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Distillate fuels containing an amine salt of a sulfonic acid and a low volatility carrier fluid (PNE-554)

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OSTI ID:6422395
A distillate fuel composition is described comprising a major amount of gasoline and a minor synergistic amount of an additive combination of (a) an amine salt of a sulfonic acid wherein the amine moiety is a monoamine, a polyamine, a monoamine or a polyamine containing ether linkages, or mixtures thereof, said amine moiety containing from 2 to 100 carbon atoms and from 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms, and the sulfonic acid moiety is an alkyl benzyl sulfonic acid in which the alkyl group contains from 20 to 50 carbon atoms, and (b) a carrier fluid that is mineral oil base stock, a polyol ester, and mixtures thereof, wherein less than 10 volume % of the carrier fluid in vaporized at a temperature of 125 C., provided that the amount of component (a) in the fuel composition is from about 40 to about 1500 ppm and the amount of component (b) is from about 0.1 to about 10 times the amount of component (a).
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5215548; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-811409
OSTI ID:
6422395
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English