ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,711, issued on Feb. 18.
"Formulation and cetane improvement based on organic nitrates for alcohol-based renewable diesel fuel" was invented by Marco Antonio Falquete (Curitiba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Refers to a formulation of renewable diesel fuel, whose objective is to provide a fuel for the diesel cycle that is possible to produce by biotechnology methods from a renewable biological source, including fermentation processes of sugars or materials available in sugar and alcohol plants. In this way, the obtained fuel can be conventionally used as a substitute for diesel oil in urban or road transport vehicles and be an...