Fuel additive
AssigneeCerulean International Limited
InventorsRonen Hazarika, Bryan Lawrence Morgan
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for improving the efficiency with which fuel is burnt in a fuel burning apparatus, particularly an internal combustion engine, comprising dispersing an amount of at least one particulate lanthanide oxide, particularly cerium oxide, in the fuel. This invention further relates to tablets, capsules, compositions and liquid fuel additives suitable for dispersing a lanthanide oxide in fuel.
Claims21
A method of improving the efficiency with which fuel is burnt in a fuel burning apparatus and/or a method of reducing the emissions produced by a fuel which is burnt in a fuel burning apparatus, said method comprising dispersing an amount of at least one particulate lanthanide oxide in the fuel.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one lanthanide oxide has a particle size in the range of 1 to 50 nm.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one lanthanide oxide is made by plasma vapour synthesis or mechanical chemical processing.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one lanthanide oxide is coated with a substance which renders the surface of the lanthanide oxide lipophilic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.