Adjustable fuel power booster component composition

Abstract

An adjustable fuel power booster component composition having three components: (A) an ignition accelerator which is preferably normal propyl nitrate and / or diterbutyl peroxide; (B) propylene glycol monoalkyl ether and / or butylene glycol monoalkyl ether; and (C) methyl carbonate and / or ethyl carbonate and / or propyl carbonate and / or butyl carbonate, which may be used mixed in any proportion with methylal (dimethoxymethane) or ethylal (diethoxymethane). The adjustable fuel power booster component composition of the present invention can be used by itself or in mixture with gasoline, diesel or burning oils in combustion engines without the need for modification thereof. The adjustable fuel power booster component composition enables low energy content alcohol based fuels to substitute conventional fuels, such as gasoline or diesel, in conventional non-modified internal combustion engines, thereby generating lower amounts of toxic gas emission all the while proving more power.

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PRIOR APPLICATIONS [0001] This U.S. continuation-in-part application bases priority on PCT application PCT / IB2007 / 001187, filed May 8, 2007, which is a first filed application in the International Bureau, as well as PCT application PCT / IB2005 / 003699, filed Oct. 28, 2005, which in turn bases priority on Costa Rican patent application number 7573, filed Nov. 11, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of Invention [0003] The present invention relates to an adjustable fuel power booster component composition. More particularly, it relates to an adjustable fuel power booster component composition that increases power and lowers toxic gas emissions when it is mixed with hydrocarbon fuels and / or low energy content alcohol based oxygenated fuels. [0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0005] Hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, are not renewable. Further, the volatile nature, including the fluctuation in price, ongoing social instability and war in the areas where oil is harvested, has...

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Benefits of technology

The invention is a fuel power booster that can be used with low energy content alcohol based fuels or in mixtures with hydrocarbon fuels in non-modified internal combustion engines. It helps to reduce toxic gas emissions and can be made from various components such as ignition accelerators, propylene glycol monoalkyl ether, butylene glycol monoalkyl ether, methyl carbonate, ethyl carbonate, propyl carbonate, butylal, and amines, antioxidants, other cetane improvers, and corrosive inhibitors. The fuel power booster can be obtained from petroleum or vegetal matter / organic waste and can be mixed with additives for gasoline or diesel with lubricants.

Problems solved by technology

Hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, are not renewable.

Further, the volatile nature, including the fluctuation in price, ongoing social instability and war in the areas where oil is harvested, has made the look for other power sources a high priority.

Still further, hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, emit a high level of toxic byproduct into the atmosphere.

However, the search for an alcohol-based substitute fuel that does not require the modification of the traditional oil or gas-based combustible engine has encountered problems and remains unresolved in the prior art.

The problems that face the prior art include lower energy content than conventional fuels that require a highly different air / fuel mixture.

With such lower efficiency, said alcohol based oxygenated fuels are forced to use more liters per horsepower and their costs can therefore not be compared in a “liter to liter” basis with other fuels.

This solution requires the modification of engine manufacturing plants around the world and the engines would have a significantly higher manufacturing cost.

Further, when alcohol-based fuels are burned in gasoline engines, the maximum pressure is obtained at a relatively late moment, and i.e. when the piston is rapidly descending, thus lowering the combustion efficiency.

However, at low speeds the engine knocks, toxic emissions are produced, the octane number is reduced, and the risk of having phase separation remains.

However, higher amounts of toxic emissions are produced, the risk of having phase separation remains, and the cost increases.

In addition, there is the chance of the engine malfunctioning, unless engine modifications are made or some engine components are changed.

That is, the prior art does not disclose an adjustable fuel power booster component composition with a synergistic effect produced by compounds such as propylene glycol monoalkyl ether or butylene glycol monoalkyl ether that when mixed in a defined proportion with a product such as normal propyl nitrate and also combined with a third component such as dimethyl or diethyl carbonate and then added to hydrocarbon fuels and / or an alcohol based oxygenated fuels, has the capacity of increasing power, avoiding modifications on conventional engines once designed for using hydrocarbon fuels air-fuel and compression ratios, reducing toxic gas emissions, and improving cetane number in diesel engines and octane number in gasoline engines.