US Patent Issued to BASF on May 13 for "Emulsifier package with quaternary ammonium surfactant for fuel emulsion" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,396, issued on May 13, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Emulsifier package with quaternary ammonium surfactant for fuel emulsion" was invented by Marcel Harhausen (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Thorsten Schoeppe (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel emulsion for powering a diesel engine contains water, a fuel, and an emulsifier package containing a quaternary ammonium surfactant. A method for powering a diesel engine with the fuel emulsion involves preparing the fuel emulsion by emulsifying a fuel and water in the presence of the emulsifier package. An emulsifier package for emulsifying a...