composições de combustível líquido, e lubrificante, e, método para operar um motor de combustão interna

• Main Authors: MARK CLIFT SOUTHBY, SUSAN JANE SMITH, NIGEL PETER TAIT
• Format: Patent
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 10.02.2016
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; CHEMISTRY; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS; METALLURGY; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATINGINGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION

The present invention provides a liquid fuel composition comprising: a) a base fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine; and b) one or more poly(hydroxycarboxylic acid) derivative having a terminal acid group having formula (III): [Y-CO[O-A-CO]n-Zp]m-X (III) wherein Y is hydrogen or optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, A is a divalent optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, n is from 1 to 100, m is 1 or 2, Z is an optionally substituted divalent bridging group, p is 0 or 1, and X is terminal acid group or a group carrying a terminal acid group, wherein the terminal acid group is selected from carboxylic acid, carboxymethyl, sulphate, sulphonate, phosphate and phosphonate.