Process for the production of hydrocarbons
AssigneeRentech, Inc.
InventorsCharles B. Benham, Mark S. Bohn, Dennis L. Yakobson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An oxygen-containing diesel fuel additive for reducing particulate airborne emissions which additive is produced in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction using a promoted iron-based catalyst. The additive contains alcohols having at least five carbon atoms, and is employed in diesel fuel in an amount sufficient to provide an oxygen content in the diesel fuel of up to about 2% by weight while maintaining diesel fuel specification limits for viscosity.
Claims1
An oxygen-containing diesel fuel additive for reducing particulate airborne emissions comprising a synthetic naptha or synthetic diesel composition or mixtures thereof produced by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction using a promoted iron-based catalyst and containing alcohols having at least five carbon atoms, produced in said synthesis reaction said additive being employed in diesel fuel in an amount sufficient to provide an oxygen content in the diesel fuel of up to about 2% by weight while maintaining diesel fuel specification limits for viscosity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.