ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,678, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Aqueous emulsifier package with anionic surfactant for fuel emulsion" was invented by Jochen Wagner (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Marcel Harhausen (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Thorsten Schoeppe (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Simon Steppan (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Jens Meissner (Ludwigshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for powering a diesel engine with a fuel emulsion involves preparing the fuel emulsion by emulsifying a fuel and water in the presence of an emulsifier package, which contains an anionic surfactant selected from sulfates and sulf...