Zirconium additives for residual fuel oil

Patent · Tue Sep 13 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5674877

Feldman, N

A composition is claimed for reducing the amount of particulate matter formed during the combustion of residual fuel oil, particularly No. 6 fuel oil, comprising a residual fuel oil and an effective amount of selected oil soluble zirconium salts of an alcohol/phenol or sulfonate. Another embodiment involves a process for reducing the amount of particulate matter formed during combustion of a residual fuel oil which comprises combustion of a residual fuel oil which contains an effective amount of a selected zirconium salt of alcohol/phenol or sulfonate.

• Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 4404002
• OSTI ID: 5674877
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
023000 -- Petroleum-- Properties & Composition
500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ADDITIVES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
FUEL ADDITIVES
FUEL OILS
FUELS
LIQUID FUELS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
RESIDUAL FUELS
SULFONATES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS