Patent ID: 6270537
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: B01D,C10L,C10M,C10N

Abstract:
A fuel composition which comprises (a) a fuel selected from the group consisting of kerosene and a jet fuel and mixtures thereof and (b) a cyclic compound comprising m units of the formula (Ia) ##STR10##and n units of the formula (Ib) ##STR11##joined together to form a ring,wherein Y is a divalent bridging group which may be the same or different in each unit;R.sup.0 is selected from the group consisting of H and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sup.5 is selected from the group consisting of H and C.sub.1 -C.sub.60 alkyl; j is 1 or 2;R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl and a hetero-substituted hydrocarbyl group;each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, hydrogen, hydrocarbyl and hetero-substituted hydrocarbyl, with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 is hydroxyl, and m+n is 4 to 20, m is 1-8 and n is at least 3.