EP1274820B1 - Brennölzusammensetzungen - Google Patents

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EP1274820B1
EP1274820B1 EP01931590A EP01931590A EP1274820B1 EP 1274820 B1 EP1274820 B1 EP 1274820B1 EP 01931590 A EP01931590 A EP 01931590A EP 01931590 A EP01931590 A EP 01931590A EP 1274820 B1 EP1274820 B1 EP 1274820B1
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  • This invention relates to improved oil compositions and improved additive concentrates therefor, in particular to fuel oil compositions having improved lubricity properties and to additives enhancing a variety of fuel properties and providing operational advantages for fuel manufacturers and users.
  • Reducing the level of one or more of the sulphur, polynuclear aromatic or polar components of diesel fuel oil can reduce the ability of the oil to lubricate the injection system of the engine so that, for example, the fuel injection pump of the engine fails relatively early in the life of an engine.
  • the problem of poor lubricity in diesel fuel oils is likely to be exacerbated by the future engine developments aimed at further reducing emissions, which will have more exacting lubricity requirements than present engines.
  • poor lubricity can lead to wear problems in other mechanical devices dependent for lubrication on the natural lubricity of fuel oil.
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  • Lubricity additives for fuel oils have been described in the art.
  • WO 94/17160 describes an additive which comprises an ester of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol wherein the acid has from 2 to 50 carbon atoms and the alcohol has one or more carbon atoms.
  • Glycerol monooleate is specifically disclosed as an example.
  • WO 98/16596 discloses certain esters of specific substituted aromatic carboxylic acids to show improved lubricity performance.
  • esters of aromatic carboxylic acids provide improved lubricity performance to fuel oil, particularly at lower treat-rates, when used in combination with at least one aromatic condensate or at least one ethylene polymer or a mixture of both.
  • Such additive combinations may show performance better than that predicted from their individual properties.
  • low temperature properties of a fuel oil can be maintained or even enhanced by addition thereto of certain esters of aromatic carboxylic acids without increasing the overall additive treat-rate.
  • this invention provides fuel oil composition
  • this invention provides an additive composition comprising, or obtainable by admixing, (I), (II) and optionally (III) as defined under the first aspect.
  • this invention provides an additive concentrate comprising, or obtainable by admixing, either the additive composition of the second aspect or (I), (II) and optionally (III) as defined under the first aspect, and a compatible solvent therefor.
  • this invention provides a fuel oil composition obtainable by admixing a fuel oil and either the additive composition of the second aspect or the additive concentrate of the third aspect.
  • the compounds defined under the first aspect of the invention provide, upon addition to low sulfur fuel oils an improvement in fuel lubricity which can exceed that obtainable from existing lubricity additives, especially mixtures of the individual esters disclosed in WO 94/17160.
  • Gasoline fuels are also subject to compositional constraints, including restrictions on the sulfur content, in an effort to reduce pollutants.
  • the principle concern is the effect of sulfur on exhaust catalyst life and performance.
  • the lubricity requirements of gasoline are somewhat lower than for diesel fuel since the majority of gasoline fuel injection systems inject fuel upstream of the inlet valves and thus operate at much lower pressures than diesel pumps.
  • failure of these pumps can be expensive to repair.
  • Another area subject to pump wear and failure is the use of submerged fuel pumps in gasoline or diesel engine fuel storage tanks. It is important to reduce the wear of these submerged pumps due to the difficulty of getting to these pumps for repair and maintenance.
  • gasoline fuels contain gasoline detergents such as polyisobutylene amine and polyether amine. These compounds are known to have a minor effect on the wear properties of these fuels.
  • gasoline detergents such as polyisobutylene amine and polyether amine. These compounds are known to have a minor effect on the wear properties of these fuels.
  • a growing number of commercially available gasoline fuels contain oxygenates, such as methyltertiarybutylether (MTBE). These oxygenates are known to increase rates of wear of fuel pump components as they have very high friction coefficients.
  • MTBE methyltertiarybutylether
  • An advantage of the present invention is that the lubricity additive does not adversely impact upon activity of other additives, such as detergents. Indeed, the lubricity additive of the present invention has been found to minimise undesirable properties, such as inlet valve deposits, compared to other lubricity additives.
  • this invention provides a fuel oil composition
  • a fuel oil composition comprising, or obtainable by admixing, a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and minor amounts of (I) as defined in the first aspect, and optionally one or more gasoline co-additives selected from anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, detergents, dispersants, antioxidants, metal deactivators and carburetor or fuel injector detergents.
  • this invention provides an additive composition
  • an additive composition comprising, or obtainable by admixing, (I) as defined in the first aspect and optionally one or more gasoline co-additives selected from anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, detergents, dispersants, antioxidants, metal deactivators and carburetor or fuel injector detergents.
  • this invention provides a concentrate comprising, or obtainable by admixing, either the additive composition of the sixth aspect or (I) as defined in the first aspect and one or more gasoline co-additives selected from anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, detergents, dispersants, antioxidants, metal deactivators and carburetor or fuel injector detergents, and a compatible solvent therefor.
  • one or more gasoline co-additives selected from anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, detergents, dispersants, antioxidants, metal deactivators and carburetor or fuel injector detergents, and a compatible solvent therefor.
  • this invention provides the use of (I) as defined in the first aspect and optionally one or more gasoline co-additives selected from anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, detergents, dispersants, antioxidants, metal deactivators and carburetor or fuel injector detergents for improving the friction of a fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range.
  • one or more gasoline co-additives selected from anti-knock agents, lead scavengers, detergents, dispersants, antioxidants, metal deactivators and carburetor or fuel injector detergents for improving the friction of a fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range.
  • the compound may comprise one or more aromatic ring systems.
  • 'aromatic ring system' in this specification is meant a planar cyclic moiety which may be an aromatic homocyclic, heterocyclic or fused polycyclic assembly or a system where two or more such cyclic assemblies are joined to one another and in which the cyclic assemblies may be the same or different. It is preferred that the or each aromatic ring system is system based on heterocylic or homocyclic 5-or 6- membered rings, more preferably 6-membered rings and most preferably benzene rings.
  • the ring atoms in the aromatic system are preferably carbon atoms but may for example include one or more heteroatoms such as N, S, or O in the system in which case the compound is a heterocyclic compound.
  • At least one aromatic ring system of the compound contains one or more hydrocarbon groups as substituents, either bonded directly or indirectly to a ring atom of the aromatic ring system, preferably bonded directly.
  • at least one of the hydrocarbon groups is capable of imparting fuel oil solubility to the compound.
  • the compound comprises only one aromatic ring system
  • one of each of the substituents (a) and (b) is present in such a compound.
  • One, two or three hydrocarbon substituents may also be present, at least one of which is preferably capable of imparting fuel oil solubility to the compound.
  • the compound comprises two or more aromatic ring systems
  • at least one of the systems bears substituents (a) and (b).
  • at least one ring system bears one of each substituent (a) and (b).
  • the or each aromatic ring system is a single, 6-membered ring, especially a benzene structure.
  • the compound comprises a single benzene ring and having one of each of the (a) and (b) substituents, wherein substituent (a) is a hydroxyl group.
  • hydrocarbon as used in this specification in relation to the substituent on the ring system is meant an organic moiety which is composed of hydrogen and carbon, which is bonded to the rest of the molecule by a carbon atom or atoms which unless the context states otherwise, may be aliphatic, including alicyclic, aromatic or a combination thereof. It may be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl or alkaryl and may optionally contain unsaturation.
  • the organic moiety may also contain heteroatoms, such as oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur, provided that such heteroatoms are insufficient to alter the essentially hydrocarbon character of the substituent.
  • hydrocarbon substituent is aliphatic, for example alkyl or alkenyl, which may be branched or preferably straight-chain.
  • straight-chain alkyl is preferred.
  • At least one hydrocarbon substituent be a hydrocarbon group of sufficient oleophilic character to impart fuel oil solubility to the compound.
  • at least one hydrocarbon substituent contains at least 8 carbon atoms, and preferably 10 to 200 carbon atoms.
  • a substituent having 12 to 54, for example 14 to 36 carbon atoms is particularly preferred.
  • Substituent (a) is a hydroxyl group. Such compounds may show particularly good performance as an oxidation inhibitors.
  • Substituent (b) is an ester group, wherein the carbonyl carbon of the ester is bonded indirectly, or preferably directly, to a ring atom of the aromatic ring system and more preferably to a ring carbon.
  • the ester group is of the formula: wherein the group - OR 1 is derivable from the corresponding alcohol HOR', wherein R 1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having at least one hydroxyl group substituent or a derivative thereof or both.
  • R 1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having at least one hydroxyl group substituent or a derivative thereof or both.
  • the hydrocarbyl group substituent has at least one hydroxyl group.
  • hydrocarbyl in this specification is meant an organic moiety which is composed of hydrogen and carbon and which is bonded to the rest of the molecule by a carbon atom or atoms and which includes hydrocarbon groups as hereinbefore defined in relation to substituents on the ring system, as well as predominantly-hydrocarbon groups containing heteroatoms such as O, N or S provided that such heteroatoms are insufficient to alter the essentially hydrocarbon nature of the group.
  • R 1 examples include 2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 4-hydroxybutyl, ethoxyethyl, and propoxypropyl.
  • the most favoured alcohols are polyhydroxyalcohols giving rise in the compound to ester groups comprising hydroxy - substituted alkyl substituents.
  • Suitable polyhydroxy alcohols are aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched alcohols having 2 to 10, preferably 2 to 6, more preferably 2 to 4, hydroxyl groups, and having 2 to 90, preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 2 to 12, most preferably 2 to 5, carbon atoms in the molecule.
  • the polyhydroxy alcohol may be a glycol or diol, or a trihydroxy alcohol. Ethylene glycol and glycerol are most highly preferred.
  • the substituents (a) and (b) are preferably positioned vicinally on the aromatic ring system from which they depend. Where the system is polycyclic they are preferably positioned vicinally on the same ring of the polycylic system, for example in an ortho position to each other, although they may be positioned on different rings.
  • the or each hydrocarbon on the ring system substituent may be positioned vicinally to any of the substituents (a) or (b), or in a position further removed in the ring system.
  • the compound may also be of oligomeric structure, such as a series of aromatic ring systems connected via esterification with polyhydric alcohols, or via alkylene bridges produced, for example, by the phenol-formaldehyde type condensation reaction of several aromatic ring systems with an aldehyde.
  • Particularly useful are methylene - bridged compounds wherein each aromatic ring system is preferably a homocyclic, six-membered ring and wherein, more preferably, each ring carries at least one of each of the substituents (a) and (b).
  • the compound is fuel oil-soluble.
  • the compound may be prepared by conventional means.
  • the compound may be prepared by esterification of a precursor compound having the requisite aromatic ring system or systems bearing hydrocarbon substituent and/or substituent (a) and one or more carboxylic acid substituents, or acylating derivatives thereof, capable of esterification with compounds having at least one hydroxyl group to form substituent (b).
  • the compound is the ethylene glycol or ethylene oxide or glycerol ester of salicylic acid or substituted salicylic acid.
  • the aromatic condensate is obtainable by the condensation reaction between:
  • Reactant (i) comprises one or more aldehydes or ketones or reactive equivalents thereof.
  • reactive equivalent is meant a material which generates an aldehyde under the conditions of the condensation reaction or a material which undergoes the required condensation reaction to produce moieties equivalent to those produced by an aldehyde.
  • Typical reactive equivalents include oligomers or polymers of the aldehyde, acetals, or aldehyde solutions.
  • reactants (i) are formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, the butyraldehydes and substituted analogues or reactive equivalents thereof.
  • Formaldehyde and glyoxylic acid (or pyruvic acid) are particularly preferred.
  • Reactant (ii) preferably comprises one or more compounds wherein each aromatic moiety bears one substituent of the formula -XR 10 . More preferably, (ii) bears one substituent of the formula R 11 and most preferably, also one substituent of the formula -XR 10 .
  • X is preferably oxygen.
  • the aromatic moiety is a benzene or substituted benzene nucleus.
  • a preferred Reactant (ii) comprises a benzene nucleus bearing one substituent of formula -XR 10 and one substituent of formula R 11 .
  • R 10 may represent a moiety bearing a hydrocarbyl group, where hydrocarbyl is as defined above in relation to the compound (I).
  • the hydrocarbyl group in R 10 is an aliphatic group, such as alkenyl or alkyl group, which may be branched or preferably straight chain.
  • the hydrocarbyl group in R 10 may be bonded directly to the oxygen or sulphur atom (represented by X in the formula -XR 10 ) or may be bonded indirectly by means of a functional group, for example on ester, ether, peroxide, anhydride or polysulphide linkage.
  • R 10 is hydrocarbyl
  • the hydrocarbyl group in R 10 contains 8-40 carbon atoms, more preferably 12-24 carbon atoms, such as 12-18 carbon atoms.
  • R 10 is hydrogen.
  • R 11 may independently represent those hydrocarbyl groups contemplated as forming part of the moiety R 10 , although typically R 10 and R 11 (where both are present) will on any one aromatic moiety, will be different from each other, and may be the same or different on different aromatic moieties.
  • R 11 is an alkenyl or, more preferably, alkyl group, most preferably containing less than 18 carbon atoms. More preferably, R 11 is a branched chain group, preferably an alkyl group. Most preferred embodiments of R 11 include branched chain alkyl groups containing less than 16 carbon atoms, for example 4 to 16 carbon atoms, such as groups containing 8, 9, 12 or 15 carbon atoms. Groups containing 9 carbon atoms are most preferred. Minor amounts of short chain alkyl groups (e.g. 4 carbons or less) may be present.
  • the aromatic condensate is a condensate of formaldehyde and phenol.
  • the aromatic condensate is formed from a reactant (ii) which comprises at least one aliphatic hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol, such as branched chain C 9 or C 15 alkyl phenol, for example nonyl phenol.
  • the aromatic condensate may be combined with at least one amine bearing at least one hydrocarbyl substituent. Such combination may be purely by admixture, but is preferably by physical or chemical associated or complexation. More preferably, the aromatic condensate is reacted with at least one amine, more preferably to form the amine salt derivative thereof.
  • the aromatic condensate may be formed by the reaction of (i), (ii) and at least one further reactant (iii), wherein reactant (iii) comprises at least one compound comprising one or more aromatic moieties bearing at least one substituent of the formula -XR 10 and at least one further substituent -R 12 wherein:
  • reactant (iii) is salicylic acid or a substituted derivative thereof, or p-hydroxy-benzoic acid or a substituted derivative thereof.
  • the product obtainable from reaction of (i), (ii) and (iii) are combined with at least one amine, as described above.
  • the amine is preferably reacted with the substituents of the formula -R 3 , e.g. the -COOH or -SO 3 H groups, so as to form the amine salt derivatives thereof; although salt formation may additionally occur via any -OH substituents.
  • Preferred as the aromatic condensate are embodiments obtainable from at least one alkyl phenol (i) wherein the alkyl substituent contains no more than 15 carbon atoms, formaldehyde or a reactive equivalent thereof, and optionally (iii) salicylic acid, and wherein the amine is an alkyl or dialkyl amine, preferably as described above and more preferably selected form dihydrogenated tallowamine, dicocoamine, and mixtures thereof.
  • the aromatic condensate is fuel-soluble.
  • Aromatic condensates disclosed in EP-A-0857776, PCT/EP/99/03306 and PCT/EP/99/03308 are within the scope of the present invention.
  • Suitable co-monomers include hydrocarbon monomers such as propylene, n- and i- butylene and the various ⁇ -olefins known in the art, such as decene-1, dodecene-1, tetradecene-1, hexadecene-1 and octadecene-1.
  • Preferred co-monomers are unsaturated ester or ether monomers, with ester monomers being more preferred.
  • ester monomers being more preferred.
  • an ethylene unsaturated ester copolymer is preferred.
  • Preferred ethylene unsaturated ester copolymers have, in addition to units derived from ethylene, units of the formula: -CR 5 R 6 -CHR 7 - wherein R 5 represents hydrogen or methyl, R 6 represents -COOR 8 , wherein R 8 represents an alkyl group having from 1-12, preferably 1-9 carbon atoms, which is a straight chain, or, if it contains 3 or more carbon atoms, branched, or R 6 represents OOCR 9 , wherein R 9 represents R 8 or H, and R 7 represents H or COOR 8 .
  • These may comprise a copolymer of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated ester, or derivatives thereof.
  • An example is a copolymer of ethylene with an ester of a saturated alcohol and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, but preferably the ester is one of an unsaturated alcohol with a saturated carboxylic acid.
  • An ethylene vinyl ester copolymer is advantageous; an ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene vinyl propionate, ethylene vinyl hexanoate, ethylene vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, ethylene vinyl octanoate or ethylene vinyl versatate copolymer is preferred.
  • the copolymer contains from 5 to 40 wt% of the vinyl ester, more preferably from 10 to 35 wt% vinyl ester.
  • a mixture of two copolymers for example as described in US Patent No. 3,961,916, may be used.
  • the number average molecular weight of the copolymer, as measured by vapour phase osmometry, is advantageously 1,000 to 10,000. preferably 1,000 to 5,000.
  • the copolymer may contain units derived from additional comonomers, e.g. a terpolymer, tetrapolymer or a higher polymer, for example where the additional comonomer is isobutylene or disobutylene, or a further unsaturated ester.
  • copolymer refers to a polymer obtained from two or more different co-monomers.
  • the ethylene polymer comprises an ethylene vinyl acetate or ethylene vinyl propionate copolymer, or a mixture thereof, or a terpolymer of ethylene and two vinyl esters, each giving rise to polymer units corresponding to the above formula.
  • Particularly preferred are terpolymers of ethylene, vinyl acetate and a third unsaturated ester monomer, for example, selected from vinyl propionate, vinyl 2-ethyl hexanoate, or vinyl versatate.
  • the ethylene polymer is fuel-soluble.
  • Such compounds carry one or more, preferably two or more, substituents of the formula >NR 13 , where R 13 represents a hydrocarbyl group containing 8-40 carbon atoms, which substituent or one or more of which substituents may be in the form of a cation derived therefrom.
  • R 13 preferably represents an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group containing 12-24 carbon atoms.
  • the oil soluble polar nitrogen compound is capable of acting as a wax crystal growth inhibitor in fuels.
  • the hydrocarbyl group is linear or slightly linear, i.e. it may have one short length (1-4 carbon atoms) hydrocarbyl branch.
  • the substituent is amino, it may carry more than one said hydrocarbyl group, which may be the same or different.
  • the polar nitrogen compound may comprise one or more amino or imino substituents. More especially, the or each amino or imino substituent is bonded to a moiety via an intermediate linking group such as -CO-, -CO 2 (-), -SO 3 (-) or hydrocarbylene. Where the linking group is anionic, the substituent is part of a cationic group, as in an amine salt group.
  • the linking groups for each substituent may be the same or different.
  • Suitable amino substituents are long chain C 12 -C 40 , preferably C 12 -C 24 , alkyl primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amino substituents.
  • the amino substituent is a dialkylamino substituent, which, as indicated above, may be in the form of an amine salt thereof; tertiary and quaternary amines can form only amine salts.
  • Said alkyl groups may be the same or different.
  • Preferred amino substituents are the secondary hydrogenated tallow amino substituent, the alkyl groups of which are derived from hydrogenated tallow fat and are typically composed of approximately 4% C 14 , 31% C 16 and 59% C 18 n-alkyl groups by weight, and the dicocoamino substituent, composed predominantly of C 12 and C 14 n-alkyl groups.
  • Suitable imino substituents are long chain C 12 -C 40 , preferably C 12 -C 24 , alkyl substituents.
  • Said polar nitrogen compound is preferably monomeric (cyclic or non-cyclic) or aliphatic polymeric, but is preferably monomeric.
  • non-cyclic it may be obtained from a cyclic precursor such as an anhydride or a spirobislactone.
  • the cyclic ring system of the compound may include homocyclic, heterocyclic, or fused polycyclic assemblies in which the cyclic assemblies may be the same or different.
  • the or each cyclic assembly is aromatic, more preferably a benzene ring.
  • the cyclic ring system is a single benzene ring when it is preferred that the substituents are in the ortho or meta positions, which benzene ring may be optionally further substituted.
  • the ring atoms in the cyclic assembly or assemblies are preferably carbon atoms but may for example include one or more ring N, S or O atom, in which case or cases the compound is a heterocyclic compound.
  • Preferred polar nitrogen compounds are those wax anti-settling additives comprising the amides and/or amine salts, or mixtures thereof, of aromatic or aliphatic polycarboxylic acid (or reactive equivalents thereof) and alkyl or dialkyl amines, such as those formed from the following:
  • the preferred amines include dialkyl amines having 10-30, preferably 12-20 carbon atoms in each alkyl chain, for example dihydrogenated tallow amine or dicocamine, or mixtures thereof.
  • the nitrogen compound is preferably an amine salt and/amide formed by reacting at least one molar proportion of a hydrocarbyl-substituted amine and a molar proportion of a hydrocarbyl acid having from 1 to 4 carboxylic acid groups or its anhydride, such as an amide - amine salt formed by reacting 1 molar portion of phthalic anhydride with 2 molar proportions of dihydrogenated tallow amine.
  • the nitrogen compound is fuel-soluble.
  • the fuel oil may be a hydrocarbon fuel such as a petroleum-based fuel oil for example kerosene or distillate fuel oil, suitably a middle distillate fuel oil, i.e. a fuel oil obtained in refining crude oil as the fraction between the lighter kerosene and jet fuels fraction and the heavier fuel oil fraction.
  • a hydrocarbon fuel such as a petroleum-based fuel oil for example kerosene or distillate fuel oil, suitably a middle distillate fuel oil, i.e. a fuel oil obtained in refining crude oil as the fraction between the lighter kerosene and jet fuels fraction and the heavier fuel oil fraction.
  • Such distillate fuel oils generally boil within the range of about 100°C to about 500°C, e.g. 150° to about 400°C, for example, those having a relatively high Final Boiling Point of above 360°C (by ASTM-D86).
  • the fuel oil can comprise atmospheric distillate or vacuum distillate, or cracked gas oil or a blend in any proportion of straight run and thermally and/or catalytically cracked distillates.
  • the most common petroleum distillate fuels are kerosene, jet fuels, diesel fuels, heating oils and heavy fuel oils, diesel fuels and heating oils being preferred.
  • the diesel fuel or heating oil may be a straight atmospheric distillate, or may contain minor amounts, e.g. up to 35 wt %, of vacuum gas oil or cracked gas oils or both.
  • the fuel oil may be of animal or vegetable oil origin (i.e. a 'biofuel'), or a mineral oil as described above in combination with one or more biofuels.
  • Biofuels being fuels from animal or vegetable sources, are obtained from a renewable source.
  • biofuel refers to a vegetable or animal oil or both or a derivative thereof.
  • Certain derivatives of vegetable oil for example of rapeseed oil, e.g. those obtained by saponification and re-esterification with a monohydric alcohol, may be used as a substitute for diesel fuel.
  • the fuel oil composition has a sulphur concentration of 0.2% by mass or less based on the mass of the fuel oil composition, and preferably 0.05% or less, more preferably 0.03% or less, such as 0.01 % or less, most preferably 0.005% or less and especially 0.001% or less.
  • Low sulfur fuels for example having less than 0.2 % by mass of sulfur based on the mass of fuel oil, may be made by means and methods known in the fuel-producing art, such as solvent extraction, hydrodesulphurisation and sulphuric acid treatment.
  • Preferred fuel oils have a cetane number of at least 50.
  • the fuel oil may have a cetane number of at least 50 prior to the addition of any cetane improver or the cetane number of the fuel may be raised to at least 50 by the addition of a cetane improver. More preferably, the cetane number of the fuel oil is at least 52.
  • the fuel oil is a middle distillate fuel oil, more preferably a diesel fuel oil.
  • the fuel oil with respect to the fifth aspect, will be a fuel boiling in the gasoline boiling range, and it may consist substantially of hydrocarbons or it may contain blending components. Alternatively, e.g. in countries such as Brazil, the fuel may consist substantially of ethanol.
  • Suitable liquid hydrocarbon fuels of the gasoline boiling range are mixtures of hydrocarbon boiling in the temperature range from about 25°C to about 232°C, and comprise mixtures of saturated hydrocarbons, olefinic hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • Preferred are gasoline mixtures having a saturated hydrocarbon content ranging from about 40% to about 80% by volume, an olefinic hydrocarbon content from 0% to about 30% by volume and an aromatic hydrocarbon content from about 10% to about 60% by volume.
  • the base fuel is derived from straight run gasoline, polymer gasoline, natural gasoline, dimer and trimerized olefins, synthetically produced aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures, from thermally or catalytically reformed hydrocarbons, or from catalytically cracked or thermally cracked petroleum stocks, and mixtures of these.
  • the hydrocarbon composition and octane level of the base fuel are not critical.
  • the octane level, (R+M)/2 will generally be above about 85 (where R is Research Octane Number and M is Motor Oct
  • Any conventional base gasoline can be employed in the practice of the present invention.
  • hydrocarbons in the gasoline can be replaced by up to a substantial amount of conventional alcohols or ethers, conventionally known for use in fuels.
  • the base gasolines are desirably substantially free of water since water could impede a smooth combustion.
  • the gasolines to which the invention is applied may be leaded or unleaded, although are preferably substantially lead-free, and may contain minor amounts of one or more blending agents such as methanol, ethanol, tertiary butanol, ethyl tertiary butyl ether, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and the like, at from about 0.1 % by volume to about 25% by volume of the base fuel, although larger amounts (e.g. up to 40%v) may be utilised.
  • one or more blending agents such as methanol, ethanol, tertiary butanol, ethyl tertiary butyl ether, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and the like, at from about 0.1 % by volume to about 25% by volume of the base fuel, although larger amounts (e.g. up to 40%v) may be utilised.
  • the fuel oil composition is preferably obtained by admixing a fuel oil and additives (I), (II) and optionally (III), or the additive composition or additive concentrate of the second or third aspect respectively of the present invention.
  • the fuel oil composition is preferably obtained by admixing a fuel oil and additives (I), optionally one or more gasoline co-additves, or the additive composition or additive concentrate of the sixth or seventh aspect respectively of the invention.
  • the additive composition is preferably obtained by admixing the additives as defined under either the first or fifth aspect.
  • the manufacture of the additive composition may be by methods known in the art.
  • the additives for example (I), (II) and optionally (III), may be blended, for example mixed, simultaneously or sequentially at ambient or elevated temperature.
  • the additive composition may further comprise other co-additives (see below).
  • the additive concentrate is preferably obtained by admixing, either the additive composition of the second or sixth aspect or the additives as defined under the first or fifth aspect, and a compatible solvent therefor.
  • Concentrates comprising the additives for example as the additive composition, in admixture with a carrier liquid (e.g. as a solution or a dispersion) are convenient as a means for incorporating the additives into bulk oil such as distillate fuel, which incorporation may be done by methods known in the art.
  • a carrier liquid e.g. as a solution or a dispersion
  • the additives of the invention may be incorporated into bulk oil by other methods such as those known in the art. If co-additives are required, they may be incorporated into the bulk oil at the same time as the additives of the invention or at a different time.
  • compositions in which the additives for example (I), (II) and optionally (III), exist discretely in their individual forms, and also to compositions in which, after admixing, interaction between one or more of the additives (including, where present, further optional additive components), such as complexation or other in-situ physical or chemical association leads to a loss of the discrete identity of the individual additives, but without detracting significantly from the performance of the additives.
  • any of the compositions of the present invention may be obtained by the admixture of precursors to additives, for example (I), (II) and (III), and subsequent reaction to form the desired additives in-situ in the composition.
  • fuel- or oil-soluble or cognate terms, used herein do not necessarily indicate that the compounds or additives are soluble, dissolvable, miscible, or are capable of being suspended in the fuel oil in all proportions. These do mean, however, that they are, for instance, soluble or stably dispersible in fuel oil to an extent sufficient to exert their intended effect in the environment in which the fuel is employed. Moreover, the additional incorporation of other additives may also permit incorporation of higher levels of a particular additive, if desired.
  • any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention comprises (I), (II) and (III); more preferably any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention comprises one or more compounds (I), one or more aromatic condensates, one or more ethylene polymers, and one or more oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds (III).
  • any one of the fifth to eighth aspects of the invention comprises additive (I) and at least one gasoline co-additive.
  • the fuel oil composition, additive composition, or additive concentrate of the first to fourth aspects may additionally comprise one or more co-additives useful in fuel oil compositions.
  • co-additives include other cold flow improving additives, such as one or more additives selected from the following classes:
  • comb polymers consist of molecules in which long chain branches such as hydrocarbyl branches, optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms and/or carbonyl groups, having from 12 to 30 such as 14 to 20, carbon atoms, are pendant from a polymer backbone, said branches being bonded directly or indirectly to the backbone.
  • long chain branches such as hydrocarbyl branches, optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms and/or carbonyl groups, having from 12 to 30 such as 14 to 20, carbon atoms
  • indirect bonding include bonding via interposed atoms or groups, which bonding can include covalent and/or electrovalent bonding such as in a salt.
  • comb polymers are distinguished by having a minimum molar proportion of units containing such long chain branches.
  • the comb polymer is a homopolymer having, or a copolymer at least 25 and preferably at least 40, more preferably at least 50, molar per cent of the units of which have, side chains containing at least 12 atoms, selected from for example carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, in a linear chain or a chain containing a small amount of branching such as a single methyl branch.
  • the comb polymers may, for example, be copolymers of maleic anhydride or fumaric acid and another ethylenically unsaturated monomer, e.g. an ⁇ -olefin or an unsaturated ester, for example, vinyl acetate as described in EP-A-214,786. It is preferred but not essential that equimolar amounts of the comonomers be used although molar proportions in the range of 2 to 1 and 1 to 2 are suitable. Examples of olefins that may be copolymerized with e.g.
  • maleic anhydride include 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-hexadecene, 1-octadecene, and styrene.
  • Other examples of comb polymer include methacrylates and acrylates.
  • Suitable comb polymers are the polymers and copolymers of ⁇ -olefins and esterified copolymers of styrene and maleic anhydride, and esterified copolymers of styrene and fumaric acid as described in EP-A-282,342.
  • comb polymers are hydrocarbon polymers such as copolymers of ethylene and at least one ⁇ -olefin, preferably the ⁇ -olefin having at most 20 carbon atoms, examples being n-dodecene-1, n-tetradecene-1 and n-hexadecene-1 (for example, as described in WO9319106).
  • Such compounds comprise an ester, ether, ester/ether compound or mixtures thereof in which at least one substantially linear alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms is connected via an optional linking group that may be branched to a non-polymeric residue, such as an organic residue, to provide at least one linear chain of atoms that includes the carbon atoms of said alkyl groups and one or more non-terminal oxygen, sulphur and/or nitrogen atoms.
  • the linking group may be polymeric.
  • substantially linear is meant that the alkyl group is preferably straight chain, but that straight chain alkyl groups having a small degree of branching such as in the form of a single methyl group branch may be used.
  • the preferred esters, ethers or ester/ethers which may be used may comprise compounds in which one or more groups (such as 2, 3 or 4 groups) of formula -OR 25 are bonded to a residue E, where E may for example represent A (alkylene)q, where
  • A represents carbon or nitrogen or is absent, q represents an integer from 1 to 4, and the alkylene group has from one to four carbon atoms, A (alkylene)q for example being N(CH 2 CH 2 ) 3 ; C(CH 2 ) 4 ; or (CH 2 ) 2 ; and R 25 may independently be
  • the non-ethylene hydrocarbon polymer may be an oil-soluble hydrogenated block diene polymer, comprising at least one crystallizable block, obtainable by end-to-end polymerisation of a linear diene, and at least one non-crystallizable block, the non-crystallizable block being obtainable by 1,2-configuration polymerisation of a linear diene, by polymerisation of a branched diene, or by a mixture of such polymerisations.
  • the total number of carbon atoms in the comonomer is 5 to 8, and the comonomer is advantageously isoprene.
  • the copolymer contains at least 10% by weight of units derived from butadiene.
  • These materials are condensates comprising aromatic and hydrocarbyl parts.
  • the aromatic part is conveniently an aromatic hydrocarbon which may be unsubstituted or substituted with, for example, non-hydrocarbon substituents.
  • Such aromatic hydrocarbon preferably contains a maximum of three substituent groups and/or three condensed rings, and is preferably naphthalene.
  • the hydrocarbyl part is a hydrogen and carbon containing part connected to the rest of the molecule by a carbon atom. It may be saturated or unsaturated, and straight or branched, and may contain one or more hetero-atoms provided they do not substantially affect the hydrocarbyl nature of the part.
  • the hydrocarbyl part is an alkyl part, conveniently having more than 8 carbon atoms.
  • the additive composition may comprise one or more other conventional co-additives known in the art, such as detergents, antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, dehazers, demulsifers, metal deactivators, antifoaming agents, cetane improvers, cosolvents, package compatibilities, and lubricity additives and antistatic additives.
  • detergents such as detergents, antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, dehazers, demulsifers, metal deactivators, antifoaming agents, cetane improvers, cosolvents, package compatibilities, and lubricity additives and antistatic additives.
  • the co-additives may be added to the additive composition at the same time as any of the additives (I), (II) and if appropriate (III) or at different times.
  • the fuel oil composition, additive composition, or additive concentrate of the fifth to seventh aspects may additionally comprise one or more co-additives useful in fuel oil compositions.
  • co-additives include, for example, oxygenates, such as t-butyl methyl either, anntiknock agents, such as methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonly, lead scavengers such as aryl or alkyl halides, and detergents, such as alkali or alkaline earth metal salt, polyalkenyl amines, e.g.
  • polybutyleneamines such as "KEROCOM" polyisobutyleneamine, available ex BASF, Mannich amines, polyalkenyl succinimides, poly(oxyalkylene)amines, poly(oxyalkylene) carbamates, poly(alkenyl)-N-substituted carbamates, and mixtures thereof, and dispersants.
  • antioxidants such as phenolics, e.g. 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol or phenylenediamines, e.g. N,N'-di-sec-butyl-p-phenylenediamine, metal deactivators, demulsifiers and carburetor or fuel injector detergents may be present.
  • Corrosion inhibitors such as that commercially sold by Rhein Chemie, Mannheim, Germany as “RC 4801", or a polyhydric alcohol ester of a succinic acid derivative having on at least one of its alpha-carbon atoms an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 20 to 500 carbon atoms, for example, pentaerythritol diester of polyisobutylene-substituted succinic acid, the polyisobutylene group having an average molecular weight of about 950, in an amount from about 1 ppmw to about 1000 ppmw, may also be present.
  • the invention further provides a process for the manufacture of the fuel oil composition of the first aspect or fourth or fifth aspect, comprising:
  • the invention also provides a method of operating an oil refinery or fuel oil manufacturing facility comprising:
  • the additive (I) shows excellent physical compatibility with co-additives , for example (II) and (III), and provides enhanced lubricity performance at lower treat rates of additive (I) in combination with additives, for example (II) and (III).
  • An advantage of the invention is that a substantial portion of the aromatic condensate can be replaced by additive (I) in fuel oil compositions which also comprise additive (III) whilst still maintaining or improving the low temperature properties, for example CFPP, and sustaining the wax antisettling performance in fuel oils.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is the use of (I) and (II) and optionally (III) as defined under the first aspect, or the additive composition of the second aspect, or the concentrate of the third aspect, in a fuel oil to improve the lubricity of the fuel oil.
  • the present invention provides the use of (I), (II) and (III) as defined under the first aspect, or the additive composition or additive concentrate of the second and third aspect respectively, each of which comprises, or is obtainable by admixing, (I), (II) and (III) as defined under the first aspect, in a fuel oil to improve the low temperature flow properties of the fuel oil, particularly low temperature filterability.
  • additive (I) may be used at reduced treat-rates in fuel oil compositions, which can also contain (II) and optionally (III), particularly in order to enhance lubricity performance.
  • additive (I) may be used to replace a substantial portion of aromatic condensate in fuel oil compositions, which also contain (III), whilst maintaining or even improving the low temperature properties, for example CFPP.
  • additive (I) in combination with a co-additive such as a detergent in a gasoline fuel composition surprisingly results in reduced undesirable effects, for example reduced inlet valve deposits, compared to other lubricity addtives.
  • the amount of additive (I) in the fuel oil composition is in the range of from 5 to 500 ppm (active ingredient or a.i) by mass based on the mass of the composition; such as 5 to 250 or 5 to 150; especially 5 to 50; more preferably 10 to 40 ppm by mass; such as 10 to 30 ppm by mass.
  • the amount of aromatic condensate in the fuel oil composition is not more than 150 ppm (active ingredient or a.i) by mass based on the mass of the composition; more preferably less than 100 ppm by mass; such as less than 75 ppm by mass; especially in the range of from 10 to 50 ppm by mass.
  • the amount of ethylene polymer in the fuel oil composition is not more than 500 ppm (active ingredient or a.i) by mass based on the mass of the composition; more preferably less than 250 ppm by mass, such as 150 ppm by mass; especially in the range of from 50 to 125 ppm by mass.
  • the amount of additive (III) in the fuel oil composition is not more than 200 ppm (active ingredient or a.i) by mass based on the mass of the composition; more preferably less than 150 ppm by mass; such as in the range of from 50 to 125 ppm by mass.
  • the effective amount of the combination of (I), (II), and optionally (III) in the fuel oil composition may for example be in the range of 1 to 5,000 ppm (active ingredient) by mass based on the mass of the composition, for example 10 to 5,000 ppm such as 25 to 2500 ppm (active ingredient), preferably 50 to 1000 ppm, more preferably 100 to 800 ppm.
  • the amount of the additive composition may be correspondingly higher, for example 10 to 10,000 ppm (active ingredient) such as 50 to 5,000 ppm, more preferably 100 to 2,500 ppm.
  • the ratio of (I):(II):(III) is in the range of from 2 - 40 mass%: 20 - 80 mass %: 5 - 60 mass %; more preferably, 2 - 30 mass %: 30 - 70 mass %: 10 - 50 mass %.
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown in the Examples and the resulting fuel oil compositions were tested in the High Frequency Reciprocating Rig Test (or "HFRR") for lubricity performance.
  • HFRR test method is described in the industry standard test methods CEC PF 06-T-94 and ISO/TC22/SC7/WG6/W188 and was performed at 60°C.
  • Selected fuel oil compositions were also tested to evaluate their ability to improve the low temperature properties of a fuel, as measured by their CFPPs, as described in European Standard method EN 116.
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown below in Fuel 1 and tested in the HFRR. Treat rate (ppm ai) HFRR ( ⁇ ) Additive A Additive B Additive C Additive D Total 0 - - - 0 656 25 - - - 25 538 50 - - - 50 543 75 - - - 75 533 100 - - - 100 426 150 - - - 150 400 200 - - - 200 337 - 150 - - 150 636 - 200 - - 200 626 - - 150 - 150 644 - - 200 - 200 574 - - 62.5 62.5 125 602 - - 75 75 150 535 - - 1 00 100 200 411
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown below in Fuel 1 and tested in the HFRR. Treat rate (ppm ai) HFRR ( ⁇ ) Additive A Additive B Total 37.5 112.5 150 577 50 150 200 317
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown below in Fuel 1 and tested in the HFRR. Treat rate (ppm ai) HFRR ( ⁇ ) Additive A Additive C Additive D Total 38 113 - 150 369 50 150 - 200 303 19 56 75 150 350 25 75 100 200 313 30 45 45 120 313
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown below in Fuel 1 and tested in the HFRR. Treat rate (ppm ai) HFRR ( ⁇ ) 1 Additive A Additive B Additive C Additive D Total 16 100 47 63 225 266 - 100 47 63 210 585 - 100 63 63 226 466 20 - 94 - 114 534 20 100 94 - 214 384 1 average of 3 measurements
  • compositions containing Additives A, B, and C demonstrated enhanced HFRR performance compared to compositions containing only Additives A and C. This is particularly significant at lower treat rates of Additive A (see Example 2).
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown below in Fuel 3 and tested in the HFRR and their CFPP measured. Each composition also contained Additive B at 100 ppm (active ingredient) for CFPP measurements. Treat rate (ppm ai) CFPP (°C) HFRR ( ⁇ ) Additive A Additive C Additive D - - 100 -27 - - 50 50 -27 455 20 35 45 -28 245
  • Fuel oil compositions were prepared in the proportions shown below in Fuel 4 and tested in the HFRR and their CFPP measured. Each composition also contained an ethylene vinyl acetate growth arrestor (28 wt % vinyl acetate and 72 wt % ethylene; having a number average molecular weight of 3200) at 100 ppm (active ingredient) for CFPP measurements. Treat rate (ppm ai) CFPP (°C) HFRR (u) Additive A Additive C Additive D - - 100 -25 - - 50 50 -21 562 20 35 45 -27 280
  • Fuel 5 Fuel 6 Density @ 15°C (g/L) 0.7393 0.7491 RON (research octane number) 96.8 95.5 MON (motor octane number) 85 84.8 Distillation IBP 26.9 29.5 10% 43.3 48 20% 51.4 59.5 30% 60.3 71.5 40% 71.2 84.5 50% 84.5 97.5 60% 102.1 110.5 70% 119.1 124.0 80% 130.8 139.0 90% 150.7 158.0 95% 168.2 170.0 FBP 199.7 196.5 Sulfur (mass %) 0.013 0.0165
  • M102E test evaluates the effect of gasoline fuel compositions on the formation of inlet valve deposits, in passenger car engines with fuel injection. This test allows the effectiveness of different fuel additives to be evaluated. Results of M102E Test Inlet Valve Desposits (mg/valve) CCD* (g/cylinder) Valve rating V1 V2 V3 V4 Ave. Ave. Ave.
  • Example 6a 49 61 167 185 116 1.9313 9.1
  • Example 6b 597 617 591 728 633 1.739 7.2
  • additive A an example of additive (I) according to the invention, results in minimising the increase in inlet valve deposits (see Example 6 compared to Examples 6d to 6f)).

Claims (10)

  1. Brennstoffölzusammensetzung, die eine größere Menge Brennstofföl und kleinere Mengen
    (I) einer oder mehrerer Verbindung(en) mit mindestens einem aromatischen Ringsystem, wobei mindestens ein Ringsystem als Substituenten
    (a) eine oder mehrere Hydroxylgruppe(n) und
    (b) eine oder mehrere Estergruppe(n) der Formel
    Figure imgb0007
     in der R1 eine Kohlenwasserstoffgruppe mit mindestens einer Hydroxylgruppe ist oder sich davon ableitet, oder beides,
    trägt;
    (II) eines aromatischen Kondensats oder mehrerer aromatischer Kondensate, das/die von denjenigen verschieden ist/sind, das/die in I definiert ist/sind, und durch Kondensationsreaktion zwischen
    (i) mindestens einem Aldehyd oder Keton oder einem reaktiven Äquivalent derselben, und
    (ii) mindestens einer Verbindung erhältlich ist/sind, die einen aromatischn Anteil oder mehrere aromatische Anteile umfasst/umfassen, der/die mindestens einen Substituenten der Formel -XR10 und mindestens einen weiteren Substituenten -R11 trägt/tragen, in der
    - X Sauerstoff oder Schwefel ist,
    - R10 Wasserstoff oder ein Anteil ist, der mindestens eine Kohlenwasserstoffgruppe trägt, und
    - R11 eine Kohlenwasserstoffgruppe ist und weniger als 18 Kohlenstoffatome enthält, wenn es eine lineare Gruppe ist,
    oder eines Ethylenpolymers oder mehrerer Etylenpolymere, das/die Homopolymer(e) oder Copolymer(e) von Ethylen mit anderem ungesättigtem Monomer ist/sind, oder beides, und
    (III) gegebenenfalls eine oder mehrere öllösliche polare Stickstoffverbindung(en) umfasst oder durch Vermischen derselben erhältlich ist;

    wobei das Verhältnis von (I):(II):(III) im Bereich von 1 bis 50 Mass.% ; 20 bis 90 Mass.% : 0 bis 60 Mass.% liegt.
  2. Additivzusammensetzung, die (I), (II) und gegebenenfalls (III) gemäß Anspruch 1 umfasst oder durch Vermischen derselben erhältlich ist.
  3. Additivkonzentrat, das entweder (I), (II) und gegebenenfalls (III) gemäß Anspruch 1 oder die Additivzusammensetzung gemäß Anspruch 2 und ein verträgliches Lösungsmittel dafür umfasst oder durch Mischen derselben erhältlich ist.
  4. Zusammensetzung oder Konzentrat nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei der/dem das aromatische Ringsystem der Verbindung (I) ein einzelner sechsgliedriger Ring ist.
  5. Zusammensetzung oder Konzentrat nach Anspruch 4, bei der/dem die Verbindung (I) einen einzelnen Benzolring umfasst, der
    (i) eine Hydroxylgruppe (a) und
    (ii) eine Estergruppe (b) trägt.
  6. Zusammensetzung oder Konzentrat nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei der/dem R1 ein hydroxylsubstituierter Alkylsustituent ist.
  7. Zusammensetzung oder Konzentrat nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei der/dem mindestens ein aromatisches Kondensat vorhanden ist und vorzugsweise ein Kondensat von Formaldehyd und Phenol oder substituiertem Phenol ist.
  8. Zusammensetzung oder Konzentrat nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei der/dem mindestens ein Ethylenpolymer vorhanden ist und vorzugsweise ein Ethylen/ungesättigter Ester-Copolymer ist.
  9. Zusammensetzung oder Konzentrat nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei der/dem mindestens eine Verbindung (III) vorhanden ist und die oder jede solcher Verbindung(en) eine Stickstoffverbindung ist, die einen oder mehrere Substituenten der Formel >NR13 trägt, in der R13 eine Kohlenwasserstoffgruppe mit 8 bis 40 Kohlenstoffatomen ist, gegebenenfalls in Form eines Salzes derselben.
  10. Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Brennstoffölzusammensetzung, wobei das Verfahren das Erhalten des gewünschten Brennstofföls und das Mischen entweder der Additivzusammensetzung oder des Additivkonzentrats gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche damit umfaßt.
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