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Patent No.:

US 12023632 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2020

Process for reducing injector deposits

Applicant:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Robert Wilfred Matthews Wardle, London, GB;

Johannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Amsterdam, NL;

Nicholas James Rounthwaite, London, GB;

Huw Jones, London, GB;

Assignee:

SHELL USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:

SHELL USA, INC.

Primary Examiner:

John M Zaleskas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 71/70 (2006.01); B01D 61/02 (2006.01); B01D 71/32 (2006.01); C10G 31/09 (2006.01); C10G 31/11 (2006.01); C10G 75/00 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); F02M 37/22 (2019.01); F02M 37/32 (2019.01); F02M 37/34 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 71/701 (2022.08); B01D 61/027 (2013.01); B01D 71/32 (2013.01); B01D 71/70 (2013.01); C10G 31/09 (2013.01); C10G 31/11 (2013.01); C10G 75/00 (2013.01); F02M 37/0052 (2013.01); F02M 37/22 (2013.01); F02M 37/32 (2019.01); F02M 37/34 (2019.01); F02M 2200/05 (2013.01); F02M 2200/9015 (2013.01); F02M 2200/9053 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for reducing injector deposits in an internal combustion engine fuelled with a fuel composition, the process comprising contacting a fuel composition with a metal-selective membrane situated in the fuel delivery system. The reduction of such deposits provides an increase in fuel efficiency, fuel thermal stability, boost in engine cleanliness, improves fuel economy and enables the possibility of using a reduced amount of expensive detergent in the fuel composition.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wardle, Robert Wilfred Matthews. (2024). Process for reducing injector deposits (U.S. Patent No. 12023632). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12023632

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