Anti-wear additives in alkanol fuels

Patent · Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5172891

Craig, R C; Panzer, J; Wistosky, M J; Beltzer, M

A fuel composition is described having improved wear reduction and lubricity properties and comprising a major amount of monohydroxy alkanol having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms and an effective wear reducing amount of an additive which is an ester of a monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol. The acid has about 2 to about 3 carboxylic acid groups and about 24 to about 65 carbon atoms, the alcohol having about 2 to about 10 hydroxyl groups and about 2 to about 90 carbon atoms and the ester having at least two free hydroxyl groups.

• Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ
• Patent Number(s): US 4609376
• OSTI ID: 5172891
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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