Microemulsions from vegetable oil and aqueous alcohol with trialkylamine surfactant as alternative fuel for diesel engines

Patent · Wed Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6780585

Schwab, A W; Pryde, E H

The energy crisis of recent years has stimulated research in the field of alternate and hybrid fuels. One area of particular interest relates to fuels for commercial and agricultural vehicles, which are typically powered by diesel engines. The prospect of farmers becoming self-sufficient in regard to their energy needs has led to investigations of vegetable oils as diesel fuel substitutes. Deterrents to this concept are the generally inferior fuel properties of crude vegetable oils as compared to those of diesel oil. Of particular concern is the inherently high viscosity which causes poor atomization in direct-injected diesel engines. This invention relates to a blended vegetable oil fuel which circumvents these problems.

• Assignee: EDB-83-048575; ERA-08-017496
• Patent Number(s): None
• OSTI ID: 6780585
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALCOHOLS
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SURFACTANTS
VEGETABLE OILS
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