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Distillate fuels stabilized with diaminomethane and method thereof

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OSTI ID:6373770
This paper discusses a distillate fuel, particularly one which has a high acid number initially or which develops a high acid number as a result of fuel degradation, stabilized with a diaminomethane. It comprises a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, e.g., alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aralkenyl, alkenylaryl, cycloalkenyl and the like or heterocyclyl groups. A method of stabilizing a fuel oil wherein a stabilizing amount of the above-mentioned diaminomethane is incorporated into the fuel oil is also disclosed.
Assignee:
Petrolite Corp., St. Louis, MO (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4978366; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-143782
OSTI ID:
6373770
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English