Heating fuel blend

a heating fuel and blend technology, applied in the field of heating fuel blends, can solve the problems of in-place reserves, and achieve the effects of reducing heating fuel costs, increasing demand for vegetable oils, and reducing demand

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-23
PURDUE RES FOUND INC
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[0015] Advantages of this heating fuel blend can include reduced heating fuel costs to the consumer without requiring major furnace modifications, increased demand for vegetable oils, reduced demand for non-renewable petroleum products, and reduced harmful emissions.

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Unfortunately, estimates of the quantities of in-place reserves that may be recoverable with current technology range no higher than about 10%.

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[0018] An embodiment of the invention provides a heating fuel blend comprising a petroleum based fuel and a vegetable oil. The petroleum based fuel can be diesel fuel, fuel oil, and kerosene including but not limited to No. 1 diesel fuel, No. 2 diesel fuel, No. 1 fuel oil, and No. 2 fuel oil.

[0019] The vegetable oil can be selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, cottenseed oil, rapeseed oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sunflowerseed oil, palm kernel oil, copra oil, or other oils of similar composition as listed in table 1 below produced by plants.

TABLE 1Fatty Acid content in Vegetable Oil: Percent by WeightFatty AcidCompositionFatty Acid% by WeightMyristicC14H28O2C14:00.3-6  PalmiticC16H32O2C16:0 2-47PalmitoleicC16H30O2C16:10-1StearicC18H36O2C18:01-6OleicC18H34O2C18:110-52LinoleicC18H32O2C18:2 2-69LenolenicC18H30O2C18:30.3-10 ArachidicC20H40O2C20:00.9-10 BehenicC22H44O2C22:0EicosenoicC20H38O2C20:150-60EurcicC22H42O2C22:1

[0020] The blend preferably comprises a petroleum based...

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Abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a heating fuel blend comprising a petroleum based fuel and a vegetable oil. The petroleum based fuel can be selected from diesel fuel, fuel oil, and kerosene. The vegetable oil may be crude oil, degummed oil, or a mixture of crude and degummed oil and is selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, cottenseed oil, rapeseed oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sunflowerseed oil, palm kernel oil, copra oil and other oils of similar composition produced by plants. In a preferred embodiment, the vegetable oil is present in an amount greater than zero and up to about 50% by volume, in a more preferred embodiment the vegetable oil is present in an amount greater than zero and up to about 20% by volume. A preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a petroleum based fuel and a soybean oil, where the soybean oil is present in an amount greater than zero and up to about 20% by volume. The invention also involves a method of making the heating fuel blend and a method of heating a building with the heating fuel blend.

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[0001] This application claims the benefits and priority of U.S. provisional application No. 60 / 516,170 filed Oct. 29, 2003, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.CONTRACTUAL ORIGIN OF INVENTION [0002] The United States Government may have rights in this invention pursuant to United States Department of Agriculture Grant No. 01-52104-11227.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] 1. Field of the Invention [0004] The present invention relates to a heating fuel blend and method of making a heating fuel blend for use in commercial and residential building heating devices such as furnaces and boilers. [0005] 2. Description of Related Art [0006] Carbonaceous fuel substances, other than natural petroleum, are widely distributed throughout the world. The United States has large reserves of some of these carbonaceous fuel substances. Unfortunately, estimates of the quantities of in-place reserves that may be recoverable with current technology range no higher than abo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C10L1/02C10L1/18
CPCC10L1/02Y02E50/13C10L1/026Y02E50/10
Inventor GIBSON, HARRY G.TAO, BERNARD Y.DECKARD, AARON D.VANLANINGHAM, NICHOLAS W.
Owner PURDUE RES FOUND INC
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