Abstract:
The disclosure relates to the synthesis and the use of copolymers based on ethylene and/or of propylene and of vinyl ester(s) modified by grafting, effective for improving both the resistance to cold and the lubricity of liquid hydrocarbons in particular the middle distillates originating from the distillation of petroleum and crude oils, in particular those with a low sulphur content and relates to a copolymer including: a) units derived from ethylene of formula A —(CH2—CH2)n1— and/or propylene of formula A′ —((CH3)CH2—CH2)n2 with n1+n2=n ranging from 98 to 643, preferably ranging from 124 to 515; n1 being advantageously equal to n; b) units of formula B: —(CH2—CHOOCR1)m-x— in which R1 represents a C1-C15 linear or branched alkyl group preferably methyl, propyl, and/or a C5 to C15 branched alkyl group, in which the branching is situated at any point of the alkyl radical, preferably in position 2 or 3 of the alkyl chain; preferably chosen from the preferred C5-C15 vinyl comonomers, preferably chosen from the pivalate, isopentanoate, isohexanoate, isononanoate, isodecanoate and/or isotridecanoate, and advantageously 2-ethyl hexanoate, neoalkanoates, in particular neononanoate, neodecanoate and/or neoundecanoate; with m ranging from 2 to 105, preferably ranging from 16 to 71 and x ranging from 0.2 to 105, preferably ranging from 1.6 to 71; c) units of formula C: —(CH2—CHOH)x1— in which x1 ranges from 0 to 0.30x, preferably x1=0; d) units of formula D: —(CH2—CHOOCR2)x2— in which x2 ranges from 0.70x to x, preferably x2=x, and R2 represents a C8-C24 saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, alkyl group, preferably C14-C20 or also C14 to C18 with x=x1+x2.
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:
The present invention is a composition comprising a three additive system for improving the cold flow properties of distillate fuel oils using certain copolymers or homopolymers in combination with at least two conventional cold flow additives, an additive concentrate, and a method for improving the low temperature properties of a fuel oil.
Abstract:
The invention provides a fuel oil composition F) comprising F1) 89-50% by volume of a fuel oil of mineral origin and F2) 11-50% by volume of a fuel oil of vegetable and/or animal origin, and, as a cold additive, the constituents A) at least one copolymer composed of ethylene and 8-21 mol % of at least one acrylic or vinyl ester having a C1-C18-alkyl radical and B) at least one comb polymer containing structural units composed of B1) at least one olefin as monomer 1 which bears at least one C8-C18-alkyl radical on the olefinic double bond, and B2) at least one ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid as monomer 2 which bears at least one C8-C16-alkyl radical bonded via an ester moiety, where 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 length distributions in the alkyl radicals of monomer 1 on the one hand and the alkyl radicals of the ester groups of monomer 2 on the other is from 21.0 to 28.0, where w1 is the molar proportion of the individual chain lengths in the alkyl radicals of monomer 1, w2 is the molar proportion of the individual chain lengths in the alkyl radicals of the ester groups of monomer 2, n1 are the individual chain lengths in the alkyl radicals of monomer 1, n2 are the individual chain lengths in the alkyl radicals of the ester groups of monomer 2, i is the serial variable for the individual chain lengths in the alkyl radicals of monomer 1, and j is the serial variable for the individual chain lengths in the alkyl radicals in the ester groups of monomer 2.
Abstract:
A fuel oil containing a conductivity improving additive comprising the combination of: (a) a polymethacrylate, polyacrylate or polyfumarate polymer not prepared from a quaternary ammonium monomer and having a number average molecular weight of about 1,000 to 10,000,000 and either (b) a conductivity improver comprising (i) an olefin polysulfone and (ii) a polymeric polyamine reaction product of epichlorohydrin and an aliphatic primary monoamine or an N-aliphatic hydrocarbyl alkylene diamine, or the sulfonic acid salt of the polymeric polyamine reaction product or (c) a conductivity improver comprising a hydrocarbon soluble copolymer of an alkylvinyl monomer and a cationic vinyl monomer, wherein the copolymer has an alkylvinyl monomer unit to cationic vinyl monomer unit ratio of from about 1:1 to about 10:1, the copolymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 800 to about 1,000,000.
Abstract:
An additive for distillate and a fuel composition having improved cloud point depressant properties. The additive is incorporated into a major proportion of distillate fuel and is a maleic anhydride .alpha.-olefin copolymer or a polyimide having the following structure: ##STR1## wherein R has at least 80% by weight of a hydrocarbon substituent from about 14 to about 16 carbons, X is oxygen or ##STR2## wherein N is nitrogen and R' has at least 80% by weight of a hydrocarbon substituent from 16 to 18 carbons, and n is from about 2 to about 30 when X is oxygen, and from about 2 to about 17 when X is ##STR3## Alternatively, the cloud point additive can be an ethylene vinyl acetate isobutylene terpolymer.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer comprising units derived from one or more macromonomers and an unsaturated acid or an unsaturated anhydride wherein the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is at least twice the weight average molecular weight of the macromonomer, the melt index of the copolymer is 1 dg/min or more, and wherein the macromonomer:(1) has a weight average molecular weight between 500 and 100,000;(2) has at least 30% terminal unsaturation; and(3) comprises a copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin, and/or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or an .alpha.-olefin.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for improving the cold-flow properties of oils having a sulfur content of less than 500 ppm and a content of n-paraffins having a chain length of C.sub.18 or longer of at least 8% by weight, comprising adding an additive comprising a mixture of A) from 15 to 50% by weight of a copolymer comprising, besides from 87 to 92 mol % of structural units derived from ethylene;a) from 6.5 to 12 mol % of structural units derived from vinyl acetate andb) from 0.5 to 6 mol % of structural units derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, with the proviso that the sum of the molar proportions of structural units a) and b) is from 8 to 14 mol %, and B) from 85 to 50% by weight of at least one further copolymer or terpolymer of ethylene and vinyl esters or acrylates which is per se a cold-flow improver.The invention furthermore relates to an additive for improving the cold-flow behavior of mineral oils and mineral-oil distillates, and to fuel oil compositions containing these additives.
Abstract:
Polymers (including copolymers) derived from one or more olefins, such including ethylene and C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 .alpha.-olefins such as propylene and 1-butene, which polymers have (a) an average ethylene sequence length, ESL, of from about 1.0 to less than about 3.0; (b) an average of at least 5 branches per 100 carbon atoms of the polymer chains comprising the polymer; (c) at least about 50% of said branches being methyl and/or ethyl branches; (d) at least about 30% of said polymer chains terminated with a vinyl or vinylene group; (e) a number average molecular weight, Mn, of from about 300 to about 15,000 when the polymer is intended for dispersant or wax crystal modifier uses and up to about 500,000 where intended for viscosity modifier uses; and (f) substantial solubility in hydrocarbon and/or synthetic base oil. The polymers are produced using late-transition-metal catalyst systems and, preferably, inexpensive, highly dilute refinery or steam cracker feed streams that have undergone only limited clean-up steps. Fuel and lubricating oil additives, particularly dispersants, wax crystal modifiers and flow improvers, are produced. Where functionalization and derivatization of these polymers is required for such additives it is facilitated by the olefinic structures available in the polymer chains.