Hydrocarbon fuel additive and process of improving hydrocarbon fuel combustion

Abstract

Abstract An improved liquid diesel fuel for diesel engines is made by incorporating at least 0.003% by weight of a mixture of an iron salt of an aromatic nitro acid and a nitroaliphatic compound having one to four carbon atoms, into the diesel fuel. The weight ratio of the aromatic nitro acid salt to the nitroaliphatic compound ranges from 1:10 to 1:100. The additive, when added to diesel fuel, (1) substantially eliminates hard carbon deposits from the valve and exhaust systems of diesel engines, thereby improving the efficiency of the engines and decreasing overhaul expense, (2) reduces air pollutants such as oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, and virtually eliminates carbon monoxide from diesel exhausts and (3) reduces or substantially eliminates slime deposits which form during diesel fuel storage.

Inventors

• 👤 Richard W. Simmons

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