Ammonia-based fuel for compression engines containing a combustion enhancement additive
AssigneeVeryone
InventorsAnne-Gaëlle Bataille Morin, Richard Samson, Fabrice Foucher
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Abstract
The invention relates to a compression ignition engine fuel comprising 95.0% to 99.9% by weight ammonia and 0.01% to 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate or mixture of alkyl nitrates.
Claims18
A compression ignition engine fuel comprising 95.0% to 99.9% by weight ammonia and 0.01% to 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate, wherein said alkyl nitrate is selected from the group consisting of 2-ethylhexyl nitrate, cyclohexyl nitrate, dodecyl nitrate, n-nonyl nitrate, 2-tetradecyl-1-octadecyl nitrate, hexyl nitrate, 2-octyl nitrate, isononyl nitrate, 2-propylheptyl nitrate, a mixture of C9 to C13 branched alkyl nitrates, and mixtures thereof.
A method of reducing the ignition delay of an ammonia-based fuel, which comprises adding from 0.01% to 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate to said ammonia-based fuel.
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