# US 2020/0399551 A1 · Methods of igniting a fuel source, lighter fluid compositions and self-lighting charcoal briquettes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0399551 A1 - Document ID: US20200399551A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/012,549 - Filed: 2020-09-04 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-10 - Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. - Applicants: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.; Escogo, LLC - Inventors: Ryan B. Adolphson; Daniel P. Geller; Levi T. Mills; Marcus Leonard Smith; Fredrick W. Huszagh, II - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200399551A1 ## CPC - C10L 5/26: After-treatment of the {shaped fuels, e.g.} briquettes - A47J 37/079: {Charcoal igniting devices} - C10L 1/02: essentially based on components consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only - C10L 5/34: Other details of the {shaped fuels, e.g.} briquettes - C10L 11/04: consisting of combustible material (matches C06F) - F23Q 2/02: Lighters with liquid fuel {fuel which is fluid at atmospheric pressure} - F24B 15/005: {Igniting devices; Fire-igniting fans} - C10L 2200/0469: Renewables or materials of biological origin - C10L 2200/0476: Biodiesel, i.e. defined lower alkyl esters of fatty acids first generation biodiesel - C10L 2230/06: Firelighters or wicks, as additive to a solid fuel - C10L 2290/08: Drying or removing water - C10L 2290/22: Impregnation or immersion of a fuel component or a fuel as a whole - C10L 2290/24: Mixing, stirring of fuel components - C10L 2290/542: Adsorption of impurities during preparation or upgrading of a fuel - C10L 2290/543: Distillation, fractionation or rectification for separating fractions, components or impurities during preparation or upgrading of a fuel - C10L 2290/547: Filtration for separating fractions, components or impurities during preparation or upgrading of a fuel - C10L 2290/548: Membrane- or permeation-treatment for separating fractions, components or impurities during preparation or upgrading of a fuel - Y02E 50/10: Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel - Y02E 50/30: Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel - C10L: FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS; USE OF ADDITIVES TO FUELS OR FIRES; FIRE-LIGHTERS - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - F23Q: IGNITION (devices or installations peculiar to internal-combustion engines F02P; of cigarettes or tobacco A24F; compositions therefor, chemical igniters C06C); EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES - F24B: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS (for solid fuels in combination with gaseous fuels, liquid fuels or other kinds of energy supply F24C1/02); IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The present application provides charcoal briquettes infused with a flammable composition including fusel oil and/or one or more dehydration products of fusel oil and the flammable compositions including one or more dehydration products of fusel oil. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A charcoal briquette comprising: a charcoal briquette infused with a flammable composition, the flammable composition comprising: one or more dehydration products of fusel oil, wherein the dehydration products include a multicomponent alcohol mixture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1, wherein the one or more dehydration products of fusel fusel oil is a byproduct of alcohol production from fermentation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The charcoal briquette of claim 2, wherein dehydration products of fusel oil are produced by a dehydration method selected from the group consisting of: chemical treatment, mechanical filtration, distillation, and a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The charcoal briquette of claim 3, wherein the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil comprises 15% by volume or less of water. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1, wherein the dehydration products of fusel oil comprise one or more distillation fractions from distillation of fusel oil, and wherein the one or more distillation fractions are selected from the group consisting of: distillation fraction A obtained between room temperature and about 105° C., distillation fraction B obtained between about 106° C. and 133° C., distillation fraction C obtained at about 133° C. and above, and a combination thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The charcoal briquette of claim 5, wherein distillation fraction A comprises a multicomponent alcohol mixture comprising two or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethanol, propanol, and water; wherein distillation fraction B comprises a multicomponent alcohol mixture comprising two or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of butanols and amyl alcohols; and wherein distillation fraction C comprises a multicomponent alcohol mixture comprising two or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of amyl alcohols, hexanols, and octanols. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1 wherein the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil is produced using mechanical filtration dehydration using molecular sieve membrane systems and wherein the dehydration product of fusel oil comprises less than about 15% by volume water. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1 wherein the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil is produced using a chemical dehydration method and wherein the dehydration product of fusel oil comprises less than about 15% by volume water. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1, wherein the flammable composition comprises about 5-100% by volume of the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1, wherein the flammable composition further comprises a biodiesel component comprising a combination of fatty-acid alkyl esters (FAAEs). ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The charcoal briquette of claim 10, wherein the biodiesel component is derived from a non-petroleum lipid source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The charcoal briquette of claim 10, wherein the non-petroleum lipid source is selected from the group consisting of: animal fats, virgin vegetable oils, used cooking oil, brown grease, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The charcoal briquette of claim 10, wherein the flammable composition comprises about 5-99% by volume of the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil and about 1-95% by volume of the biodiesel component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1, wherein the flammable composition has a flash point of about 38° C. or greater. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The charcoal briquette of claim 1, wherein the flammable composition consists of: the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil comprises at about 5-99% by volume of the flammable composition, wherein the one or more dehydration products of fusel oil have about 15% by volume or less of water; and a biodiesel component at about 1-95% by volume of the flammable composition, wherein the biodiesel component consists of a combination of fatty-acid alkyl esters (FAAEs).