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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1980

Filed:

Nov. 24, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:

William H Stover, Sombra, CA;

Samuel A Hunter, Bright's Grove, CA;

Assignee:

Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
44 51 ; 44 76 ;
Abstract

Petroleum fuel compositions having a kinematic viscosity ranging from about 40 Saybolt Seconds Universal at 38.degree. C. to about 300 Saybolt Seconds Furol at 50.degree. C., e.g. residual fuel oils of grade numbers 4, 5 and 6, which contain dispersed sedimentary asphaltic constituents are stabilized against sedimentation of said constituents by the addition of a minor but sediment-stabilizing proportion of an alkylaryl sulfonic acid having from about 10 to 70 carbons for example, C.sub.28 -C.sub.32 monoalkyl benzene sulfonic acid. The sediment-stabilizing property of the alkylaryl sulfonic acid is particularly useful for blends of distillate petroleum fractions and residua (includes reduced crude) wherein said blend contains from about 5 to about 15 weight percent of residua, based on the total weight of said blend.


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