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Title: Method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and pre-determined increase in cetane number

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and a pre-determined increase in cetane number over the stock diesel fuel. Upon establishing the desired flash-point and increase in cetane number, an amount of a first oxygenate with a flash-point less than the flash-point of the stock diesel fuel and a cetane number equal to or greater than the cetane number of the stock diesel fuel is added to the stock diesel fuel in an amount sufficient to achieve the pre-determined increase in cetane number. Thereafter, an amount of a second oxygenate with a flash-point equal to or greater than the flash-point of the stock diesel fuel and a cetane number greater than the cetane number of the stock diesel fuel is added to the stock diesel fuel in an amount sufficient to achieve the pre-determined increase in cetane number.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1174930
Patent Number(s):
6758870
Application Number:
10/050,330
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10L - FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
DOE Contract Number:  
FC22-95PC93052
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM

Citation Formats

Waller, Francis Joseph, and Quinn, Robert. Method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and pre-determined increase in cetane number. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Waller, Francis Joseph, & Quinn, Robert. Method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and pre-determined increase in cetane number. United States.
Waller, Francis Joseph, and Quinn, Robert. Tue . "Method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and pre-determined increase in cetane number". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1174930.
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author = {Waller, Francis Joseph and Quinn, Robert},
abstractNote = {The present invention relates to a method of producing a diesel fuel blend having a pre-determined flash-point and a pre-determined increase in cetane number over the stock diesel fuel. Upon establishing the desired flash-point and increase in cetane number, an amount of a first oxygenate with a flash-point less than the flash-point of the stock diesel fuel and a cetane number equal to or greater than the cetane number of the stock diesel fuel is added to the stock diesel fuel in an amount sufficient to achieve the pre-determined increase in cetane number. Thereafter, an amount of a second oxygenate with a flash-point equal to or greater than the flash-point of the stock diesel fuel and a cetane number greater than the cetane number of the stock diesel fuel is added to the stock diesel fuel in an amount sufficient to achieve the pre-determined increase in cetane number.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2004},
month = {7}
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Works referenced in this record:

Compression−Ignition Fuel Properties of Fischer−Tropsch Syncrude
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