Enhanced fuels, methods of producing enhanced fuels, and additives for enhanced fuels

摘要

An additive for fuels is provided, wherein the additive is a PEG (poly-ethylene glycol) trinitrate derivative. The additive is operable to function as a cetane enhancer when mixed with a fuel and combusted within a combustion engine. The additive has a chemical formula: CH2-(O-CH2-CH2)n -ONO2 CH-(O-CH2-CH2)m -ONO2 CH2-(O-CH2-CH2)p -ONO2 wherein n, m, p are integers which represent the number of basic monomers in an ethoxylate chain in the additive. Optionally, the additive is chosen from compounds with n, m and p varying in a range of 1 to 5.