HIGH FLASH POINT ADDITIVES FOR TREATING CARBON-BASED FUELS

• US 20100077653A1
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Liquid Minerals Group Ltd. (Pilot Chemical Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Envirochem Solutions LLC
• Inventors: Koch, Kenneth W., Smoter, Nathaniel, Smith, Daniel T., Hughes, Mark D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,088,184 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 44/354
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 13/0026 containing a liquid organic phase
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/10 containing additives
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1233 oxygen containing compounds, e.g. oxides, hydroxides, acids and salts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1616 fractions, e.g. lubricants, solvents, naphta, bitumen, tars, terpentine
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1881 carboxylic group attached to an aliphatic carbon atom
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/00 Use of additives to fuels or fires for particular purposes additives for liquid carbonaceous fuels characterised by their chemical nature C10L1/10; using binders for briquetting solid fuels C10L5/10; using additives to improve the combustion of solid fuels C10L9/10
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/02 for reducing smoke development
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/04 Raw material of mineral origin to be used; Pretreatment thereof pretreatment of fuels of non-mineral origin C10L5/40
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/442 Wood or forestry waste
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/445 Agricultural waste, e.g. corn crops, grass clippings, nut shells or oil pressing residues
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/447 Carbonized vegetable substances, e.g. charcoal, or produced by hydrothermal carbonization of biomass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/10 Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/30 Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel

Abstract

A simple method is disclosed to produce oil soluble nano particle size additives with significantly higher flash points to improve the safety aspects of these products especially when used in, around, and near high temperature combustion equipment.

Claims

1. A particulate fuel additive composition comprising a reaction product of an active metal salt and an organic acid, where the particles have a particle size below about 200 nm.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is in the form of a nano organometallic colloidal, suspension or dispersion.

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particle size is below about 100 nm.

4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particle size is below about 50 nm.

5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particle size is below about 30 nm.

6. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a carbon based fuel.

7. The composition of claim 6, wherein the carbon based fuel is coal.

8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the fuel is selected from the group consisting of bituminous, sub-bituminous, anthracite, lignite, peat, bagasse, wood chips, other solid fuels, and mixtures or combinations thereof.

9. The composition of claim 1, wherein the carbon based fuel is a petroleum derived fuel.

10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particles have a high flash point between about 75°

C. and about 500°

C.

11. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particles have a high flash point between about 80°

C. and about 450°

C.

12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particles have a high flash point between about 100°

C. and about 400°

C.

13. The composition of claim 1, wherein the particles have a high flash point between about 150°

C. and about 300°

C.

14. The composition of claim 1, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, barium, manganese, iron, cerium, copper, zinc, silicon, aluminum, chromium, cobalt, nickel, and mixtures or combinations thereof.

15. The composition of claim 1, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, barium, and mixtures or combinations thereof.

16. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a secondary active metal material.

17. The composition of claim 18, wherein the secondary active metal material comprises a metal oxide slurry.

18. The composition of claim 19, wherein the secondary active metal material comprises a magnesium oxide slurry in #2 diesel fuel oil.

19. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition includes a metal concentration between about 15 wt. % and about 45 wt. %.

20. The composition of claim 1, the particles have a mean particle size between about 20 and about 80 nanometers.