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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
Jimell Erwin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thomas W. Ryan, Iii, San Antonio, TX (US);
Rudolf H. Stanglmaier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jimell Erwin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thomas W. Ryan, III, San Antonio, TX (US);
Rudolf H. Stanglmaier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A fuel for a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine having a 95 V % distilled temperature by boiling point measurement in the range of about 35.degree. C. to about 350.degree. C., a cetane number in the range of about 2 to about 120, and an octane number in the range of 10 to about 110. The invention also relates to a method of operating a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine of mixing a fuel with air and feeding the fuel into a combustion chamber.