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US 2014/0150333 A1Published application
Fuel compositions
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsMark Lawrence BREWER, Roger Grancis CRACKNELL, Matthias EGGENSTEIN, Tor Kit GOH
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Abstract
Disclosed is a diesel fuel composition containing 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN) and one or more organic peroxides for providing improved fuel economy. The organic peroxides may have a cyclic peroxide of the general formula (I).
Claims10
A diesel fuel composition comprising a diesel base fuel, 2-ethylhexylnitrate and one or more peroxides selected from the group of peroxides represented by the general formula (I) below:
- wherein R1, R3, and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C20 alkyl, C3-C20 cycloalkyl, C6-C20 aryl, C7-C20 aralkyl and C7-C20 alkaryl, which groups may include linear or branched alkyl moieties;
- R2, R4 and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C2-C20 alkyl, C3-C20 aryl, C7-C20 aralkyl, and C7-C20 alkaryl, which groups may include linear or branched alkyl moieties;
- and each of R1 to R6 may optionally be substituted with one or more groups selected from hydroxyl, alkoxy, linear or branched alkyl, aryloxy, ester, carboxy, nitrile, and amido.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.