Engine fuel based on a mixture of alcohol and water and containing a combustion improver additive
AssigneeEurenco France SAS
InventorsAnne-Gaëlle Bataille Morin, Richard Samson, Fabrice Foucher
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Abstract
A fuel for a combustion engine includes from about 95.0% to about 99.9% by weight of a liquid water/alcohol mixture, in which water makes up from about 1% to about 15% by weight of the mixture, and from about 0.01% to about 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate.
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A fuel for a combustion engine, consisting of:
- (a) from about 95.0% to about 99.9% by weight of a liquid water/alcohol mixture, in which water makes up from about 1% to about 15% by weight of the mixture, and
- (b) from about 0.01% to about 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate.
A method for improving the ignition, in a combustion engine, of a fuel initially consisting of a liquid water/alcohol mixture, in which water makes up from about 1% to about 15% by weight of the mixture, the method consisting of adding to the said mixture an alkyl nitrate, in an amount such as to provide a final fuel composition consisting of:
- (a) from about 95.0% to about 99.9% by weight of a liquid water/alcohol mixture, in which water makes up from about 1% to about 15% by weight of the mixture, and
- (b) from about 0.1% to about 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate.
A fuel for a combustion engine, consisting of:
- (a) from about 95.0% to about 99.9% by weight of a liquid water/alcohol mixture, in which water makes up from about 1% to about 15% by weight of the mixture,
- (b) from about 0.01% to about 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate, and
- (c) any remaining balance to 100% by weight of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of additives with preservative functions and additives with detergent functions.
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