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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Scott D. Schwab, Richmond, VA (US);
Lawrence Joseph Cunningham, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
John D. Morris, Richmond, VA (US);
Joel A. Evans, Midlothian, VA (US);
Scott D. Schwab, Richmond, VA (US);
Lawrence Joseph Cunningham, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
John D. Morris, Richmond, VA (US);
Joel A. Evans, Midlothian, VA (US);
Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed that improves the operation of fuel combustion systems utilizing particulate filters. The method includes the combustion of a fuel emulsion in a fuel combustion system having a particulate filter. The fuel emulsion may comprise water and a fuel with the emulsion including a metal-containing compound, such as, for example, a manganese-containing compound.