Dialkyl carbonates as phase separation inhibitors in liquid hydrocarbon fuel and ethanol mixtures
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorHarry A. Smith
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Abstract
This invention is a method of preventing phase separation of hydrous ethanol and liquid hydrocarbon fuel mixtures comprising the addition of an effective amount of dialkyl carbonates.
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A method for preventing a mixture of hydrous ethanol and a liquid hydrocarbon fuel from separating into two phases comprising adding to the mixture an effective amount of a phase separation inhibitor wherein the inhibitor is selected from the group of dialkyl carbonates.
A gasohol composition in which phase separation is inhibited comprising gasohol having added thereto from about 0.05 to about 10.0 percent by weight of the gasohol, a dialkyl carbonate phase separation inhibitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.