Quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts

• Main Authors: Stevenson, Paul R, Moreton, David J, Bush, James H, Ray, James C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.02.2021
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; FIRELIGHTERS; FLUES; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; REMOVAL OR TREATMENT OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OR COMBUSTIONRESIDUES; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; WEAPONS

The invention relates to quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts and their use as additives, including their use in fuels, such as diesel fuel. The invention particularly relates to the use of quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts as detergents in diesel fuels.