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EP 0 239 320 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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13.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/02 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/40 |
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Date of filing: 18.03.1987 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE |
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Priority: |
16.04.1986 GB 8609293
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Applicant: EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. |
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- Tack, Robert Dryden
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- Lewtas, Kenneth
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- More, Iain
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- Brown, Gerald Ivan
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- Costello, June Kathleen
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Liquid fuel compositions |
(57) The response to low temperature flow improvers to a distillate fuel containing between
4 and l0 wt % wax at l0°C below cloud point and containing substantially no paraffins
longer than n-triacontane, is enhanced by the addition of n-alkanes to provide C₂₄
and higher alkanes in an amount greater than 0.35 wt.% of the fuel.