Claims
- 1. A fuel additive composition comprising:
- (A) an alkylene oxide condensate or the reaction product thereof and an alcohol;
- (B) a monocarboxylic fatty acid; and
- (C) a hydrocarbyl amine, or the reaction product thereof and an alkylene oxide.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the alkylene oxide condensate or the reaction product thereof and an alcohol (A) is the reaction product of an alcohol and a lower alkylene oxide.
- 3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the alcohol in component (A) contains from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
- 4. The composition of claim 2 wherein the alcohol in component (A) is a straight chain alcohol.
- 5. The composition of claim 2 wherein the alcohol in component (A) is butanol.
- 6. The composition of claim 2 wherein the lower alkylene oxide in component (A) contains from 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
- 7. The composition of claim 2 wherein the lower alkylene oxide in component (A) is ethylene oxide.
- 8. The composition of claim 2 wherein the lower alkylene oxide in component (A) is propylene oxide.
- 9. The composition of claim 2 wherein the lower alkylene oxide in component (A) is ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
- 10. The composition of claim 1 wherein the monocarboxylic acid (B) is unsaturated.
- 11. The composition of claim 1 wherein the monocarboxylic acid (B) contains from 12 to 24 carbon atoms.
- 12. The composition of claim 10 wherein the monocarboxylic acid (B) is oleic acid.
- 13. The composition of claim 10 wherein the monocarboxylic acid (B) contains from 14 to 20 carbon atoms.
- 14. The composition of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbyl group in (D) contains from 8 to 24 carbon atoms.
- 15. The composition of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbyl group in (D) is saturated.
- 16. The composition of claim 1 wherein the alkylene oxide in (D) contains from 2 to 4 carbon atoms per alkylene oxide unit.
- 17. The composition of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbyl amine (D) is an oxypropylamine.
- 18. The composition of claim 1 additionally containing a hydrocarbon solvent.
- 19. The composition of claim 18 wherein the solvent is xylene.
- 20. The composition of claim 1 dispersed in a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 21. The composition of claim 20 wherein the hydrocarbon fuel is diesel fuel.
- 22. The composition of claim 20 wherein the hydrocarbon fuel is gasoline.
- 23. The composition of claim 1 and an alcohol.
- 24. The composition of claim 23 wherein the alcohol is selected from the group consisting methanol and ethanol.
- 25. The composition of claim 24 wherein the alcohol is methanol.
- 26. The composition of claim 25 wherein the monocarboxylic acid (B) is unsaturated.
- 27. The composition of claim 25 further including gasoline.
- 28. The composition of claim 1 additionally containing an alcohol selected from the group consisting methanol and ethanol.
- 29. The composition of claim 1 wherein the alcohol is methanol.
- 30. The composition of claim 28 additionally containing gasoline.
- 31. The composition of claim 1 additionally containing a hydrocarbon solvent.
- 32. The composition of claim 1 wherein the solvent is xylene.
- 33. The composition of claim 1 dispersed in a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 34. The composition of claim 33 wherein the hydrocarbon fuel is diesel fuel.
- 35. The composition of claim 33 wherein the hydrocarbon fuel is gasoline.
Parent Case Info
This is divisional of copending application Ser. No. 07/619,849 filed on Nov. 29, 1990 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,197,997.
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