Fuel and related compositions – Liquid fuels – Aluminum or heavy metal – other than lead – containing
Patent
1987-01-15
1989-05-30
Dees, Carl F.
Fuel and related compositions
Liquid fuels
Aluminum or heavy metal, other than lead, containing
44520, 44522, 44532, C10L 536, C10L 1100
Patent
active
048347744
ABSTRACT:
Novel, and improved fuel articles having a plurality of novel characteristics and having a typical mass density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/cc and a bulk density of 0.2 to 0.4 times the mass density. The greatest distance dg from a point in the fuel article to the nearest point on the nearest one of the upstanding walls is between 0.15 and 0.60 times the height of the fuel article. Charcoal fuel articles of the invention ignite faster than conventional pillow-shaped charcoal fuel articles and deliver substantially more usable cooking heat flux to the cooking surface of a standard charcoal cooker than do conventional pillow-shaped briquettes. The coal article may have a central body portion having a minor circumference, a plurality of fingers projecting from the central body portion, and a hole in the central body portion. The fingers may have finger ends wherein the ratio of the major circumference defined by the finger ends to the minor circumference is at least about 1.25:1. Preferred ratio of surface area to volume of the fuel articles of the invention is between 2.5:1 and 7.0:1. The fuel articles of the invention have a plurality of intersecting walls, which desirably intersect at sharp angles. The invention further includes novel methods of making the fuel articles disclosed herein, and novel methods of cooking using them.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2578998 (1951-12-01), Fracheboud
Fay, III James E.
Gierke Carl J.
Heikkinen Wilbert
Hrubecky Frederick J.
Lang James I.
Dees Carl F.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Traut Donald L.
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