Having -c(=x)- Bonded Directly To The Nitrogen, Wherein X Is Chalcogen Patents (Class 44/418)
  • Patent number: 11993756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature additive for fuel oils having a sulfur content of less than 50 ppm, comprising i) at least one oil-soluble amide-ammonium salt of a polycarboxylic acid with a mono- and/or dialkylamine (A) and ii) 5-100% by weight, based on the amount of amide-ammonium salt (A), of an oil-soluble amine (B), and iii) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, based on the amount of amide-ammonium salt (A), of a resin formed from at least one aromatic compound bearing an alkyl radical and an aldehyde and/or ketone (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Kerstin Müller, Simone Hackländer, Oliver Hubert, Sergey Burmistrov, Lydmila Abramova, Alexander Utkin
  • Patent number: 11912657
    Abstract: A low sulfur diesel blockage inhibitor as shown in formula (I), a preparation method therefor, and use thereof are provided. In formula (I), x and y are each an integer between 0 and 4; m and n are each selected from H, a C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl group, or a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group. By using a vegetable oil as a raw material, a modified vegetable oil fatty acid is first obtained, and then a polar group of an unsaturated dialdehyde with a certain chain length is introduced into a molecular chain of the modified vegetable oil fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC DALIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lanpeng Li, Changhai Cao, Jin Cheng, Xiuzheng Li, Yidi Wang
  • Patent number: 11542452
    Abstract: A synergistic fuel additive composition, the composition having a sulfur additive; and a non-sulfur containing additive, wherein the ratio of the sulfur additive to the non-sulfur additive is about 1:1 to about 1:100. A method of reducing sulfur content in a fuel composition, the method provides adding a fuel additive to a fuel composition, the fuel composition having a silver corrosion inhibitor, the fuel additive having: a sulfur additive and a non-sulfur containing additive, wherein the ratio of the sulfur additive to the non-sulfur containing additive is from about 1:1 to about 1:100; wherein the fuel additive provides less than 5 ppm of sulfur addition to the fuel composition; and wherein the fuel composition does not cause silver corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: BL Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Gutierrez, Hitesh Ghanshyam Bagaria, Moshood Adewale, Ronald Gropp
  • Patent number: 11377610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to performance enhancing additive composition comprising a mixture or a blend of (i) an acid amide; and (ii) oxide treated derivative of amine in one embodiment, and performance enhancing additive composition comprising a mixture or a blend of (i) an acid amide; and (ii) oxide treated derivative of amine, and further comprising a detergent in another embodiment, and to a fuel compositions thereof in still another embodiment, and to method of use thereof in yet another embodiment, and to a method of improving performance of a fuel and an engine in yet another embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dorf Ketal Chemicals FZE
    Inventor: Mahesh Subramaniyam
  • Patent number: 11346643
    Abstract: Methods of delivering inhibited emulsions are provided. The methods can include mixing an emulsion with a separate inhibitor solution to form the inhibited emulsion. Inhibitor solutions including water, an inhibitor, and a crystallization point modified are provided. Systems for delivering inhibited emulsions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Dyno Nobel Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Nelson, David Lynn Gordon, Dave Hunsaker, John B. Halander
  • Patent number: 11248183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of fuel additives for fuel compositions and more particularly to a composition that can be used as a friction modifier, and its preparation process. More particularly, the present invention concerns a composition comprising at least one fatty acid amide of diethanolamine (DEA) and at least one fatty acid ester and/or amide of DEA oligomer, and it preparation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OLEON NV
    Inventors: Keihann Yavari, Lieven Van Hecke, Scott A. Culley, Charles Shanahan, Michel Nuckols
  • Patent number: 10011795
    Abstract: A fuel additive concentrate for gasoline, a gasoline fuel containing an additive mixture, a method for reducing wear in an engine and in a fuel delivery system of a gasoline engine, and a method for improving injector performance. The additive concentrate includes an aromatic solvent and a mixture that contains (i) N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)alkylamide, (ii) 2-((2-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)ethyl)amino)ethyl alkanoate and N-(2-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)ethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)alkylamide, and (iii) fatty acid ester(s) and amide(s) derived from a self-condensation product of diethanolamine (DEA) containing at least 3 amino groups. A weight ratio of (i) to (ii) to (iii) in the concentrate ranges from about 8:2:0 to about 2:5:3. The fuel additive mixture is substantially devoid of glycerin and remains fluid at a temperature down to about ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michel Nuckols, Charles Shanahan, Scott A Culley, Keihann Yavari, Lieven Van Hecke
  • Patent number: 9228144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s), natural oils and diesel optionally along with fuel additive(s); a process of preparation and a method of fueling said biofuel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: BIGTEC PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Bhaskaran Nair, Pillarisetti Venkata Subbarao, Phani Kumar Pullela, Gopalakrishna Mangalore Kini
  • Patent number: 9222047
    Abstract: A liquid fuel composition containing (a) a diesel base fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine; and (b) one or more organic sunscreen compounds. The liquid fuel composition of the present invention provides benefits in terms of power output of a diesel engine, and modifying the ignition delay and/or modifying the burn period and/or increasing the cetane number of the liquid fuel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Mark Lawrence Brewer
  • Patent number: 9169195
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the use of amides of the following general formula (I) wherein R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl group containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl and benzyl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and ethyl, as solvents for organic agriculturally active ingredients, compositions comprising organic agriculturally active ingredients and such amides, methods for treating a plant utilizing such compositions, as well as some of the amides as such and methods for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Marinus Groenewegen, Kornelis Overkempe, Peter Westbye
  • Patent number: 9102891
    Abstract: A diesel fuel additive composition, a fuel containing the fuel additive, a method for improving diesel engine performance using the additive. The diesel fuel additive includes a reaction product of (a) a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and (b) a reactant selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing compound, a hydroxyl-containing compound, and water that provides a reaction product selected from the group consisting (1) a mono-amide/mono-acid or metal free mono-acid salt thereof, (2) a diacid or metal free diacid salt thereof, and (3) mono-ester/mono-acid or metal free mono-acid salt thereof. The reaction product includes at least about 10 molar percent acid groups based on total moles of the reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Xinggao Fang
  • Patent number: 9051527
    Abstract: A fuel oil composition comprises a fuel oil in a major amount, which fuel oil has a mass % against n-alkane carbon number distribution curve characterised by: (i) a maximum negative gradient from carbon number 18 to carbon number 26 that is less than ?0.30; and (ii) a ratio of the mass of n-alkanes of carbon number greater than 22 to the mass of n-alkanes from carbon number 18 to carbon number 21 that does not exceed 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Colin Morton, Robert D. Tack, Philip D. Armitage, Carlo S. Fava, Viral B. Patel
  • Patent number: 9039791
    Abstract: Use of a reaction product of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic mono- or polycarboxylic acids with aliphatic polyamines for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said reaction product, certain additives with detergent action and optionally dehazers, cetane number improvers and solvents or diluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Guenter Oetter, Harald Boehnke, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Patent number: 9017430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alkanolamide-containing compositions, and more particularly to alkanolamide-containing compositions formed by the reaction of a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which contain low levels of undesirable by-products. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as fuel additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Colucci, Abbas Kadkhodayan
  • Patent number: 8900416
    Abstract: The disclosure encompasses in-line reactive condensation processes via vapor phase esterification of bio-oil to decease reactive species concentration and water content in the oily phase of a two-phase oil, thereby increasing storage stability and heating value. Esterification of the bio-oil vapor occurs via the vapor phase contact and subsequent reaction of organic acids with ethanol during condensation results in the production of water and esters. The pyrolysis oil product can have an increased ester content and an increased stability when compared to a condensed pyrolysis oil product not treated with an atomized alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Norris Hilten, Keshav Das, James R. Kastner, Brian P. Bibens
  • Publication number: 20140107000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing antioxidants, and specifically stable compositions containing antioxidants with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and antioxidants containing a phenolic or benzoic group, where the antioxidant is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danielle N. Ivancic, James D. Burrington, Ewan E. Delbridge
  • Patent number: 8668749
    Abstract: A diesel fuel additive composition, a fuel containing the fuel additive, a method for improving diesel engine performance using the additive. The diesel fuel additive includes a reaction product of (a) a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and (b) a reactant selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing compound, a hydroxyl-containing compound, and water that provides a reaction product selected from the group consisting (1) a mono-amide/mono-acid or metal free mono-acid salt thereof, (2) a diacid or metal free diacid salt thereof, and (3) mono-ester/mono-acid or metal free mono-acid salt thereof. The reaction product includes at least about 10 molar percent acid groups based on total moles of the reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Xinggao Fang
  • Publication number: 20140034003
    Abstract: The use, in the lubrication of a spark-ignited or compression-ignited internal combustion engine which is fuelled with a biofuel, of a minor amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible additive component (B), as defined herein, in combination with a minor amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible additive component (C), as defined herein, in a lubricating oil composition, to reduce and/or inhibit the corrosion of the metallic engine components, wherein the lubricating oil composition becomes contaminated with the biofuel during operation of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Marco Corradi, Roberta Bomparola
  • Publication number: 20130312319
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fuel additive compositions comprising one or more hydrogen bonding compounds derived from a long chain fatty acid, and one or more esters of a second long chain fatty acid. Such fuel additives improve the lubricity of the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Reaney, Sunmin Wang, Yunhua Jia
  • Publication number: 20130247450
    Abstract: A gasoline deposit control additive composition for use in a fuel comprising from about 70 to about 95 volume percent of hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling range and from about 5 to about 30 volume percent of at least one alcohol, comprising the imine or tertiary amine product of the reaction between (a) at least one aldehyde or ketone or mixture thereof having the formula R16CHO, R16CH2CHO, R17(C=0)R18 or R17CH2(C=0)R18, wherein R16, R17, and R18 are the same or different and are each independently a straight or branched chain hydrocarbyl or aryl group that contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and (b) a primary or secondary amine functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventor: Leslie R. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20130232860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alkanolamide-containing compositions, and more particularly to alkanolamide-containing compositions formed by the reaction of a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which contain low levels of undesirable by-products. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as fuel additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: William J. Colucci, Abbas Kadkhodayan
  • Patent number: 8444720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alkanolamide-containing compositions, and more particularly to alkanolamide-containing compositions formed by the reaction of a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which contain low levels of undesirable by-products. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as fuel additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Colucci, Abbas Kadkhodayan
  • Patent number: 8388704
    Abstract: A fuel additive composition containing an alkylene-oxide-adducted hydrocarbyl amide and a friction modifier is disclosed. The alkylene-oxide-adducted hydrocarbyl amide and friction modifier are surprisingly useful for improving the acceleration response and the driving performance of vehicles having internal combustion engines when used as fuel additives in hydrocarbon-based fuels, such as gasoline fuel or diesel fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron Texaco Japan Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Satoshi Ohta, Katsumi Umehara
  • Patent number: 8361309
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition comprising a (1) sulfur content of less than 10 ppm; (2) a flash point of greater than 50° C.; (3) a UV absorbance, Atotal, of less than 1.5 as determined by the formula comprising Atotal=Ax+10(Ay) wherein Ax is the UV absorbance at 272 nanometers; and wherein Ay is the UV absorbance at 310 nanometers; (4) a naphthene content of greater than 5 percent; (5) a cloud point of less than ?12° C.; (6) a nitrogen content of less than 10 ppm; and (7) a 5% distillation point of greater than 300 F and a 95% distillation point of greater than 600 F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Lopez, Janine Lichtenberger, Ronald K. Meeker, Paul A. Allinson, William J. Cannella
  • Publication number: 20120318716
    Abstract: A process allowing the removal of contaminants from an unstable oil such as those produced by thermal or catalytic cracking, wherein, in at least one step of the process, mixing of the unstable oil with a pure or impure solvent having a dipole moment greater than 2 is performed. The stabilized diesels thereby obtained exhibit interesting properties among which significant stability features and are useful in numerous applications, some of these stabilized wide range diesels are new as well as their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Lucie B. WHEELER
  • Patent number: 8313541
    Abstract: The use of a mixture comprising (A) 5 to 95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble polar nitrogen compound which can interact with paraffin crystals in middle distillate fuels under cold conditions, and (B) 5 to 95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble aliphatic compound with an alkyl or alkenyl chain having at least 8 carbon atoms, obtainable from aliphatic mono- or dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 300 carbon atoms or derivatives thereof with mono- or polyamines or with alcohols, for lowering the cloud point in middle distillate fuels which, before the addition of additives, have a CP of ?8.0° C. or lower by at least 1.5° C. compared to the unadditized middle distillate fuel at a dosage of the mixture of 50 to 300 ppm by weight, with no simultaneous deterioration in the response behavior for the lowering of the cold filter plugging point on addition of cold flow improvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Jan Strittmatter, Heinrich Lubojanski, Andreas Minke, Uwe Rebholz, Alex J. Attlesey, Stephan B. Lopes, II
  • Patent number: 8262750
    Abstract: Polyolefinic amines may be produced in a reaction comprising contacting an olefin or a polyolefin with an azo compound under free radical conditions to form a polyolefinic nitrile having an average molecular weight of at least 250, followed by reducing the polyolefinic nitrile to a corresponding polyolefinic amine. The polyolefinic amines produced by the reaction may be included as a detergent in compositions, such as fuel compositions, additive compositions, and/or carrier compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: William Jay Colucci
  • Patent number: 8192511
    Abstract: A method of burning fuel in a combustion chamber whereby reducing overall carbon emissions, comprising: feeding an oxidizing component and a combustible component to a combustion chamber in a ratio based on zero oxygen balance principle, wherein the oxidizing component has an oxygen balance value of more than zero, and the combustible component has an oxygen balance value of less than zero. The method of burning fuel can reduce overall carbon emissions, even to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Pichang Wei
  • Patent number: 8187345
    Abstract: Provided is a mixture containing: (a) a polar oil-soluble nitrogen compounds which is capable of sufficiently dispersing paraffin crystals precipitated out under cold conditions in a fuel and is a reaction product formed from reacting a poly(C2- to C20-carboxylic acid), which has at least one tertiary amino group, with a primary or secondary amine; (b) an oil-soluble acid amide reaction product formed from reacting a polyamide, which has from 2 to 1000 carbon atoms, with a C8- to C30-fatty acid or fatty acid-like compound, which has a free carboxyl group; and (c) an oil-soluble reaction product formed from reacting an ?,?-dicarboxylic acid, which has from 4 to 300 carbon atoms, or a derivatives thereof, with a primary alkylamine, wherein the sum of components (a) to (c) constitute 100 wt. % of the mixture. The mixture is suitable as a paraffin dispersant in fuels, especially those having a biodiesel content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ansgar Eisenbeis, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ulrich Annen
  • Publication number: 20120110899
    Abstract: An additive mixture for fuels including a) at least one N-formal, b) at least one antioxidant and c) at least one corrosion inhibitor. The additive mixture ensures that the additized fuels and lubricants have biocidal and corrosion-inhibiting additization, especially when they include proportions of renewable raw materials, such as biodiesel, and when they are in contact with copper-containing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beilfuss, Ralf Grastke, Jennifer Knopf, Ingo Krull
  • Patent number: 8147566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fuel additives, fuel compositions and methods of manufacture in which the additives are provided to impart desired properties to fuels. These properties include, without limitation, reduction of nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions from the exhaust stream of internal combustion engines using the fuels. Preferred embodiments of an additive form of the composition include a nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of urea, cyanuric acid, triazine, ammonia and mixtures thereof, a carrier blend comprising an alkoxylated alcohol, a polyalkylene glycol ester and an alkanolamide and water. The additive may be provided in a concentrate form by addition of a solvent or may be provided as a final form fuel composition. A method of additive manufacture and is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: James A. Krogh, Robert A. Swenson, Clifford J. Hazel, Ian V. Williamson
  • Patent number: 8147568
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition containing metallic additives that are stabilized against phase separation. The diesel fuel contains a colloidally dispersed or solubilized metal catalyst compound, which can be used for diesel particulate trap regeneration and, as a stabilizer, 5-1,000 ppm (weight) of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible organic compound having a lipophilic hydrocarbyl chain having attached directly thereto at least two contiguous polar head functional groups, i.e., the functional groups are separated by no more than three carbon atoms. The diesel fuel composition is particularly suitable for use with diesel engines fitted with a particulate trap for emissions control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Rinaldo Caprotti, Russell M. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20120053101
    Abstract: Maleated fatty acids that are functionalized with materials such as polyols, alkanolamines and/or alkylene oxides have been discovered to improve the properties of various fluids. In a non-limiting example, functionalized maleated fatty acids having acid numbers less than 10 may improve the lubricity of fuels and lubricants, such as hydrocarbon fuels and lubricants, when added thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jianzhong Yang, Paul J. Biggerstaff, Jerry J. Weers
  • Patent number: 8100988
    Abstract: The invention concerns a multifunctional additive enabling fuels to be operable in cold conditions, consisting of copolymers of at least a dicarboxylic compound with at least an olefin, and whereon are grafted nitrogenous functions and/or esters of general formula (1) wherein: R1 and R2, and R4 and R5, R3 and R6 are hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and x is selected among the amine salts and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines and their monohydroxylated and polyhydroxylated derivatives, N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamine alkylesters and esters, and alkylamines and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Elf Antar France
    Inventors: Frank G Eydoux, Philippe Pu. F. Flores, Dominique Vichard, Laurent Germanaud
  • Publication number: 20110296745
    Abstract: The disclosure encompasses in-line reactive condensation processes via vapor phase esterification of bio-oil to decease reactive species concentration and water content in the oily phase of a two-phase oil, thereby increasing storage stability and heating value. Esterification of the bio-oil vapor occurs via the vapor phase contact and subsequent reaction of organic acids with ethanol during condensation results in the production of water and esters. The pyrolysis oil product can have an increased ester content and an increased stability when compared to a condensed pyrolysis oil product not treated with an atomized alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Norris Hilten, Keshav Das, James R. Kastner, Brian P. Bibens
  • Patent number: 8021444
    Abstract: A fuel oil composition is disclosed. The fuel oil includes a major proportion of a fuel oil and minor amounts of: (a) at least one polar nitrogen compound effective as a wax anti-settling additive; and (b) at least one reaction product between a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid or anhydride and hydrazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Rinaldo Caprotti, Graham Jackson, Martin James Willis
  • Patent number: 7942941
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to oil compositions, primarily to fuel oil and petroleum compositions produced there from susceptible to wax formation at low temperatures, to polymeric amides for use with such fuel oil compositions, and to methods for their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Rodney Lee Cravey, Stephen L. Mead
  • Patent number: 7927387
    Abstract: A comprehensive fuel additive for gasoline, diesel and ultra low sulfur diesel fuels intended to improve engine combustion efficiency, improve diesel fuel cetane levels, improve diesel and ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity, reduce engine component friction, reduce engine deposit buildup, reduce gasoline and diesel fuel bio-contamination and reduce pollutant exhaust emissions produced by gasoline and diesel fuel powered internal combustion engines. The present invention further provides a fuel additive that does not increase the sulfur level of diesel fuel beyond 15 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: AmoDio A. DiFilippo
  • Patent number: 7901471
    Abstract: A fuel composition contains (a) a medium substantially free of to free of sulphur; (b) a detergent/dispersant additive; and (c) a liquid fuel where the medium substantially free of to free of sulphur is an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, and where the aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent is present from at least about 50 wt % to about 100 wt % of the total amount of the medium. The fuel composition is prepared by a process and is useful in a process, where the fuel composition includes a medium that is a hydrocarbon or a nonhydrocarbon or a mixture thereof, to increase the efficiency of an exhaust after-treatment device of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Spivey, Robert H. Barbour, William B. Chamberlin, III, John K. Pudelski
  • Publication number: 20100326881
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition comprising a (1) sulfur content of less than 10 ppm; (2) a flash point of greater than 50° C.; (3) a UV absorbance, Atotal, of less than 1.5 as determined by the formula comprising Atotal=Ax+10(Ay) wherein Ax is the UV absorbance at 272 nanometers; and wherein Ay is the UV absorbance at 310 nanometers; (4) a naphthene content of greater than 5 percent; (5) a cloud point of less than ?12° C.; (6) a nitrogen content of less than 10 ppm; and (7) a 5% distillation point of greater than 300 F and a 95% distillation point of greater than 600 F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jaime Lopez, Janine Lichtenberger, Ronald K. Meeker, Paul A. Allinson, William J. Cannella
  • Patent number: 7846224
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an amide friction modifier which exhibits improved low temperature compatibility with fuel. The amide friction modifier is formed from a hyper-branched fatty acid and an amine. Methods to reduce the frictional property of a fuel and a fuel composition including the amide friction modifier are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles, LLC
    Inventors: William Colucci, Kyle Fricke
  • Publication number: 20100293844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least 120 ppm of a nitrogen-containing detergent as a diesel fuel additive to improve the performance of a diesel engine having a high pressure fuel system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: John Alexander MacMillan
  • Publication number: 20100236139
    Abstract: A fuel oil composition comprising a major amount of a fuel oil and a minor amount of a compound being the product of the 1,4-addition reaction of (i) ammonia, a primary or secondary hydrocarbyl-substituted amine or a mixture thereof to (ii) a species containing one or more ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl groups, wherein the compound includes at least one hydrocarbyl group containing at least 10 carbon atoms. The fuel oil composition has improved low temperature properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Graham Jackson
  • Patent number: 7799485
    Abstract: According to the invention, a fuel cell system features a fuel cell (1) having an electrode (5, 6), and an antioxidant residing in or contacting the electrode (5, 6), for inactivating active oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Ito, Takao Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7776111
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin (constituent I) and, based on the alkylphenol resin, from 0.005 to 10% by weight of at least one oil-soluble organic ammonium sulfonate (constituent II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Carsten Cohrs, Hildegard Freundl, Stefan Lorenz
  • Patent number: 7744661
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline or diesel range and an alkylene oxide-adducted hydrocarbyl amide reaction product having from about 3 to 50 moles of alkylene oxide per mole of hydrocarbyl amide, wherein the reaction product is prepared by (a) first reacting a fatty acid or fatty acid lower alkyl ester with ammonia or a mono- or di-hydroxy hydrocarbyl amine and (b) subsequently reacting the resulting intermediate with an alkylene oxide to provide a reaction product comprising the alkylene oxide-adducted hydrocarbyl amide, a mixture of mono- and di-ester products, and amine by-products, wherein the amount of amine by-products in the reaction product is less than 7 wt %, based on the total weight of the alkylene oxide-adducted hydrocarbyl amide reaction product, and the amide:ester ratio in the reaction product is in the range of about 0.1:1 to 1.1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Bernard J. Braakman, Richard E. Cherpeck, Brian R. Graskow, Francois Simard
  • Publication number: 20100146845
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for correcting fuel oil compositions having excess conductivity. The oil compositions comprise a Petroleum Based Component, a Conductivity additive and a Conductivity Correcting Additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: INNOSPEC FUEL SPECIAL TIES LLC
    Inventors: Cenk R. Burgazli, Cyrus P. Henry
  • Publication number: 20100132253
    Abstract: The present invention provides friction-modifying fuel additives and fuel compositions including an alkanolamine, which are effective for enhancing engine performance wherein the additive is free of esters or the ratio of amides to esters is greater than 1.4 to 1 and methods for making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: TACONIC ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. KAUFMAN, James R. KETCHAM, William P. ACKER
  • Publication number: 20100031559
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel oil composition with enhanced conductivity. The oil composition comprises a Petroleum Based Component and a combination of Lubricity and Conductivity additives. In one aspect, additional additives can be added such as: (a) low temperature operability/cold flow additives, (b) corrosion inhibitors, (c) cetane improvers, (d) detergents, and (e) dyes and markers (f) anti-icing additives, (g) demulsifiers/anti haze additives, (h) antioxidants, (i) metal deactivators, (j) biocides, and (k) thermal stabilizers. Further, the present disclosure describes a method of using such composition is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Cenk R. Burgazli, Cyrus P. Henry, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090233128
    Abstract: A direct type fuel cell (1) is supplied with a fuel comprised of hydrocarbon and antioxidant, to have a maintained durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Masashi Ito