Abstract:
A composition comprising:(A) a first component selected from the group consisting of:(i) an oil-soluble ethylene backbone polymer having a number average molecular weight in the range of about 500 to about 50,000;(ii) a hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol of the formula(R*).sub.a --AR--(OH).sub.b I wherein R* is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl groups of from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms and polymers of at least 30 carbon atoms, Ar is an aromatic moiety having 0 to 4 optional substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxyl, nitro, halo or combinations of two or more of said optional substituents, and a and b are each independently an integer of 1 up to 5 times the number of aromatic nuclei present in Ar with the proviso that the sum of a and b does not exceed the unsatisfied valences of Ar;(iii) mixtures of (i) and (ii); and(B) as a second component, the reaction product of (B)(I) a hydrocarbyl-substituted carboxylic acylating agent with (B)(II) one or more amines, one or more alcohols, or a mixture of one or more amines and/or one or more alcohols, the hydrocarbyl substituent of said agent (B)(I) being selected from the group consisting of(i') one or more mono-olefins of from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms;(ii') mixtures of one or more mono-olefins of from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms with one or more olefin polymers of at least 30 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of polymers of mono-1-olefins of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, or the chlorinated or brominated analogs of such polymers; and(iii') one or more olefin polymers of at least 30 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of(a) polymers of mono-olefins of from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms;(b) interpolymers of mono-1-olefins of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms with mono-olefins of from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms;(c) one or more mixtures of homopolymers and/or interpolymers of mono-1-olefins of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms with homopolymers and/or interpolymers of mono-olefins of from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms; and(d) chlorinated or brominated analogs of (a), (b), or (c).
Abstract:
Oil soluble combinations of (A) ethylene polymer or copolymer, (B) a second polymer having alkyl side chains of 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and derived from carboxylic acid esters and/or olefins, and (C) nitrogen compounds, such as amides, amine salts and ammonium salts, of carboxylic acids or anhydrides, are useful in improving the cold flow properties of distillate hydrocarbon fuel oils.
Abstract:
Ethylene polymers or copolymers, which are pour depressants for middle distillate fuel, in combination with a second polymer having alkyl groups of 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and derived from either dicarboxylic acid esters or olefins, are useful in improving the cold flow properties of middle distillate fuel oils wherein a portion, e.g., 5 wt. % or more, of the fuel boils above 700.degree. F.
Abstract:
Oil soluble ethylene polymers or copolymers having a M.sub.n less than about 4000 in combination with an oil soluble polyester material such as a homopolymer or copolymer comprising, at least 10% by weight C.sub.4 to C.sub.16 substantially straight-chain alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid, are useful in improving the cold flow properties of distillate hydrocarbon oils.
Abstract:
Oil soluble ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers having a M.sub.n less than about 4000 in combination with an oil soluble polyester material, such as a homopolymer or copolymer, comprising at least 10% by weight C.sub.14 to C.sub.16 substantially straight-chain alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid, are useful in improving the cold flow properties of distillate hydrocarbon oils.
Abstract:
Additive combinations of (A) ethylene-containing polymers, e.g. copolymers of about 4 to 30 molar proportions of ethylene copolymerized with an unsaturated ester, with: (B) beeswax, (C) ozokerite wax, and/or (D) long chained .alpha.-olefins are cold flow improvers for middle-distillate petroleum fuels.
Abstract:
A polymer is dissolved in a liquid hydrocarbon fuel which has a flash point of at least 90.degree. F and is of a type suitable for gas turbine aircraft engines in order to reduce the tendency of the fuel to particulate dissemination when the fuel is subjected to shock. The polymer has a viscosity average molecular weight greater than 10.sup.6 or an intrinsic viscosity greater than 2.5 dls./gm. and the amount of polymer is sufficient that there is molecular overlap of polymer molecules in the liquid.
Abstract:
An interpolymeric poly(n-alkylacrylate) of a molecular weight between about 3000 and 100,000 wherein said alkyl is of at least 18 carbons and at least 70 wt. % of said alkyl is of between 20 and 24 carbons inclusively, the C.sub.20 to C.sub.24 alkyl group consisting of between about 2 and 65 wt. % of C.sub.20 alkyl, between about 18 and 65 wt. % C.sub.22 alkyl, and between about 8 and 35 wt. % C.sub.24 alkyl; and a residual petroleum fuel containing between 4 and 15 wt. % macrocrystalline paraffin wax having incorporated therein a pour depressing amount of said poly (n-alkylacrylate) wherein said poly(n-alkylacrylate) is initially introduced in said residual fuel at a temperature above the solution point of said wax.
Abstract:
The low temperature flowability of a middle distillate petroleum fuel boiling within the range of about 250* and about 700*F. at atmospheric pressure is improved by adding to the fuel a combination of a microcrystalline petroleum wax and a wax modifying additive which comprises either a polymer containing halogenated polymethylene segments or an N-aliphatic hydrocarbyl succinamic acid or a derivative thereof. The invention is particularly advantageous in improving the flow of a diesel fuel through a fine filter at low temperatures.
Abstract:
1. A LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL OF FLASH POINT AT LEAST 90* F. AND SUITABLE FOR USE IN GAS TURBINED ENGINED AIRCRAFT, HAVING A REDUCED TENDENCY TO PARTICULATE DISSEMINATION ON BEING SUBJECTED TO SHOCK THE FUEL CONTAINING DISSOLVED THEREIN POLYMER OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT GREATER THAN 10**6 (VISCOSITY AVERAGE) OR OF INTRINSIC VISCOSITY GREATER THAN 2.5 DLS./GM. IN A CONCENTRATION SUCH THAT THERE IS MOLECULAR OVERLAP OF THE POLYMER MOLECULES IN THE LIQUID THE POLYMER BEING AN ADDITION HOMOPOLYMER OF AN ALKYL STYRENE OR AN ADDITION HOMOPOLYMER OF AN ALKYL ONE OR MORE ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED NON-POLR MONOMERS COPOLYMERIZABLE WITH SAID ALKYL STYRENE.