Aae Technologies International Plc

Cognis Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg

Alan Rae

William Hodgson

Jurgen Roder

Frank Bongardt

Frank Bongart

There is described a fuel composition incorporating levulinic acid or a functional derivative thereof.

Fuel composition

There is described a fuel composition which is substantially free of alkoxylated compounds and is substantially free of long-chain alkyl alcohols having at least 6 C atoms, and contains at least 95% by volume of a hydrocarbon-based fuel and 0.1 to 5% by volume of an additive of the formula (I); R&#x2014;CO&#x2014;NRR(I) in which R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl radical having 6 to 21 C atoms; and Rand R, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydroxyalkyl radical having 1 to 4 atoms.

Alkoxylate and alcohol free fuel additives

There is described a fuel additive composition comprising an oleic alkanolamide and an alkoxylated oleic acid. There is also described a fuel composition comprising a hydrocarbon fuel and a fuel additive comprising an oleic alkanolamide and an alkoxylated oleic acid and also a method of running a combustion engine using the fuel if the invention.

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