Patent ID: 6235067
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: C10L,F02B,G21B,H05H,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
A nanopartitioned combustible liquid hydrocarbon fuel-water mixture consisting essentially of water and liquid hydrocarbon fuel, with a proviso that surface-active substances, including surfactants, are excluded, the hydrocarbon fuel being dispersed in the water as hydrocarbon molecular aggregations having a diameter less than about 100 .ANG., produced by a process comprising the steps of:a) forming a supercritical fuel-water mixture; andb) emitting the supercritical fuel-water mixture from a nozzle, whereby the temperature and pressure of the supercritical fuel-water mixture is reduced at a rate that causes hydrocarbon fuel of the supercritical fuel-water mixture to precipitate, thereby forming the nanopartitioned combustible liquid hydrocarbon fuel-water mixture.