Patent ID: 6923839
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: C10L

Abstract:
1. A fuel blend for use in an internal combustion engine, the fuel blend comprising: a hydrocarbon-containing fuel component selected from the group consisting of gasoline and diesel; an oxygen-containing component capable of providing oxygen for combustion of the fuel component under conditions prevailing during the combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine, the oxygen-containing component providing substantially all of the oxygen derived from the fuel blend in this manner; wherein the oxygen-containing component is one or more compounds having the general formula (I): wherein R R wherein R R the oxygen-containing component being present in an amount sufficient to provide an oxygen-content in the fuel blend of at least 1% by weight wherein when the said oxygen-containing component is only of general formula (I) that does include R2 being of general formula (II) the said component is selected from the group consisting of tertiary butyl acetate, ethylene glycol diacetate and a mixture of at two component of formula (I).