Method of reducing nitrogen oxide emissions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9932945
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12641665

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A method of reducing nitrogen oxide emissions, the method comprising

    (i) injecting a petroleum-derived diesel fuel composition having: (a) a sulfur content of less than 10 ppm;(b) a flash point of greater than 50° C.;(c) a UV absorbance, Atotal, of less than 1.5 as determined by the formula comprisingAtotal=Ax+10(Ay) wherein Ax is the UV absorbance at 272 nanometers; andwherein Ay is the UV absorbance at 310 nanometers; (d) a naphthene content of greater than 5 percent;(e) a cloud point of less than −12° C.;(f) a nitrogen content of less than 10 ppm; and(g) a 5% distillation point of greater than 300 F and a 95% distillation point of greater than 600 F, in an advanced combustion engine; (ii) combusting the petroleum-derived diesel fuel in (i) in a combustion chamber of a non-spark ignited engine, wherein nitrogen oxide emissions are lower than those nitrogen oxide emissions when a conventional diesel fuel is employed in a non-spark ignited engine.

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CHEVRON U S A INC6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD SAN RAMON CA 94583

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Cannella, William J Orinda, US 18 141

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