Patent ID: 8506288
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B01F,C10L,F23K

Abstract:
1. A method for homogeneously blending a viscoelastic fuel additive solution into the fuel system of a combustion device burning heavy fuel oil comprising: continuously introducing an effective amount of the fuel additive solution, said additive comprising a substantially linear, hydrocarbon polymer having a molecular weight greater than about 2.5 million daltons, into a stream of said heavy fuel oil at a point in the fuel system after the fuel oil has been heated for injection into the combustion device; mechanically mixing said fuel additive with the heated fuel oil for a time sufficient for the additive to substantially completely dissolve in the oil at conditions that avoid any significant decrease in the viscoelasticity of the fuel additive; and thereafter injecting the mixed stream of fuel oil and additive into the combustion device.