Inventors:
Etop Esen - Cypress TX, US
Andre L. Boehman - State College PA, US
David P. Morris - McMurray PA, US
Assignee:
ConocoPhilips Company - Houston TX
The Penn State Research Foundation - University Park PA
International Classification:
C10L 1/19, C10L 1/10
Abstract:
This invention shows how to make and use a biodiesel-based fuel in diesel engines without incurring the NOpenalty. Embodiments primarily relate to an optimum range of bulk modulus of compressibility for biodiesel blends, which results in generating “NOneutral” biodiesel blends or to formulate biodiesel blends with lower NOx emissions than conventional petroleum diesel fuel. These biodiesel blends preferably comprise synthetic paraffinic middle distillate derived from a hydrocarbon synthesis to generate synthetic environmentally-friendly diesel fuels.