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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth William Bartz, Baytown, TX (US);
Jacqueline Dawn Bland, Wantage, GB;
David Paul Gillingham, Swindon, GB;
Richard Dix Kerwood, Didcot, GB;
Edwin William Lehmann, Faringdon, GB;
Kenneth Lewtas, Wantage, GB;
John Edward Maddox, Swindon, GB;
Albert Rossi, Warren, NJ (US);
Robert Dryden Tack, Abingdon, GB;
Assignee:
Exxon Chemical Patents Inc., Linden, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L / ; C10L / ; C10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
44370 ; 44371 ; 44372 ; 44374 ; 44399 ; 44405 ; 44418 ; 44419 ; 44423 ; 558 46 ; 558 51 ; 560 12 ; 560 14 ; 560129 ; 560150 ; 562 45 ; 562 46 ; 562 58 ; 562 65 ; 562 84 ; 562 86 ; 562 90 ; 562 95 ; 562105 ; 562107 ; 562111 ; 562112 ; 562114 ; 564 83 ; 564 84 ; 564 86 ; 564 90 ; 564 95 ;
Abstract
Distillate fuel is treated with additives whose structure match the crystal planes of the wax which crystallizes from the fuel to produce crystals below 4000 nanometres in size, suitable additive include novel sulpho-carboxylic materials particularly their esters and amine derivatives such as the amine salts and/or amides of ortho-sulpho benzoic acid.