US 11,999,918 B2
Hydrocarbon functionalized carbon-based nanomaterial and method
Subram Mani Sarathy, Thuwal (SA); Tsu-fang Hong, Thuwal (SA); Andrew Bailey, Dhahran (SA); and Anwar Alkhawajah, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA); and SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Appl. No. 17/913,611
Filed by KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA); and SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/052405
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/198848, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,859, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104932 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. C10L 10/08 (2006.01); C10L 1/19 (2006.01)
CPC C10L 10/08 (2013.01) [C10L 1/19 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0254 (2013.01); C10L 2200/04 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0446 (2013.01); C10L 2230/22 (2013.01); C10L 2270/026 (2013.01); C10L 2290/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel mixture comprising:
a fuel;
ethanol; and
modified graphene oxide (mGO) nanoparticles functionalized with a hydrocarbon,
wherein the mGO is less than 1000 ppm of the ethanol, and
wherein a blend of the ethanol and the mGO is less than 10% of the fuel mixture.