Fuel and related compositions inventions 02/08

20080047193 - Oxygen-containing diesel fuel, process and catalyst for producing same: A process for upgrading a diesel fuel, includes the steps of providing a diesel fuel feedstock; hydrogenating the feedstock at a pressure of less than about 600 psig so as to provide a hydrogenated product wherein a portion of the feedstock is converted to alkyl-naphthene-aromatic compounds; and selectively oxidizing the... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080047194 - Bio formula to substitute diesel fuel: Methods for preparing a diesel substitute are disclosed. The methods may include continuous processes from distillation of waste vegetable oil, preparation of methanol, preparation of Na-methoxide mixtures, reactions between distilled waste vegetable oil and Na-methoxide mixtures, and separations of reaction products. A biodiesel substitute having a brownish-yellow color and a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080034645 - Methods for producing fuels and solvents: Described herein are methods for producing fuels and solvents from fatty acid resources. Also disclosed herein are fuels and solvents produced by the methods described herein.... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080028671 - Alternative organic fuel formulations including vegetable oil and petroleum diesel: Fuel formulations may be produced from vegetable oil without the need to remove glycerin from the vegetable oil prior to use. The fuel formulations may be used in diesel fuel vehicles and/or as a home heating oil. The fuel formulations may include vegetable oil, petroleum diesel, a fuel stabilizer, and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080028673 - Fuel additive: This invention relates to a method for improving the efficiency with which fuel is burnt in a fuel burning apparatus, particularly an internal combustion engine, comprising dispersing an amount of at least one particulate lanthanide oxide, particularly cerium oxide, in the fuel. This invention further relates to tablets, capsules, compositions... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080028674 - Method of operating internal combustion engine by introducing antioxidant into combustion chamber: In a method of operating an internal combustion engine, an antioxidant composition is introduced into a combustion chamber of the engine. The antioxidant composition contains (A) a sterically hindered phenol; (B) an alkylene or alkylidene coupled sterically hindered phenol oligomer; (C) a secondary aromatic amine; (D) a reaction product of... Agent: The Lubrizol Corporation Attn: Docket Clerk, Patent Dept.

20080028675 - Biomass treatment of organic waste materials in fuel production processes to increase energy efficiency: A method, system, apparatus and program extracts energy from organic residual materials produced by the manufacturing of biofuels. Energy is extracted from the biofuels residuals using anaerobic bioconversion to produce a fuel for use in the manufacturing process for producing synthetic biofuel or as an additional energy product for sale... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center