Gulf Research & Development Company

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Jgs Research Company, Inc.

Grdc, LLC

Gulf Research & Development

Johann G Schulz

Anatoli Onopchenko

Edward T Sabourin

John A Cobler

Charles M Selwitz

Walter P Barie, Jr

Engelina Porowski

Daniel Margosian

Harold Beuther

John D Bacha

William A Kofke

James T Eurich

John J Stanulonis

Jaroslav Zajac

Richard Seekircher

William R Wajert

A process for preparing the ignition promoter comprises combining a sugar with selected solvents and heating to form a stable solution, reacting the resulting solution with an oxirane and thereafter reacting the resulting product with nitric acid under nitrating conditions. A fuel for use in compression ignition engines contains a lower alcohol and about 0.15 to 30 wt % of the ignition promoter.

Process for preparing ignition promoter, and fuel containing an ignition promoter

A novel ignition promoter; a process for preparing the ignition promoter which comprises removing cellulose from biomass, such as wood, bagasse, corncobs, straw, hay, or newspaper, and thereafter nitrating the remainder after treatment with an oxirane; and a fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine, such as a Diesel engine, containing an alcohol, such as methanol or ethanol, and said ignition promoter. Cellulose can be removed from the biomass by treating it with an aqueous nitric acid solution. The material remaining after cellulose removal can be nitrated using an aqueous solution of nitric acid. Nitration is carried out by reacting the material after cellulose removal with an oxirane, such as ethylene oxide, and thereafter nitrating the resulting product using aqueous nitric acid in combination with a dehydrating agent, such as sulfuric acid. The nitrated product is the novel ignition promoter and can be incorporated in the alcohol to produce an improved fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine.

Ignition promoter, process for preparing same and fuel containing said

A process for preparing an explosive comprising contacting a ketone with a compound capable of producing a product, or compound, containing nitro groups for a time sufficient to obtain a product having a high-energy content and the product resulting therefrom.

Process for preparing an explosive and the product therefrom

A novel fuel composition containing the alcohol-soluble portion of the product obtained as a result of the mild reaction of a lignin-containing material with nitric acid and a component selected from the group consisting of water, methanol, ethanol mixtures thereof, mixtures of lower alcohols and hydrocarbon fuel.

Novel fuel for use in energy generating processes

A process for generating energy in a furnace or combustion engine which comprises burning therein the novel alcohol-soluble portion of the product obtained as a result of the mild reaction of a lignin-containing material, such as peat, with aqueous nitric acid.

Process for generating energy in a furnace or combustion engine

A process for generating energy in a furnace or combustion engine which comprises burning therein the novel alcohol-soluble portion of the product obtained as a result of the mild reaction of a lignin-containing material, such as peat, with aqueous nitric acid. The alcohol-soluble portion of such reaction is also claimed as a novel fuel alone or in combination with an alcohol or a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.

Novel fuel

Process for operating a furnace or a combustion engine which comprises burning in said furnace or said combustion engine a mixture of polycyclic, polycarboxylic acids obtained by oxidizing coal with aqueous nitric acid, separating from the resulting product an aqueous phase and a solid phase and then extracting the solid phase with a solvent to recover said mixture.

Process for operating a furnace or a combustion engine

A process for preparing coal suspensions which comprises contacting coal with nitric acid and then combining said contacted coal with an aqueous base solution.

Process for preparing coal suspensions

A novel composition of matter capable of being cured to a solid resinous material obtained as a result of the reaction of (1) a coal derivative comprising a mixture of monocyclic, polycyclic, multifunctional carboxylic acids, resulting from the interaction of coal with nitric acid with (2) an oxirane, and a process for producing a solid resinous material therefrom by heating the same under pressure.

Novel composition and process for producing solid resin therefrom

A process for preparing a coal derivative comprising a mixture of monocyclic, polycyclic, multifunctional carboxylic acids which comprises contacting an aqueous slurry containing coal with aqueous nitric acid and then drying the resulting product to remove water therefrom.

Process for preparing organic acids

Novel resin products produced by reacting unique polycyclic, aromatic, polycarboxylic acid products with low molecular weight polyols display satisfactory toughness properties and good Barcol hardness values. The process for preparing these novel resin products first involves preparing an intimate, finely divided mixture comprising the acid product derived from the nitric acid oxidation of naturally occurring solid carbonaceous material, a roughly equivalent amount of a liquid polyol, and a suitable acid catalyst. The mixture is then subjected to a precure step which involves heating at temperatures between 80.degree. and 150.degree. C. for from about fifteen minutes to about four hours. The precured mixture may thereafter be subjected to suitable molding conditions at a temperature below about 220.degree. C.

Molded resin product and process for producing same

A mixture of polycyclic, aromatic polycarboxylic acids carrying nuclear nitro groups that is substantially soluble in an azeotropic mixture of methyl ethyl ketone and ethanol but substantially insoluble in water, and a process for preparing the mixture of polycyclic, aromatic polycarboxylic acids.

Organic acids and process for preparing same

A stable, isotropic emulsion of a water-insoluble material comprising alkenylsuccinic acid-in-water is prepared without an emulsifying agent. The emulsion is prepared by heating an admixture of a water-insoluble material comprising less than 95 weight percent alkenylsuccinic acid and water at a temperature of at least about 50.degree. C., cooling the heated mixture to below about 30.degree. C. and subjecting the cooled mixture to brisk agitation at a temperature below about 40.degree. C. to form a stable emulsion. The remaining water-insoluble material can be an oleophilic material, such as high molecular weight olefins, paraffin wax, long chain alkyl aromatics, pine oil, or the like. The average particle diameter of the emulsion particles is less than about 30 microns.

Alkenylsuccinic acid emulsions and their preparation

A stable, isotropic emulsion of substantially pure alkenylsuccinic acid-in-water is prepared without using an emulsifying agent. The emulsion is prepared by heating an admixture of substantially pure alkenylsuccinic acid and water at a temperature of at least about 63.degree. C., cooling the heated mixture to below about 40.degree. C. and subjecting the cooled mixture to brisk agitation at a temperature below about 50.degree. C. to form a stable emulsion. The average particle diameter of the alkenylsuccinic acid particles is less than about 30 microns.

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Johann G Schulz