Mesitylene As An Octane Enhancer For Automotive Gasoline, Additive For Jet Fuel, And Method Of Enhancing Motor Fuel Octane And Lowering Jet Fuel Carbon Emissions

• US 20110088311A1
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Swift Fuels, LLC
• Original Assignee: Swift Enterprises Ltd
• Inventors: Johnson, Edward, Rusek, John J., Bower, Donald, Kasper, Kenneth, Ziulkowski, Jonathon, Catania, Philip
• Application Number:
  US12/885,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20110088311A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 44/367
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2300/301 Boiling range
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2300/305 Octane number, e.g. motor octane number [MON], research octane number [RON]
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/026 for compression ignition
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/04 essentially based on blends of hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/06 for spark ignition
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/10 containing additives
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1258 hydrogen peroxide, oxygenated water
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/14 Organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1608 Well defined compounds, e.g. hexane, benzene
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1881 carboxylic group attached to an aliphatic carbon atom
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/231 nitro compounds; nitrates; nitrites C10L1/221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/10 for improving the octane number
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2200/024 Group VIII metals: Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2200/0423 Gasoline
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2200/043 Kerosene, jet fuel
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2200/0469 Renewables or materials of biological origin
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2230/22 for improving fuel economy or fuel efficiency
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2270/023 for gasoline engines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/10 Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 30/20 using bio-feedstock
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/678 : Aviation using fuels of non-fossil origin

Abstract

A motor fuel providing higher gas mileage comprising gasoline produced from petroleum and from about 1 to 30 wt % of mesitylene. This fuel can advantageously contain conventional additives used in gasoline. The use of mesitylene in gasoline blend yields a fuel blend with a higher research octane number and motor octane number. In addition, an improved jet fuel is provided, having from 1-10 wt % biomass-derived mesitylene added thereto, having improved carbon emission characteristics while maintaining required specifications. Further, an improved bio-fuel is provided, which may function as a replacement for conventional Jet A/JP-8 fuel and has lowered carbon emission specifications, the bio-fuel comprised of 75-90 wt % synthetic parafinnic kerosene (SPK) and 10-25 wt % mesitylene.

Claims

1. An improved motor fuel providing higher gas mileage comprising:

gasoline produced from petroleum, and at least 1 wt % of mesitylene.

2. The motor fuel of claim 1, wherein the gasoline is a hybrid compound incorporating additives selected from the group consisting of combustion catalysts, burn rate modifiers, stabilizers, demulsifiers, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors, catalysts, detergents, ethers, antioxidants, anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, fuel dyes, and mixtures thereof.

3. The motor fuel of claim 1, wherein the gasoline contains additives to increase fuel economy selected from the group consisting of Ferox, Oxyhydrogen, ferrous picrate, and mixtures thereof.

10. The motor fuel of claim 1, wherein the gasoline component has a research octane number of at least 91.6 and a motor octane number of at least 83.4.

13. The motor fuel of claim 1, wherein the gasoline is obtained from petroleum and has a research octane number of about 91.6. and in admixture with mesitylene a research octane number greater than 91.6.

4. An improved motor fuel providing higher gas mileage comprising:

gasoline produced from petroleum, and from between about 1 to 30 wt % of mesitylene.

5. The motor fuel of claim 4, wherein the gasoline is a hybrid compound incorporating additives selected from the group consisting of combustion catalysts, burn rate modifiers, stabilizers, demulsifiers, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors, catalysts, detergents, ethers, antioxidants, anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, fuel dyes, and mixtures thereof.

6. The motor fuel of claim 4, wherein the gasoline contains additives to increase fuel economy selected from the group consisting of Ferox, Oxyhydrogen, ferrous picrate, and mixtures thereof.

11. The motor fuel of claim 4, wherein the gasoline component has a research octane number of at least 91.6 and a motor octane number of at least 83.4.

7. An improved motor fuel providing higher gas mileage comprising:

gasoline produced from petroleum, and from about 5 to 15 wt % of mesitylene.

8. The motor fuel of claim 7, wherein the gasoline is a hybrid compound incorporating additives selected from the group consisting of combustion catalysts, burn rate modifiers, stabilizers, demulsifiers, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors, catalysts, detergents, ethers, antioxidants, anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, fuel dyes, and mixtures thereof.

9. The motor fuel of claim 7, wherein the gasoline contains additives to increase fuel economy selected from the group consisting of Ferox, Oxyhydrogen, ferrous picrate, and mixtures thereof.

12. The motor fuel of claim 7, wherein the gasoline component has a research octane number of at least 91.6 and a motor octane number of at least 83.4.

14. The motor fuel of claim 7, wherein the gasoline obtained from petroleum has a research octane number of about 91.6, and in admixture with mesitylene a research octane number of at least 94.6.

15. The motor fuel of claim 7, wherein the gasoline obtained from petroleum has a research octane number of about 88.4, and in admixture with mesitylene a research octane number of at least 90.9.

16. A method of increasing the research octane numbers and motor octane numbers of pure gasoline obtained from petroleum comprising:

mixing with said gasoline mesitylene in an amount sufficient to create a blended motor fuel comprising from about 1 to about 30 wt % of mesitylene.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising adding to the blended motor fuel one or more additives selected from the group consisting of combustion catalysts, burn rate modifiers, stabilizers, demulsifiers, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors, catalysts, detergents, ethers, antioxidants, anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, fuel dyes, and mixtures thereof.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising adding to the blended motor fuel one or more additives to increase fuel economy selected from the group consisting of Ferox, Oxyhydrogen, ferrous picrate, and mixtures thereof.

19. An improved jet fuel having lowered carbon emission specifications, said jet fuel comprising:

90-99 wt % petroleum-derived jet fuel, and

1-10 wt % of biomass-derived mesitylene.

20. The improved jet fuel of claim 19, comprising:

97 wt % jet fuel, and

3 wt % biomass-derived mesitylene.

21. An improved bio-fuel having lowered carbon emission specifications, comprising:

75-90 wt % synthetic parafinnic kerosene (SPK), and

10-25 wt % of biomass-derived mesitylene.

22. The improved bio-fuel of claim 21, comprising of 80 wt % SPK and 20 wt % biomass-derived mesitylene.