Additized DME/LPG fuel for improving combustion efficiency
AssigneeIndian Oil Corporation Limited
InventorsKoushik Bhowmik, Ruchi Jain, Jyotiranjan Ota, Samik Kumar Hait, Chandrasekaran Kannan, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an additized blended fuel composition comprising of 97 to 50 weight % of liquified petroleum gas (LPG); 3 to 50 weight % of dimethyl ether (DME); and a nanocatalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improvement in the combustion efficiency of the DME blended LPG fuel by using catalytic amount of the nano-catalyst, when introduced in ppm level enhances the combustion properties, thereby increasing the flame temperature and reducing the consumption of fuel gas mixture.
Claims20
An additized blended fuel composition comprising:
- 97 to 50 weight % of liquified petroleum gas (LPG);
- 3 to 50 weight % of dimethyl ether (DME);
- and
- a nanocatalyst,
- wherein the nanocatalyst is selected from the group consisting of a metal quantum cluster, a nano metal oxide, a nano spinel oxide, and a combination thereof;
- wherein the nanocatalyst has a concentration in a range of 5-60 ppm.
A process for preparing an additized blended fuel composition, the process comprising:
- adding a nanocatalyst dispersion to an empty pressure vessel;
- and
- filling the empty pressure vessel with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and dimethyl ether (DME) under a pressure to form the additized blended fuel composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.