Patents Assigned to BP Europe SE
  • Fuel for diesel engines
    Patent number: 8177866
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fuel to operate Diesel engines, in particular in cars, wherein the fuel contains an antioxidant. To achieve that the discoloration of the water white Diesel fuel during longer storage and/or incident light radiation is prevented at least for longer periods, the fuel contains a para-substituted, sterically hindered phenol (I) as antioxidant, the substituent of which in the para position is different from a tertiary butyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: BP Europe SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Balfanz, Jörg-Christian Fröhling, Angela Spieckermann, Rudolf Terschek