Patent ID: 7311739

Claim:
A fuel composition which (i) is substantially free of alkoxylated compounds; and (ii) is substantially free of long-chain alkyl alcohols having at least 6 C atoms; and (iii) contains at least 95% by volume of a hydrocarbon-based fuel comprising a diesel oil and 0.1 to 5% by volume of an additive of the formula (I): R—CO—NR 1 R 2 wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl radical having 6 to 21 C atoms; and R 1 and R 2 , which may be the same or different, are each a hydroxyalkyl radical having 1 to 4 C atoms; wherein the hydrocarbon-based fuel comprises as an oxygenator, ethanol, wherein the ethanol contains no more than 0.5% water, and wherein the total fuel composition contains less than about 0.2% water by volume.