EP0000619B1 - Liquid dielectric composition - Google Patents

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EP0000619B1
EP0000619B1 EP78300086A EP78300086A EP0000619B1 EP 0000619 B1 EP0000619 B1 EP 0000619B1 EP 78300086 A EP78300086 A EP 78300086A EP 78300086 A EP78300086 A EP 78300086A EP 0000619 B1 EP0000619 B1 EP 0000619B1
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Johann Gustav D. Schulz
Charles Myron Selwitz
Anatoli Onopchenko
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    • H01BCABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B3/00Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties
    • H01B3/18Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties mainly consisting of organic substances
    • H01B3/20Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties mainly consisting of organic substances liquids, e.g. oils
    • H01B3/22Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties mainly consisting of organic substances liquids, e.g. oils hydrocarbons

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  • This invention relates to a liquid dielectric composition obtained from the alkylation product of benzene with ethylene.
  • Belgian Patent A-504293 discloses that an oil for use as electrical insulation for cables can be obtained from the product of alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons by heating the alkylation product which has a molecular weight above 500, for example with an absorbent such as a decolourising earth, silica gel or alumina.
  • the present invention provides a liquid dielectric composition obtained as a result of a process which comprises reacting benzene with ethylene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to obtain an alkylation product containing unreacted benzene, ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes, 1, 1-diphenylethane and higher molecular weight products, characterised in that benzene, ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes and 1,1-diphenylethane are removed from said alkylation product and thereafter there is recovered from said higher molecular weight products a fraction having a boiling point in the temperature range of 275° to 420°C as said liquid dielectric composition.
  • the process employed in obtaining the new liquid dielectric compositions defined and claimed herein comprises reacting benzene with ethylene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to obtain an alkylation product containing largely unreacted benzene, ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes, 1,1-diphenylethane and heavier, still higher-boiling products, separating benzene, ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes and 1,1 -diphenylethane from said alkylation product and thereafter recovering from said heavier products a fraction having a boiling point in the temperature range of 275° to 420°C, preferably about 280° to about 400°C, as said liquid dielectric composition.
  • the alkylation of benzene with ethylene that can be employed to obtain the new liquid dielectric compositions claimed herein can be any of the processes known in the art for producing a product containing ethylbenzene, for example, either liquid phase alkylation or vapour phase alkylation.
  • the molar ratios of benzene to ethylene employed can be, for example, in the range of about 25:1 to about 2:1, preferably about 10:1 to about 3:1.
  • the benzene and ethylene together with an alkylation catalyst, for example a Friedel Crafts catalyst, such as aluminium chloride or aluminium bromide or some other organo-aluminium halide; Lewis acids, such as promoted ZnCl 2 , FeCI 3 and BF 3 , and Bronsted acids, including sulfuric acid, sulfonic acid and p-toluenesulfonic acid, hydrofluoric acid, etc., in an amount corresponding to about 0.002 to about 0.050 parts, preferably about 0.005 to about 0.030 parts, relative to ethylbenzene produced, are reacted in a temperature range of about 20° to about 175°C., preferably about 90° to about 150°C, and a pressure in the range of about atmospheric to about 250 pounds per square inch gauge (about atmospheric to about 17.6 kilograms per square centimeter or 170 x 10 4 Pa), preferably about seven to about 200 pounds per square inch gauge (about
  • an alkylation catalyst for example
  • the reactants can be passed over a suitable alkylation catalyst bed containing alkylation catalysts, such as phosphoric acid on kieselguhr, silica or alumina, aluminium silicates, etc., at a convenient hourly space velocity in a temperature range of about 250° to 450°C, preferably about 300° to about 400°C, and a pressure of about 400 to about 1200 pounds per square inch gauge (about 28 to about 85 kilograms per square centimeter that is, about 265 x 10 4 Pa to about 830 x 10 4 Pa), preferably about 600 to about 1000 pounds per square inch gauge (about 42 to about 70 kilograms per square centimeter that is, about 410 x 10 4 Pa to about 690 x 10 4 Pa).
  • alkylation catalysts such as phosphoric acid on kieselguhr, silica or alumina, aluminium silicates, etc.
  • an alkylation product is obtained containing unreacted benzene, the desired ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes, such as diethylbenzens and triethylbenzene, 1,1-diphenylethane and higher-boiling products.
  • the alkylation product can be treated in any conventional manner to remove any alkylation catalyst present therein.
  • the alkylation product can be sent to a settler wherein the aluminium chloride complex is removed and recycled to the reaction zone and the remaining product can then be water washed and neutralized.
  • the resulting alkylation product is then distilled at atmospheric pressure or under vacuum to recover unreacted benzene (B.P. 80°C.), ethylbenzene (B.P. 136°C.), polyethylbenzenes (B.P. 176°-250°C.) and 1,1-diphenylethane (B.P. 270°C.).
  • the heavier product remaining after removal of benzene, ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes and 1, 1-diphenylethane, as described above, is a dark, viscous, high-boiling material from which the novel liquid dielectric compositions defined and claimed herein are obtained.
  • the said heavier product is simply subjected to distillation and those portions recovered having a boiling point at atmospheric pressure (14.7 pounds per square inch or 760 millimeters of mercury that is 10.13 x 10 4 Pa) in the temperature range of about 275° to about 420°C., preferably about 280° to about 400°C., constitute the desired and novel liquid dielectric composition.
  • the remaining heavier material or residue is a black asphalt-like material solid at ambient temperature believed, in part, to be polynuclear structure having fuel value only.
  • a number of liquid dielectric compositions were prepared from the residue, or heavier products, obtained as a result of the production of ethylbenzene.
  • This residue was obtained as follows: Benzene and ethylene in a molar ratio of 9:1 were contacted in the liquid phase, while stirring, in a reactor at a temperature of 130°C. and a pressure of 70 pounds per square inch gauge (4.9 kilograms per square centimeter that is, 49 x 10" Pa) in the presence of AICI 3 catalyst over a period of one hour, which was sufficient to convert all of the ethylene.
  • the AICI 3 complex catalyst was prepared by dissolving AICI 3 in a polyethylbenzene cut from a previous run so that after the addition the composition of the catalyst complex was as follows: 31.5 weight per cent AICI 3 . 7.0 weight per cent benzene, 19.3 weight per cent ethylbenzene, 29.8 weight per cent polyalkylated benzenes, 3.4 weight per cent 1,1-diphenylethane and 9.0 weight per cent higher-boiling components.
  • the amount of AIC1 3 present in the catalyst mixture amounted to 0.0034 parts by weight per one part by weight of ethylbenzene produced.
  • ethyl chloride promoter in an amount corresponding 0.0034 parts by weight per one part by weight of ethylbenzene produced to maintain a high catalyst efficiency.
  • Analysis of the alkylation product showed the presence of 49.0 weight per cent benzene, 32.9 weight per cent ethylbenzene, 17.5 weight per cent of polyalkylated benzenes (6.0 weight per cent diethylbenzene, 2.7 weight per cent triethylbenzenes, 2.1 weight per cent tetraethylbenzenes and 6.7 weight per cent other alkylbenzenes), 0.1 weight per cent 1,1 -diphenylethane and 0.4 weight per cent residue.
  • the alkylation product was subjected to distillation to recover unreacted benzene, ethylbenzene, polyalkylated benzenes and 1,1-diphenyiethane, and the benzene and polyalkylated benzenes were recycled to the reaction zone.
  • the residue remaining was a dark, viscous, high-boiling material, and was produced in an amount corresponding to 0.012 parts for each part of ethylbenzene produced.
  • aged aluminium chloride complex the amount of high-boiling residue formed can be increased substantially.
  • compositions defined and claimed herein are useful as liquid dielectric compositions, particularly for use in capacitors.
  • compositions can be further treated, if desired, for example, to further improve their properties for a particular purpose, for example, to improve their flash point, interfacial tension, pour point, viscosity, oxidation stability, corrosion resistance, etc.
  • Our Copending European Patent Application No. 78 300 089.6 (Publication No. 0 000 622) relates to a similar process which comprises reacting benzene with ethylene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to obtain an alkylation product containing unreacted benzene, ethylbenzene, polyethylbenzenes, 1,1-diphenylethane and higher molecular weight products, characterised in that benzene, ethylbenzene and polyethylbenzenes are removed from said alkylation product and thereafter there is recovered by distillation from the residual alkylation product a fraction containing 1,1-diphenylethane and whose boiling point is in the temperature range of 255° to 420°C as said liquid dielectric composition.

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