LOW EMISSIONS FUEL EMULSION COMPRISING FISCHER-TROPSCH DERIVED HYDROCARBON

• Main Authors: BERLOWITZ, PAUL, JOSEPH, CHAKRABARTY, TAPAN, WITTENBRINK, ROBERT, JAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.09.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; WEAPONS

Emulsions of a hydrocarbon and water in which the hydrocarbon preferably is a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon fuel and in which emulsion a major portion of the hydrocarbon has particle sizes of 1 micron or less produce reduced particulate matter emissions upon combustion. L'invention concerne des émulsions d'hydrocarbure et d'eau, dans lesquelles l'hydrocarbure est de préférence un combustible hydrocarboné obtenu par procédé Fischer-Tropsch. Une grande partie des particules de l'hydrocarbure ont une granulométrie inférieure ou égale à 1 micron, ce qui permet de réduire l'émission de particules lors de la combustion de l'émulsion.