Patent ID: 6458176
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: C10L

Abstract:
A fuel composition comprising a major amount of a base distillate fuel having no more than 10% by weight of olefins and no more than 10% by weight of esters, and greater than 5% by weight based on the total composition of an additive for reducing particulate emissions consisting essentially of at least one oxygenate selected from the group consisting of saturated, aliphatic monohydric primary, secondary and tertiary alcohol and mixtures thereof having on an average from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, at least one mono- or poly-ketone or keto-monohydric aliphatic alcohol having on an average at 5 to 25 carbons, and mixtures of the aforesaid alcohol(s) and ketone(s), said oxygenate containing no other oxygen in its structure, the amount of the oxygenate in the composition being sufficient to provide the fuel composition with at least 2% by weight of oxygen.