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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Cyril David Knottenbelt, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Johan Stander, Bellville, ZA;
Lehlohonolo Aubrey Motsekoa, Rotterdam, NL;
Maxwell Paul Thomas, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Cyril David Knottenbelt, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Johan Stander, Bellville, ZA;
Lehlohonolo Aubrey Motsekoa, Rotterdam, NL;
Maxwell Paul Thomas, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Abstract
This invention relates to alternative diesel fuels with improved cold flow properties. The alternative fuel may be a biodiesel which typically comprises fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters; or a diesel fuel blend including diesel fuel derived from a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction and possibly comprising or containing crude-derived diesel fuel and biodiesel. The cold flow properties are improved by adding a higher alcohol component which is not a naturally occurring component of the biodiesel, nor the diesel fuel.