Patents Assigned to NRG Technologies, Inc.
  • Composition and method for producing a multiple boiling point ether gasoline component
    Patent number: 6017371
    Abstract: A composition and method for producing a multiple boiling point ether gasoline component is provided. A mixed alcohol composition including predominantly C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alcohols is reacted with an alkene stream to produce a mixture of ethers having different boiling points. The ether mixture is useful, when blended with gasoline, to increase oxygenation and overall motor fuel performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: NRG Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis G. Gheysens, William J. Wells, III, Richard E. Woodling