Burning efficiency enhancement method
OwnerRobert J. Tedeschi, Lincoln I. Diuguidinventors
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Abstract
Alkynols are added to liquid fuels in the fuel reservoir, by aspiration into an air/fuel mixing area, or both. The introduction of such alkynols increases the burning efficiency of the fuels.
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A method of increasing the burning efficiency of liquid fuels in fuel burning systems having fuel reservoirs comprising adding to the fuel in said system between 0.5 and 7 parts per thousand by volume of an alkynyl alcohol of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or carbocycloaryl wherein the alkyl groups contain from 1-12, the cycloalkyl contain from 3-12 and the carbocycloaryl groups contain from 5-12 carbon atoms respectively, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be the same or different.
A method of claim 2 wherein R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl and R.sub.2 is methyl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.