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US 8,182,555 B2Granted
Nano-sized zinc oxide particles for fuel
AssigneeJames Kenneth Sanders
InventorsRichard W. Tock, Arlene Hernandez, James Kenneth Sanders, Duck Joo Yang
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Abstract
A fuel composition contains a liquid fuel and a specific amount of nano-sized zinc oxide particles. The nano-sized zinc oxide particles can be used to either improve combustion or increase catalytic chemical oxidation of fuel.
Claims23
A fuel composition comprising:
- a liquid fuel;
- suspended within the liquid fuel from about 5 ppm to about 60 ppm of nano-sized zinc oxide particles, wherein at least about 95% by weight of the nano-sized zinc oxide particles having a size from about 1 nm to about 70 nm;
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- from about 0.001% to about 0.5% by weight of a surfactant.
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A method of improving combustion, comprising:
- providing an internal combustion engine with a fuel composition comprising a liquid fuel and suspended therein from about 5 ppm to about 60 ppm of nano-sized zinc oxide particles, wherein at least about 95% by weight of the nano-sized zinc oxide particles have a size from about 1 nm to about 70 nm, the fuel composition further comprising from about 0.001% to about 0.5% by weight of a surfactant.
A method of increasing catalytic chemical oxidation of a fuel composition, comprising:
- providing a fuel composition with a liquid fuel and suspended therein from about 5 ppm to about 60 ppm of nano-sized zinc oxide particles or combinations thereof, wherein at least about 95% by weight of the nano-sized zinc oxide particles have a size from about 1 nm to about 70 nm, the liquid fuel further comprising from about 0.001% to about 0.5% by weight of a surfactant.
A method of making a fuel composition comprising:
- suspending from about 5 ppm to about 60 ppm of nano-sized zinc oxide particles in a liquid fuel, wherein at least about 95% by weight of the nano-sized zinc oxide particles have a size from about 1 nm to about 70 nm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.