Abstract:
Mineral oil compositions with trace portions of additives contain as additive a comb polymer containing ester linkages, either based on a) ethylene-vinylester copolymers modified by hydroxy groups or glycidyl groups with molecular mass weight averages from 3000 to 50000 and an ethylene portion of 50 to 90 mass %, and b) partially imidated and/or partially esterified maleic anhydride copolymers, wherein in the comb polymer based on a) and b) the modified ethylene-vinylester copolymer component is connected by means of ester linkages to the partially imidated and/or partially esterified maleic anhydride copolymer component, or a comb polymer containing ester linkages based on c) ethylene-vinylester copolymers modified by acid and/or acid anhydride groups with molecular mass weight averages from 3000 to 50000 and an ethylene portion of 50 to 90 mass %, and d) polyalcohols partially esterified with C12-C40-monocarboxylic acids wherein in the comb polymer based on c) and d) the ethylene-vinylester copolymer component modified by acid and/or acid anhydride groups is connected by means of ester linkages with the polyalcohol component partially esterified with C2-C40-monocarboxylic acids. The mineral oil compositions are suitable as flowable media to be transported at low temperatures and as mineral oil fuels with high lubricity and flowability.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to oil compositions, primarily to fuel oil and petroleum compositions produced there from susceptible to wax formation at low temperatures, to polymeric imides for use with such fuel oil compositions, and to methods for their manufacture.
Abstract:
An additive mixture as component of compositions of mineral oil as the main component and trace portions of an additive mixture contains the additive components a) ethylene-vinylester copolymers with molecular mass weight averages from 3000 to 50000 and an ethylene proportion of 50 to 90 mass %, and b) mixed esters of glycerine in which 50 to 80 mol % of the hydroxy groups are esterified with unsaturated C12-C40 monocarboxylic acids and 20 to 50 mol % of the hydroxy groups are esterified with partially imidated and/or partially esterified maleic anhydride copolymers, and/or c) partially and/or completely imidated copolymers consisting of maleic anhydride and α-methylstyrene with molecular mass number averages from 1500 to 15000 and at least one terminal group based on dimeric α-methyl styrene, and/or d) wax compositions based on natural starting materials of type d1) wax-like oligomeric esters based on glyceryl monostearate and dimeric acid and/or d2) wax esters with vaseline-like consistency, based on at least two different straight-chain and/or branched C14-C36-alcohols and dimeric acid whereby the content of the additive mixture in the mineral oil is 0.005 to 1 mass % and the mass proportion of the additive components a/b or a/c or a/d is in the range from 10:90 to 90:10, respectively. The mineral oil compositions are suitable as flowable media to be transported at low temperatures and as mineral oil fuels with high lubricity and flowability.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of ethylene copolymers, and their use as additives to mineral oil and mineral oil distillates.The invention relates to a process for the preparation of terpolymers of ethylene and at least 2 further olefinically unsaturated compounds by polymerization in a tubular reactor fitted with at least one side branch, wherein the fresh monomer components, which are introduced into the tubular reactor via the reactor inlet (the primary stream) or via the side branch or side branches (secondary stream or secondary streams), in each of the streams contain ethylene and at most one further olefinically unsaturated compound.
Abstract:
A composition for use as an additive for fuels or lubricants. The composition includes a reaction product of a treated amine and a compound selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl succinic anhydrides, Mannich adducts derived from hydrocarbyl-substituted phenols reacted with formaldehydes, ethylene-propylene copolymers grafted with ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic groups, copolymers of unsaturated acids and polyolefins, and acid or ester functionalized hydrocarbon polymers. The reaction product is oil soluble and has a number average molecular weight ranging from about 900 to about 50,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography. The treated amine includes an aliphatic or aromatic amine containing at least one primary or secondary amino group reacted with an aliphatic or aromatic nitrile and hydrogen.
Abstract:
The invention relates to additives for middle distillates with a maximum sulfur content of 0.05 percent by weight, containing at least one fatty acid ester of alkoxylated polyols with at least 3 OH groups (A) and at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin (C).
Abstract:
It has been discovered that less expensive, and in some cases synergistically effective anti-static additive blends may be added to hydrocarbon fuels to improve the conductivity thereof. The blend includes an anti-static amount of at least one hydrocarbon soluble copolymer of an alkylvinyl monomer and a cationic vinyl monomer and an anti-static amount of at least one hydrocarbon soluble polysulfone copolymer of at least one olefin and sulfur dioxide. Optional ingredients include polymeric polyamines and aryl sulfonic acids.
Abstract:
The present invention provides oily liquids comprising A) at least one ester of fatty acids whose carbon chain lengths are between 8 and 30 carbon atoms, and a monohydric C1-C5-alcohol, at least 50% of the fatty acid radicals containing at least one double bond, and B) at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin, obtainable by condensing (i) at least one alkylphenol having at least one C6-C24-alkyl or C6-C24-alkenyl radical and (ii) at least one aldehyde or ketone nullto a degree of condensation of between 2 and 50 alkylphenol units.
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:
Copolymers based on ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic esters and their use as mineral oil additives. The invention relates to copolymers of low olefins and vinyl esters, containing a) from 85 to 97 mol % of bivalent structural units of the formula 1 —CH2—CR1R2— 1 in which R1 and R2, independently of one another, are hydrogen or methyl, and b) at least 3 mol % of bivalent structural units of the formula 2 in which R3 is saturated, branched C6-C16-alkyl which has a tertiary carbon atom, wherein R3 is bonded by its tertiary carbon atom to the carboxyl function. The copolymers according to the invention are used as flow improvers for mineral oil distillates.