Fuel additive

Abstract

A fuel additive contains ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), and lecithin. A fuel additive contains 80 to 99 mass % of ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), and 1 to 20 mass % of lecithin, and being in the solid state. A fuel additive contains 78 to 99 mass % of ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), 0.9 to 20 mass % of lecithin and 0.1 to 2 mass % of water, and being in the particle state. A fuel additive containing 2 to 5 mass % of ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), 5 to 50 mass % of lecithin and mineral oil, and being in the liquid state, wherein the ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), and the lecithin are dissolved in the mineral oil. The above-mentioned fuel additive is used by being added into a fuel so as to make the concentration of the ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s) and the lecithin in ranges of 1 to 50 ppm, and 0.01 to 500 ppm, respectively.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present invention relates to a fuel additive containing ferrocene and / or ferrocene derivative(s), and, more particularly, relates to a fuel additive containing ferrocene and / or ferrocene derivative(s) to which functions such as combustion promotion, soot reduction, NOx reduction and the like are enhanced by adding lecithin.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

[0002] Conventionally, ferrocene and derivative(s) thereof are used as an additive for various liquid fuels. For instance, ferrocene, derivative(s) thereof and a improvement combustion method of a liquid hydrocarbon in the presence of a fuel additive composition consisting of an aromatic solvent, an aliphatic solvent and / or a petroleum solvent which are liquid organic careers capable of dissolving the ferrocene and derivative(s) thereof are described in JP02-132188A. Moreover, a method of conditioning of diesel engines is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,389,220 specification. In accordance with the method, a depos...