Alcohol based unleaded automotive racing fuel
AssigneeTurn 3 Holdings LLC
InventorsAndrew Stephen Burns, Jr., Paul Yaw
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Abstract
Alcohol based unleaded automotive racing fuels, using blends of four basic chemical components, including ethanol, methanol, toluene, and isopentane and/or cyclopentane. Mixtures provide increased power, and better charge cooling than conventional racing gasolines, whether leaded or unleaded. The claimed racing fuel blends do not include gasoline, isooctane, or alkylate fractions common to alcohol-gasoline mixtures such as E85 alcohol based fuels. The novel fuel blends claimed can be manufactured from commonly available pure chemical components, and make possible distributed manufacture of automotive racing fuels.
Claims15
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, comprising:
- (a) methanol at from thirty percent (30%) to forty percent (40%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at from forty percent (40%) to thirty percent (30%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at from thirty five percent (35%) to fifteen percent (15%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at from three percent (3%) to ten percent (10%) by volume;
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- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, consisting essentially of:
- (a) methanol at from thirty percent (30%) to forty percent (40%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at from forty percent (40%) to thirty percent (30%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at from thirty five percent (35%) to fifteen percent (15%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at from three percent (3%) to ten percent (10%) by volume;
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- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, consisting of:
- (a) methanol at from thirty percent (30%) to forty percent (40%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at from forty percent (40%) to thirty percent (30%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at from thirty five percent (35%) to fifteen percent (15%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at from three percent (3%) to ten percent (10%) by volume;
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- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, comprising:
- (a) methanol at about thirty five percent (35%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at about thirty five percent (35%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at about twenty two percent (22%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at about eight percent (8%) by volume;
- and
- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, consisting essentially of:
- (a) methanol at about thirty five percent (35%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at about thirty five percent (35%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at about twenty two percent (22%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at about eight percent (8%) by volume;
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- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, consisting of:
- (a) methanol at about thirty five percent (35%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at about thirty five percent (35%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at about twenty two percent (22%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at about eight percent (8%) by volume;
- and
- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, comprising:
- (a) methanol at thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at from thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at five percent (5%) to ten percent (10%) by volume;
- and
- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, consisting essentially of:
- (a) methanol at thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at from thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at five percent (5%) to ten percent (10%) by volume;
- and
- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
An unleaded automotive racing fuel blend, consisting of:
- (a) methanol at thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (b) ethanol at thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (c) toluene at from thirty five percent (35%), plus or minus five percent (5%) by volume;
- (d) isopentane or cyclopentane, or mixtures thereof, at five percent (5%) to ten percent (10%) by volume;
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- (e) optionally, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, anti-static additives, corrosion inhibitors, denaturants, co-solvents, lubricants, and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.