Fuel additive for enhancing combustion efficiency and decreasing emissions

Abstract

A fuel additive comprising a sol containing particles of at least one inorganic-metallic component and at least one organo-metallic component stabilized in a suitable hydrocarbon medium. The components are formed as a metal complex wherein the metallic element comprises at least one metal selected from the elements of Groups VIII to XI in the Periodic Table, preferably platinum, cobalt, nickel, copper, gold, rhodium or, most preferably, palladium. The organo component is an alkyl carboxylate, preferably acetate, and the inorganic component is derived from silicon, titanium, aluminum, and preferably silicate. The additive is preferably formed by (a) forming an aqueous solution of at least one metallic component; (b) forming a colloid of organo-metallic and inorganic-metallic components from said solution; and (c) extracting at least some of the metallic colloidal components from the aqueous solution using a suitable hydrocarbon medium under controlled PH, temperature and time.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 662,421, filed Mar. 1, 2005, and titled “A Liquid Hydrocarbon Based Fuel Additive For Enhancing Combustion Efficiency And Decreasing Emissions From An Internal Combustion Engine, Heating Chamber Or Jet Engine And Method Of Making Same.”FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to improved combustion of fuels in internal combustion engines, heating chambers and jet engines.BACKGROUND[0003]Burning a fossil fuel in an internal combustion engine, jet engine or heating furnace presents a hazard to the ecosystem of the world due to the emissions of hazardous carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur and incompletely burned fossil fuels. Sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen are major components of acid rain. Acid rain is toxic to both animals and plants. The burning of carbon based fuels also releases carbon diox...

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Benefits of technology

[0046]The present invention relates to a novel fuel additive product and a method for making such additive, which decreases toxic exhaust emissions and increases the efficiency of the burn. Without limiting the invention to any specific theory of operation, the fuel additive composition of the invention is believed, based on the available evidence, to operate by depositing and activating a reversible microfilm catalyst on the combustion surfaces of internal...

Problems solved by technology

Burning a fossil fuel in an internal combustion engine, jet engine or heating furnace presents a hazard to the ecosystem of the world due to the emissions of hazardous carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur and incompletely burned fossil fuels.

Acid rain is toxic to both animals and plants.

The burning of carbon based fuels also releases carbon dioxide into the environment, therefore increasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Moreover, crude oil supplies are dwindling worldwide.

The combustion of hydrocarbons produces a large volume of gases in addition to a large amount of heat.

However, smog and acid rain may result from the combustion process, specifically from the production of carbon, carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen and other non-metal oxides.

However, very sma...

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