Fuel and fuel blend for internal combustion engine
| DWPI Title: Powering internal combustion engine by combusting fuel to drive piston in cylinder of engine in which fuel comprises minority portion of ketone-based blending agent and majority portion containing e.g. gasoline, diesel, and/or alcohol fuel |
| Abstract: A fuel or fuel blending agent for an internal combustion engine includes a ketone compound that is a C4 to C10 branched acyclic ketone, cyclopentanone, or a derivative of cyclopentanone. The ketone compound may be blended with a majority portion of a fuel selected from the group consisting of: gasoline, diesel, alcohol fuel, biofuel, renewable fuel, Fischer-Tropsch fuel, or combinations thereof. The ketone compound may be derived from biological sources. A method for powering an internal combustion engine with a fuel comprising the ketone compound is also provided. |
| Use: The method is useful for powering an internal combustion engine, i.e. low-temperature gasoline combustion engine, temperature combustion diesel engine, or homogeneous charge compression ignition engine (claimed). |
| Advantage: The ketone compound may be derived from biological sources. The lower reactivity (indicative of a higher RON) that the ketone-based compounds provide can enable engines to run with higher compression ratios (CR), which can increase efficiency and/or power density. |
| Novelty: An internal combustion engine is powered by combusting a fuel to drive a piston in a cylinder of the engine, where the fuel comprises a minority portion of a ketone-based blending agent selected from 4-10C branched acyclic ketone, cyclopentanone, or a derivative of cyclopentanone, and a majority portion of a fuel selected from gasoline, diesel, alcohol fuel, biofuel, renewable fuel, and/or Fischer-Tropsch fuel. The engine is not a spark ignition engine and is a low-temperature gasoline combustion engine or a homogeneous charge compression engine. Majority portion of the fuel is present in a ratio of 95:5-51:49 by volume of the ketone-based blending agent. |
| Filed: 9/16/2021 |
| Application Number: US17477190A |
| Tech ID: SD 12925.2 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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