Fuel and related compositions – Liquid fuels – Organic oxygen compound containing
Patent
1992-07-09
1994-05-03
Wu, Shean
Fuel and related compositions
Liquid fuels
Organic oxygen compound containing
44448, C10L 500
Patent
active
H00013056
ABSTRACT:
A method of reformulating a gasoline is provided to form a reformulated gasoline having as compared to the gasoline a reduction, upon burning and exhausting from a vehicle, of both hydrocarbon mass and reactivity of vehicle exhaust emissions and simultaneously a reduction of vehicle exhaust emissions of toxics, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, wherein said gasoline comprises a concentration of aromatic compounds, olefinic compounds, and sulfur or sulfur-containing compounds and may be characterized by a 90 percent distillation temperature, said method comprising (a) reducing said concentration of aromatic compounds; (b) reducing said concentration of olefinic compounds; (c) reducing said concentration of sulfur or sulfur-containing compounds; (d) reducing said 90 percent distillation temperature; and (e) adding an oxygenate. A reformulated gasoline formulated by use of such method is also provided.
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Rapp Larry A.
Segal Jack S.
Townsend Daniel J.
Pruitt Tom F.
Wu Shean
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