Fuel and fuel blend for internal combustion engine

DWPI Title: Enhanced fuel used in internal combustion engine comprises fuel including gasoline, diesel, alcohol fuel, biofuel, renewable fuel and/or Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blending agent including ketone-based blending agent i.e. derivative of cyclopentanone and blending agent i.e. exclusive of amide
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 fuel is useful: in an internal combustion engine (claimed).
Advantage: The fuel: improves energy efficiency; improves air quality; and is economical.
Novelty: Enhanced fuel (F1) comprises: a majority portion of a fuel comprising gasoline, diesel, alcohol fuel, biofuel, renewable fuel and/or Fischer-Tropsch fuel; and a minority portion of a blending agent, where the blending agent includes a ketone-based blending agent i.e. a derivative of cyclopentanone (I) and the blending agent is exclusive of an amide, the majority portion of the fuel is present in a volume ratio of 95:5-51:49 the ketone-based blending agent.
Filed: 4/15/2015
Application Number: US14686953A
Tech ID: SD 12925.1
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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