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US 8,540,784 B2Granted
Fuel compositions
AssigneeTellus Renewables LLC
InventorsBrent Siemssen, Joel Edmonds
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Abstract
The present invention provides hybrid diesel fuels and methods for manufacturing hybrid diesel fuels. In embodiments, fuel compositions comprise at least one petrochemical fuel, at least one biosynthetic oil and at least one stabilizer mixture. The percentage by volume of the petrochemical fuel can be greater than 0% and less than 100%, and the percentage by volume of the stabilizer mixture can be between about 0.001% and about 0.5%.
Claims24
A fuel composition for diesel engines comprising:
- at least one petrochemical fuel;
- at least one biosynthetic oil;
- and
- at least one stabilizer mixture,
- wherein the percentage of the at least one stabilizer mixture is about 0.001% to about 0.5% by volume, and wherein the at least one stabilizer mixture comprises:
- acetone;
- 3-butyl-3-methylnitrate propane;
- sorbitan mono-9-octadecenol;
- sorbitan tri-9-octadecenol;
- 1-hydroxy-3,6-dioxaoctane;
- 2 butoxyethanol;
- 2-butylbutanol;
- heavy aromatic naphthas;
- 1-methylbenzene;
- dimethyl benzenes;
- methyldipropylene glycol;
- methyldipropylene propanol;
- alkylalkyloxy alkanol;
- 2-ethylhexl nitrate;
- octyl nitrate;
- 2 ethylhexanol;
- antioxidants;
- and polydentate metal deactivators.
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