Constant heating value aqueous fuel mixture and method for formulating the same
AssigneeClean Fuel Technology, Inc.
InventorsGerald N. Coleman, James E. Sibley
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Abstract
A method of formulating a fuel emulsion composition for use in a specified compression ignition engine in which the fuel composition includes a hydrocarbon petroleum distillate, purified water; alcohol; and an additive composition comprising various ingredients. The types and amounts of the fuel and alcohol are selected so that the sum of its net heating value (lower heating value * percent of total composition) and the net heating value of the additive composition yields a net heating value of the aqueous fuel composition that is within the operating parameters for fuel heating values for the engine.
Claims63
A method for producing a fuel emulsion composition having a constant heating value, comprising:
- blending a flow of additives with a flow of an antifreeze in a first in-line blending station to create a first composition;
- blending a flow of hydrocarbon distillate fuel with said first composition in a second in-line blending station to produce a second composition;
- blending a flow of purified water with said second composition in a third in-line blending station to produce a third composition;
- mixing said third composition in an emusification station;
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- aging said third composition in a reservoir, said reservoir disposed in said emulsification station.
A fuel emulsion composition having a constant heating value resulting from the method comprising:
- blending a flow of additives with a flow of an antifreeze in a first in-line blending station to create a first composition;
- blending a flow of hydrocarbon distillate fuel with said first composition in a second in-line blending station to produce a second composition;
- blending a flow of purified water with said second composition in a third in-line blending station to produce a third composition;
- mixing said third composition in an emusification station;
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- aging said third composition in a reservoir, said reservoir disposed in said emulsification station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.