fuel, and wherein the fuel is selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel, gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blend, diesel-alcohol blend, diesel-biodiesel blend, kerosene, mineral turpentine oil (MTO), fuel oil, and combinations thereof;
- and
- (b) doping the liquid dispersion of the nanosized-perovskite material into a fuel to obtain the additized fuel composition,
- wherein the additized fuel composition is a liquid fuel or a gaseous fuel and wherein the additized fuel composition enhances flame temperature of a fuel to which it is added from about 1900° C. to about 2600° C. for high temperature applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.