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Orimulsion, n.|ɒrɪˈmʌlʃən|
Also orimulsion.
[f. Ori(noco (the bitumen being originally extracted from the Orinoco oil belt in Venezuela) + emulsion n.]
A proprietary name for an emulsion of bitumen in water, which may be used as a fuel.
1987Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 June tm 27/1 Orimulsion... For hydrocarbon fuels for use in power plants. First use 9-30-1986. 1990Daily Tel. 16 Aug. 16/4 Oil that was previously thought to be too heavy for commercial use..can now be exploited, thanks to the development by Venezuela and BP of a new fuel called orimulsion. 1992Farmers Guardian 7 Aug. 12/9 A proposal by National Power to switch to burning orimulsion at its Pembroke power station would lead to vastly increased levels of acid rain in Welsh rivers, maintains the River Wye Preservation Trust. 1993Guardian 6 Oct. i. 15/3 British Petroleum yesterday announced plans to pull out of a joint venture marketing Orimulsion, branded by critics as the world's dirtiest power station fuel. |