Patent ID: 8273137

Claim:
A middle distillate fuel composition comprising (a) a middle distillate base fuel, (b) a Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffinic wax component in the amount of at least 100 mg/kg and less than 3500 mg/kg, based on the fuel composition, having a melting point in the range of from 40° C. to 120° C., and at least 90 wt % of the paraffinic hydrocarbon molecules in the paraffinic wax are n-paraffinic, and (c) one or more cold flow additives in an amount up to 1000 ppmw, wherein the middle distillate base fuel comprises a fatty acid methyl ester, a paraffinic hydrocracked fatty ester middle distillate fuel fraction, and/or a fatty ester middle distillate fuel fraction.