Patent ID: 7575607

Claim:
A composition having a homogeneous liquid phase comprising a) 70% to 95% by weight of a hydrocarbon fraction having a boiling point from 130° C. to 425° C., b) 2% to 25% by weight of ethanol, c) 0.002% to 1.2% by weight of water, and d) 0.2% to 25% by weight of an additive, said additive comprising i) 5% to 90% of a nitrogen-containing surfactant of the formula wherein R is an aliphatic group of 8-22 carbon atoms and wherein A is an alkyleneoxy group of 2-3 carbon atoms, n is 0-4, p is a number from 2-3, m is from 0-3 and R 3 is the group C p H 2p , where p has the meaning mentioned above, or the group CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 ; and ii) 10 to 95% by weight of an alcohol of the formula R′OH (II), wherein R′ is a hydrocarbon group having 5-24 carbon atoms.