Fuel oil compositions and processes
AssigneeAllard Services Limited
InventorsPaul Snaith, John Francis Unsworth
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Abstract
This document relates to a fuel oil composition comprising: (i) a solid hydrocarbonaceous and/or solid carbonaceous material, wherein the material is in particulate form, and wherein at least about 90% by volume (% v) of the particles are no greater than about 20 microns in diameter; and (ii) a liquid fuel oil; wherein the solid hydrocarbonaceous and/or solid carbonaceous material is present in an amount of at most about 30 by mass (% m) based on the total mass of the fuel oil composition. The invention further relates a process for the preparation of this fuel oil composition, a method of changing a grade of a liquid fuel oil, and a method for adjusting the flash point of a liquid fuel oil.
Claims20
A fuel oil composition comprising:
- (i) a particulate material, wherein at least about 90% by volume (% v) of the particles are no greater than about 20 microns in diameter;
- and
- (ii) a liquid fuel oil;
- wherein the particulate material is present in an amount of at most about 30 by mass (% m) based on the total mass of the fuel oil composition;
- wherein the particulate material comprises coal, wherein the coal comprises sedimentary mineral-derived solid carbonaceous material selected from hard coal, anthracite, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, brown coal, lignite, or combinations thereof;
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- wherein the particulate material comprises less than 5% m of ash content.
A fuel oil composition comprising:
- (i) a particulate material, wherein at least about 90% by volume (% v) of the particles are no greater than about 20 microns in diameter;
- and
- (ii) a liquid fuel oil selected from one of the group consisting of:
- marine diesel;
- diesel for stationary applications;
- kerosene for stationary applications;
- marine bunker oil;
- residual fuel oil;
- and heavy fuel oil;
- and
- wherein the particulate material comprises coal;
- and
- wherein the particulate material comprises less than 5% m of ash content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.