Abstract:
The invention relates to low-temperature-stabilized additives for fuel oils having a sulfur content of up 0.05% by weight, comprising fatty acid mixtures of A1) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one saturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms, A2) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms, and B) at least one polar nitrogen-containing compound which is effective as paraffin dispersant in middle distillates, in an amount of from 0.01 to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of A1), A2) and B); and to the use of said mixtures for improving the lubrication properties of low-sulfur middle distillates.
Abstract:
The hydrolytic stability of magnesium overbased products is significantly improved by the addition or inclusion of a mixture or reaction product of an alkylphenol resin with a mixture of an alkenyl succinic anhydride and the acid thereof, and an alkyl amine. These magnesium overbased products are useful additives to fuel oils to improve their corrosion-causing tendencies. In one non-limiting embodiment, the alkylphenol resin is nonylphenol resin and the succinic anhydride is a partially hydrolyzed succinic anhydride having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, along with the acid thereof. The mixtures and reaction products also serve as asphaltene inhibitors in the fuel oils.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a composition containing: (a) a hydrocarbon fluid; and (b) a hydrocarbyl- and hydroxy-substituted aromatic condensate comprising the reaction product of: (1) at least 75 mole percent based on the total amount of (b)(1) and (b)(2) of a hydrocarbyl- and hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent is a linear substituent containing 8 to 36 carbon atoms; (2) 0.001 to 25 mole percent based on the total amount of (b)(1) and (b)(2) of a hydrocarbyl- and hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent is a branched substituent containing 8 to 20 carbon atoms; and (3) an amount of an aldehyde, ketone, or reactive equivalent thereof effective to condense (1) and (2) to form the hydro-carbyl- and hydroxy-substituted aromatic condensate. The invention further relates to method of preparing the condensate and its use as an additive in a crude oil, a liquid fuel or an oil of lubricating viscosity.
Abstract:
An additive composition is disclosed. The additive composition includes a lubricity enhancer and a conductivity-improving additive. The lubricity enhancer comprises a salt formed by the reaction of a carboxylic acid with di-n-butylamine and the conductivity improving additive is the combination of: (a) a polymeric condensation product formed by the reaction of an aliphatic aldehyde or ketone, or a reactive equivalent, with at least one ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid with, (b) a copolymer, terpolymer or polymer of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a derivative thereof.
Abstract:
Provided herein is a diesel fuel additive composition comprising cerium oxide nanoparticles, optionally a manganese compound, a detergent, and a demulsifier. In one embodiment, the demulsifier has relatively low phosphorus concentration to thereby improve the solubility of the components and the thermal stability and clarity of the resulting diesel fuel. Also provided are methods for improving fuel economy, reducing smoke production, inhibiting deposition of sludge, and improved storage stability.
Abstract:
The invention provides compositions comprising at least one alkylphenol resin (constituent I) and, based on the alkylphenol resin, from 0.05 to 10% by weight of at least one salt of an aromatic base and of a sulfonic acid (constituent II).
Abstract:
The invention provides mineral oil distillates having a water content of less than 150 ppm and a conductivity of at least 50 pS/m, which comprise from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin and from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one nitrogen-containing polymer.
Abstract:
The invention provides graft copolymers obtainable by grafting an ester (a) of a C8- to C22-alcohol and acrylic acid to a copolymer (b) which contains from 3.5 to 21 mol % of vinyl acetate in addition to ethylene, and for their use as cold additives in fuel oils.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an additive for improving the cold flow properties of vegetable or animal fuel oil. The additive comprises A) a copolymer of ethylene and 8–21 mol % of at least one acrylic or vinyl ester having a C1–C18-alkyl radical and B) a comb polymer of at least one C8–C16-alkyl ester of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and at least one C10–C20-olefin, wherein the sum Q Q = ∑ i w 1 i · n 1 i + ∑ j w 2 j · n 2 j of the molar averages of the carbon chain distributions in the alkyl side chains of the olefins (monomer 1) and the fatty alcohols (monomer 2) is from 23 to 27. In Q, w1 and w2 are the molar proportions of the individual chain lengths in the comb polymer from the different monomers 1 and 2, and n1 and n2 are the side chain carbon atom lengths, excluding comb polymer bonded carbon atoms of monomer 1, and the running variables i and j are the individual side chain lengths in the particular monomer groups.
Abstract:
The use of an additive composition to improve the conductivity of a fuel oil. The additive composition comprises a polymeric condensation product formed by the reaction of an aliphatic aldehyde or ketone, or a reactive equivalent, with at least one ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid.