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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2007
Scott J. Tabb, Huntersville, NC (US);
Ronald P. Rohrbach, Flemington, NJ (US);
Gary B. Zulauf, Findlay, OH (US);
Peter D. Unger, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Weston H. Gerwin, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Daniel E. Bause, Flanders, NJ (US);
Gerard W. Bilski, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Scott J. Tabb, Huntersville, NC (US);
Ronald P. Rohrbach, Flemington, NJ (US);
Gary B. Zulauf, Findlay, OH (US);
Peter D. Unger, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Weston H. Gerwin, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Daniel E. Bause, Flanders, NJ (US);
Gerard W. Bilski, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for adding a lubricating additive to a diesel fuel. In one exemplary embodiment a diesel fuel filter is provided, the diesel fuel filter comprising: a housing having at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening configured to define a flow path therethrough; filter media disposed in the flow path; and an additive cartridge configured to disperse a lubricating additive into diesel fuel passing through the filter, wherein the fuel filter comprises an adsorbent comprising an inorganic oxide having a surface acidity characterized by a pKa of less than or equal to −3.