Charged block co-polymers as pour point depressants

    公开(公告)号:US10995294B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16793718

    申请日:2020-02-18

    Inventor: Richard Duffy

    Abstract: Fouling components within a fluid may be prevented from accumulating when an additive contacts the fluid, e.g. by coating the wellbore with the additive prior to the production of the fluid or adding the additive directly to the fluid, etc.. The additive may include, but is not limited to, a block copolymer having at least two components. The first component may be a charged monomer, and the second component may be a long chain fatty alcohol acrylate monomer. In one alternative embodiment, the fluid may be an oil-based fluid produced through a wellbore or an oil-based wellbore fluid, and the fouling components may be or include, but are not limited to, wax, paraffins, asphaltene, resins, and combinations thereof.

    USE OF CROSSLINKED POLYMERS FOR LOWERING THE COLD FILTER PLUGGING POINT OF FUELS

    公开(公告)号:US20210095217A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US16955369

    申请日:2018-12-17

    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use, for lowering the cold filter plugging point of a fuel composition, of one or more crosslinked polymers comprising at least one unit of the following formula (I): in which R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; E represents —O—CO—, or —CO—O— or —NH—CO— or —CO—NH—; and G represents a C1 to C34 alkyl group; said copolymer having a crosslinking rate of between 0.5 mol % and 30 mol %. The invention also concerns additive compositions containing such a polymer, and fuel compositions with such polymers as additives, in combination with a cold flow improver (CFI) chosen from the copolymers and terpolymers of ethylene and vinyl and/or acrylic ester(s).

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