Fuel additive
AssigneeAdriel Energy Corporation
InventorTheodor Weinberger
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Abstract
Higher ratios of alcohol to gasoline (gasohol) are possible utilizing gasoline in combination with a mixture of alcohol, a ketone (e.g., acetone) and optionally a small amount of an alkali metal carbonate, such as sodium carbonate, in finely divided form.
Claims15
A gasoline additive mixture consisting essentially of alcohol mixed with from about 3 to about 40 percent, based on the volume of said alcohol, a ketone having the general formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, are each an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and from about 0 to about 1.5 grams per gallon of said additive mixture of an alkali metal carbonate in finely divided form.
A fuel additive consisting essentially of a ketone having the general formula:
- ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, are each an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and from about 10 to about 15 grams of an alkali metal carbonate in finely divided form per gallon of ketone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.