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CN112159693A
CN112159693A CN202011038841.3A CN202011038841A CN112159693A CN 112159693 A CN112159693 A CN 112159693A CN 202011038841 A CN202011038841 A CN 202011038841A CN 112159693 A CN112159693 A CN 112159693A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a gasoline detergent composition, which comprises the following components: (a) a polyisobutylene amine; (b) a polyether containing at least one hydroxyl group; (c) other additives, including base oil, diluent, antirust agent, oil soluble demulsifier and fuel oil friction reducer; the mass ratio of the components is as follows: 15-60% of polyisobutylene amine; 5-40% of polyether; 10-70% of base oil; 10-40% of a diluent; 0.1-1% of an antirust agent; 0-1% of demulsifier; 1-15% of fuel oil friction reducer. The gasoline detergent composition provided by the invention can reduce the corrosion of gasoline to metal and inhibit the tendency of the gasoline to generate deposits on the surfaces of a fuel nozzle and an air inlet valve of an engine. The composition can reduce the blockage rate of a fuel nozzle in a standard test method to within 5 percent, reduce the deposit weight in a simulated intake valve deposit test to within 2.0mg, and reduce the wear scar diameter of additized gasoline by over 10 percent when the deposit weight is tested by using a high-frequency reciprocating tester.

Description

Gasoline detergent composition
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of gasoline additives, and particularly relates to a gasoline detergent composition.
Background
With the increasing concern of the environmental pollution and the energy consumption problem all over the world, the continuous progress of the automobile technology is promoted, and the application of various new technologies to automobiles also puts higher requirements on the quality of the automobile gasoline, and especially puts strict requirements on the cleanliness of the automobile fuel. Gasoline vehicles currently in use mostly use engines with electronically controlled direct fuel injection technology. The complex chemical reaction of hydrocarbon which is not completely burnt out by gasoline can cause the generation of sediment, carbon deposit and the like in a combustion chamber, further the carbon deposit and coke are generated in an engine, the working condition of the engine is seriously influenced, and the power is reduced, the emission of tail gas pollutants is increased and the oil consumption is increased. Research shows that the olefin (especially the conjugated olefin) is easy to cause the generation amount of the deposit of the fuel nozzle to increase and has certain influence on the generation of the deposit of the combustion chamber; while the aromatic hydrocarbon has a more significant effect on the deposits at the intake valve, the combustion chamber, etc., the increase in the content of the aromatic hydrocarbon (particularly the high boiling components therein) tends to cause an increase in intake valve deposits and combustion chamber deposits. Based on the above, gasoline detergents are available in the market and are added into fuel oil, so that the power performance can be improved to a certain extent and the emission period pollutants can be reduced.
For example, in chinese patent CN200410069126, a gasoline detergent composition is introduced. The components of the composition comprise: a polyisobutylene amine; more than one polyether with alkylphenol and/or dihydroxy and more than two polyoxyethylene ethers; the composition can effectively remove oil sludge and gel deposit formed by a fuel system of a spark ignition type automobile engine, and can inhibit the generation of gel deposit at the parts. In Chinese patent CN200710152389.1, a gasoline detergent capable of reducing the deposit in the combustion chamber of a gasoline engine is introduced, the gasoline detergent comprises polyisobutylene amine with high surface activity, polyether carrier liquid with excellent oil solubility, cosolvent, antioxidant, antirust agent, preservative and demulsifier, and the detergent is added into the commercially available vehicle gasoline according to the dosage of 400-600 ppm, so that the gasoline detergent can inhibit and clean the oil nozzle and the air inlet valve of the fuel intake system of the automobile engine, and can obviously reduce the deposit in the combustion chamber of the gasoline engine.
The gasoline detergents on the market at present can have the advantages of improving the fuel combustion efficiency, eliminating or inhibiting the generation of sediments, reducing the emission of harmful substances and the like, but still have the defects that when the gasoline detergents are added into gasoline for use, the diameter of the wear-scar of the mixed gasoline is increased under the reciprocating work of an engine, namely the abrasion resistance and the lubricity of the mixed gasoline are deteriorated.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a gasoline detergent composition.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention to achieve the aim is as follows:
a gasoline detergent composition comprises the following components:
(a) the molecular weight Mn of the polyisobutene amine is 800-1200, and the specific structure is as follows:
Figure BDA0002705998550000021
wherein R1 and R2 are H or substituted amine groups of:
Figure BDA0002705998550000022
(b) a polyether containing at least one hydroxyl group and having a kinematic viscosity at 100 ℃ of 5.0 to 15.0mm2And/s, which is synthesized by the following process:
Figure BDA0002705998550000023
wherein R1 is C2-C6Alkyl or phenyl and derivatives thereof, R2Is H or CH3
(c) Other additives, including base oil, diluent, antirust agent, oil soluble demulsifier and fuel oil friction reducer;
the mass ratio of the components is as follows:
15-60% of polyisobutylene amine; 5-40% of polyether; 10-70% of base oil; 10-40% of a diluent; 0.1-1% of an antirust agent; 0-1% of demulsifier; 1-15% of fuel oil friction reducer.
Further, the base oil is a hydrogenated base oil, 1 thereofThe kinematic viscosity at 00 ℃ is 4.0-15.0 mm2/s。
The diluent is middle-distillation range petroleum fraction, and the distillation range is 100-300 ℃.
Further, the antirust agent is long-chain carboxylic acid containing 12-26 carbon atoms or an ester derivative thereof.
Further specifically, the fuel oil friction reducer is a long-chain carboxylic ester or amide derivative containing 12-26 carbon atoms.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the gasoline detergent composition provided by the invention can reduce the corrosion of gasoline to metal and inhibit the tendency of the gasoline to generate deposits on the surfaces of a fuel nozzle and an air inlet valve of an engine. The composition can reduce the blockage rate of a fuel nozzle in a standard test method to within 5 percent, reduce the deposit weight in a simulated intake valve deposit test to within 2.0mg, and reduce the wear scar diameter of additized gasoline by over 10 percent when the deposit weight is tested by using a high-frequency reciprocating tester.
Detailed Description
In order to further understand the contents, features and effects of the present invention, the following examples are given.
Example 1
A gasoline detergent composition comprising: 35g of polyisobutene amine, where Mn is 1100; 15g of a polyether, wherein upsilon100℃=6.5mm2S; 15g of hydrogenated base oil (HVI P6); 21.6g of jet fuel (petroleum fraction at 130 ℃ C. or higher); 0.3g dodecenylsuccinic acid rust inhibitor; 0.1g of a demulsifier; 3g of fuel oil friction reducer.
The components are mixed evenly at room temperature to obtain the composition 1.
Example 2
A gasoline detergent composition comprising: 45g of polyisobutene amine, where Mn is 1100; 20g of a polyether, v100℃=8.5mm2S; 15g of hydrogenated base oil (HVI P6); 14.6g of white oil; 0.4g dodecenylsuccinic acid rust inhibitor; 5g of fuel oil friction reducer.
The components are mixed evenly at room temperature to obtain the composition 2.
Comparative example
A commercial No. 95 gasoline was used as a base fuel, and had a sulfur content of 4.3mg/kg, an aromatic content of 31.2% (volume fraction), an olefin content of 12.9% (volume fraction), and a benzene content of 0.44% (volume fraction).
The following performance tests were performed on the above examples 1, 2 and comparative examples:
(1) the compositions 1, 2 and 95 gasoline are subjected to a gasoline rust prevention performance test by using a GB/T19592.1 test method, the adding proportion is 400 mu g/g, and the test results are shown in Table 1.
Type (B) No. 95 gasoline Composition 1 Composition 2
Degree of rusting Heavy rust Non-rust Non-rust
TABLE 1
(2) The cleaning performance of the fuel nozzles of the gasoline of the composition 1, the composition 2 and the No. 95 gasoline is tested by using a GB/T19592.3 test method, the adding proportion is 400 mu g/g, and the test results are shown in a table 2.
Type (B) No. 95 gasoline Composition 1 Composition 2
Nozzle clogging rate/%) 15.8 3.3 2.1
TABLE 2
(3) The above compositions 1 and 2 were subjected to a simulated intake valve deposit detergency test by the GB/T37322 test method at an addition ratio of 400. mu.g/g, and the test results are shown in Table 3.
Type (B) Composition 1 Composition 2
Simulated intake valve deposit weight/mg 1.7 1.2
TABLE 3
(4) Referring to the SH/T0765 test method, the test temperature conditions and the type of the base fuel were changed to 25 ℃, the base fuel was No. 95 gasoline, the lubricating performance of the above-mentioned gasoline composition 1, composition 2 and No. 95 was tested, the addition ratio was 400. mu.g/g, and the test results are shown in Table 4.
Type (B) No. 95 gasoline Composition 1 Composition 2
Abrasive grain diameter/mum 803 702 643
TABLE 4
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and all simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiment according to the technical spirit of the present invention are within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

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1. The gasoline detergent composition is characterized by comprising the following components:
(a) the molecular weight Mn of the polyisobutene amine is 800-1200, and the specific structure is as follows:
Figure FDA0002705998540000011
n=15~23
wherein R1 and R2 are H or substituted amine groups of:
Figure FDA0002705998540000012
m=1~2;
(b) a polyether containing at least one hydroxyl group and having a kinematic viscosity at 100 ℃ of 5.0 to 15.0mm2And/s, which is synthesized by the following process:
Figure FDA0002705998540000013
wherein R1 is C2-C6Alkyl or phenyl and derivatives thereof, R2Is H or CH3
(c) Other additives, including base oil, diluent, antirust agent, oil soluble demulsifier and fuel oil friction reducer;
the mass ratio of the components is as follows:
15-60% of polyisobutylene amine; 5-40% of polyether; 10-70% of base oil; 10-40% of a diluent; 0.1-1% of an antirust agent; 0-1% of demulsifier; 1-15% of fuel oil friction reducer.
2. The gasoline detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the base oil is hydrogenated base oil, and the kinematic viscosity of the hydrogenated base oil at 100 ℃ is 4.0-15.0 mm2/s。
3. The gasoline detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the diluent is middle-distillation range petroleum fraction, and the distillation range is 100-300 ℃.
4. The gasoline detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the antirust agent is long-chain carboxylic acid containing 12-26 carbon atoms or an ester derivative thereof.
5. The gasoline detergent composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the fuel oil friction reducer is a long-chain carboxylic ester or amide derivative containing 12-26 carbon atoms.
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