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US 8,152,868 · App. 12/337,423 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

Fuel compositions

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Patent No.
US 8,152,868
App. No.
12/337,423
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Middle distillate fuel composition is provided containing (a) a middle distillate base fuel comprising at least in part a biodiesel fuel component, and (b) a Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffinic base oil component with a viscosity of at least 8 mm 2 /s at 100° C.

Claims (14)

1. A middle distillate fuel composition comprising (a) a middle distillate base fuel comprising at least in part a biodiesel fuel component, and (b) a Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffinic base oil component with a viscosity of at least 8 mm 2 /s at 100° C., wherein in the paraffinic base oil component (b), the ratio of the percentage of epsilon methylene carbon atoms to the percentage of isopropyl carbon atoms is 8.2 or below.

2. The fuel composition of claim 1 wherein the Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffinic base oil component (b) is a heavy residual base oil.

3. The fuel composition of claim 1 wherein the middle distillate base fuel (a) is a diesel base fuel.

4. The fuel composition of claim 2 wherein the base fuel (a) comprises a Fischer-Tropsch derived base fuel.

5. The fuel composition of claim 1 wherein the base oil component (b) has a pour point of −30° C. or lower.

6. The fuel composition of claim 1 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is chosen such as to overcome a decrease of 15% in the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of an engine lubricating oil present in an engine in which the fuel composition is used.

7. The fuel composition of claim 6 wherein the Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffinic base oil component (b) is a heavy residual base oil.

8. The fuel composition of claim 7 wherein the middle distillate base fuel (a) is a diesel base fuel.

9. The fuel composition of claim 2 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is from 0.1 to 10 wt %.

10. The fuel composition of claim 3 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is from 0.1 to 10 wt %.

11. The fuel composition of claim 4 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is from 0.1 to 10 wt %.

12. The fuel composition of claim 1 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is from 0.1 to 10 wt %.

13. The fuel composition of claim 5 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is from 0.1 to 10 wt %.

14. The fuel composition of claim 6 wherein the concentration of the base oil component (b) is from 0.1 to 10 wt %.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SHELL OIL COMPANY
To: SHELL USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 059694/0819 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2009
From: NULL, VOLKER KLAUS
To: SHELL OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 022297/0573 →