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• This invention relates to a method of inhibiting deposit formation in a jet fuel at high temperatures, such as, for example, temperatures above 150°C, whilst not substantially adversely affecting the water separability of the jet fuel.
• jet fuels are used in integrated aircraft thermal management systems to cool aircraft subsystems and engine lubricating oils.
• the jet fuel for example, has to pass through heat exchangers that raise the temperature of the jet fuel to above 250°C. At these temperatures, thermal-oxidative degradation occurs leading to the formation of gums, lacquers and coke, which foul parts of the jet engine such as the burner nozzles, the afterburner spray assemblies, the manifolds, the thrust vectoring actuators, the fuel controls, the pumps, the valves, the filters and the heat exchangers. Engine smoke emissions and noise also increase as a result of the thermal-oxidative deposits.
• Jet fuel is also exposed to low temperatures that cause water present in the jet fuel to freeze, which can cause plugging of filters and other small orifices, and occasionally engine flameout.
• Ground-based water-separators are therefore used to control the amount of water present in a jet fuel prior to fuelling an aircraft, and it is important that additives added to jet fuel do not block or disarm the filters in these separators.
• WO 96/20990 discloses a method for cleaning and inhibiting the formation of fouling deposits on jet engine components.
• the method involves the addition of a derivative of (thio)phosphonic acid to the jet fuel.
• the (thio)phosphonic acid disarms the filters in the ground-based water-separators. Therefore this additive must be added to the jet fuel at the skin of the aircraft, i.e. this additive must not be added to the jet fuel prior to fuelling the aircraft.
• WO 99/25793 discloses the use of 'salixarenes' to prevent deposits in jet fuel at a temperature of 180°C (see the examples).
• US 5,468,262 discloses the use of phenol-aldehyde-polyamine Mannich condensate with a succinic acid anhydride bearing a polyolefin to improve the thermal stability of jet fuel at 260°C.
• US 2,805,925 relates to the stabilisation of petroleum based oils in storage. Polymers of amino-containing monomers with oleophilic monomers were found to be ineffective for demulsifying water-oil mixtures. Water separation was achieved by adding a further co-additive of a fatty acid amide.
• GB 802,588 describes a fuel composition comprising a copolymer of a compound with at least one ethylenic linkage and at least one ⁇ - ⁇ -unsaturated monocarboxylic acid.
• the acid monomer may be derivatised with polar groups provided that at least 20% of the carboxyl groups remain unreacted.
• the aim of the present invention is to provide a method of inhibiting deposit formation in a jet fuel at high temperatures, such as, for example, temperatures above 150°C, preferably above 200°C, more preferably above 250°C, and even more preferably above 300°C, whilst not substantially adversely affecting the water separability of the jet fuel.
• a further aim of the present invention is to provide a method of improving the thermal-oxidative stability of a jet fuel at temperatures above 150°C, preferably above 200°C, more preferably above 250°C, and even more preferably above 300°C whilst not substantially adversely affecting the water separability of the jet fuel.
• the inventors have found that use of the polymers of the invention in jet fuel inhibits deposit formation at high temperatures such as, for example, 335°C.
• copolymers, terpolymers and polymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a derivative thereof do not block or disarm filters in ground-based water-separators. Therefore, polymers can be added to jet fuel before fuelling of an aircraft. Furthermore, any jet fuel removed from the aircraft can be returned to bulk storage without the additive having to be removed.
• a further advantage is that the polymers are free of sulphur and phosphorus. They are therefore more environmentally friendly than certain known additives that include sulphur and/or phosphorus.
• the term 'not substantially adversely affecting the water separability of the jet fuel' means that the treated jet fuel has a water separability rating which is not significantly different to the untreated fuel.
• Water separability can be measured, for example by the Microseparometer (MSEP) test - ASTM D3984, which test is described herein in relation to the examples.
• MSEP Microseparometer
• treated fuel can be returned to bulk storage without the need for the additive to be removed and the need for the additive to be combined with the fuel only on fuelling is obviated.
• the method also includes the step of adding at least one antioxidant to the jet fuel.
• the anti-oxidant is preferably an aminic or phenolic antioxidant.
• the anti-oxidant preferably includes both an aminic and a phenolic antioxidant.
• the method also includes the step of adding at least one dispersant to the jet fuel.
• the dispersant is preferably a succinimide or a derivative thereof.
• a method of improving the thermal-oxidative stability of a jet fuel at temperatures above 150°C, preferably above 200°C, more preferably above 250°C, and even more preferably above 300°C, whilst not substantially adversely affecting the water separability of the jet fuel including the step of adding the copolymer, terpolymer or polymer of an ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or derivative thereof as defined hereinabove to the jet fuel.
• jet fuel may transferred from remote storage facilities through pipelines or be stored in on-site tanks.
• jet fuel is usually stored in on-site tanks and often for a considerable amount of time. In all of these types of storage facility, there is the opportunity for the fuel to become contaminated with water, especially as storage tanks and such-like are commonly underground.
• Jet fuels are designated by such terms as JP-4, JP-5, JP-7, JP-8, Jet A and Jet A-1.
• JP-4 and JP-5 are fuels defined by U.S. military specification MIL-T-5624-N and JP-8 and JP-8+100 fuels are defined by U.S. Military Specification MIL-T83133-D. Jet A, Jet A-1 and Jet B are defined by ASTM specification D1655.
• the copolymers, terpolymers and polymers of an ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a derivative thereof may be branched or linear. Suitable are those polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as methacrylic or acrylic acid esters of alcohols having about 1 to 40 carbon atoms, such as methylacrylate, ethylacrylate, n-propylacrylate, lauryl acrylate, stearyl acrylate, methylmethacrylate, ethylmethacrylate, n-propylmethacrylate, lauryl methacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, isodecylmethacrylate, 2-ethylhexylmethacrylate and the like.
• ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as methacrylic or acrylic acid esters of alcohols having about 1 to 40 carbon atoms, such as methylacrylate, ethylacrylate, n-propyl
• copolymers, terpolymers and polymers may have number average molecular weights (Mn) of 1,000 to 10,000,000 and preferably the molecular weight range is from about 5,000 to 1,000,000, most preferably 5,000 to 100,000.
• Mn number average molecular weights
• a mixture of copolymers, terpolymers and polymers of esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid may also be used.
• the copolymer, terpolymer or polymer of an ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or derivative thereof does not include methyl acrylate or ethyl acrylate monomers.
• the acrylate or methacrylate monomer or derivative thereof is copolymerized with a nitrogen-containing, amine-containing or amide-containing monomer, or the acrylate or methacrylate main chain polymer is provided so as to contain sites suitable for grafting, and then nitrogen-containing, amine-containing or amide-containing branches, either monomers or macromonomers, are grafted onto the main chain. Transesterification reactions or amidation reactions may also be employed to produce the same products.
• the copolymer, terpolymer or polymer will contain 0.01 to 5 wt.% nitrogen, more preferably 0.02 to 1 wt.% nitrogen, even more preferably 0.04 to 0.15 wt.% nitrogen.
• amine-containing monomers include: the basic amino substituted olefins such as p-(2-diethylaminoethyl) styrene; basic nitrogen-containing heterocycles having a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated substituent, such as the vinyl pyridines or the vinyl pyrrolidones; esters of amino alcohols with unsaturated carboxylic acids such as dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, tertiary butylaminoethyl methacrylate or dimethylaminopropyl methacrylate; amides of diamines with unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide; amides of polyamines with unsaturated carboxylic acids, examples of such polyamines being ethylene diamine (EDA), diethylene triamine (DETA), triethylene tetramine (TETA), tetraethylene
• a copolymer of a methacrylate ester of a C 8 -C 14 alcohol with a methacrylate ester of an N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl alcohol, such as N,N dimethyl-2-aminoethanol is particularly preferred.
• the copolymer, terpolymer or polymer of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or derivative thereof is preferably used in amounts ranging from 5 - 1,000, preferably 5 - 400 ppm, more preferably about 10 - 160 ppm (by weight).
• the method may also include the addition of at least one antioxidant to the jet fuel.
• the antioxidant may be phenolic, aminic or sulphur-containing.
• the antioxidant preferably includes a mixture of a phenolic and an aminic antioxidant.
• the antioxidant may be added to the jet fuel in an amount ranging from about 0.5 to 200 ppm, preferably 1 to 100 ppm, more preferably about 5 to 60 ppm, and most preferably 10 to 50 ppm by weight.
• Preferred phenolic antioxidants are hindered phenolics which contain a sterically hindered hydroxyl group, and include those derivatives of dihydroxy aryl compounds in which the hydroxyl groups are in the o- or p- position to each other.
• Typical phenolic antioxidants include the hindered phenols substituted with alkyl groups of a total of 6 or more carbon atoms and the alkylene coupled derivatives of these hindered phenols.
• phenolic materials of this type are 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol (BHT, butylated hydroxy toluene); 2-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol; 2-t-butyl-4-octyl phenol; 2-t-butyl-4-nonyl phenol; 2-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol; 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol; 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol; 2-methyl-6-di-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol; and 2-methyl-6-di-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol.
• BHT butylated hydroxy toluene
• 2-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol 2-t-butyl-4-octyl phenol
• 2-t-butyl-4-nonyl phenol 2-t
• ortho coupled phenols examples include 2,2'-bis(6-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol); 2,2'-bis(6-t-butyl-4-octyl phenol); and 2,2'-bis(6-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol).
• Sulfur containing phenols can also be used. The sulfur can be present as either aromatic or aliphatic sulfur within the phenolic antioxidant molecule.
• BHT is especially preferred, as are 2,6- and 2,4-di-t-butylphenol and 2,4,5- and 2,4,6-triisopropylphenol, especially for use in jet fuels.
• Suitable aromatic aminic antioxidants include aromatic triazoles, phenothiazines, diphenylamines, alkyl diphenylamines containing 1 or 2 alkyl substituents each having up to about 16 carbon atoms, phenyl- ⁇ -naphthylamies, phenyl- ⁇ -naphthylamines, alkyl- or aralkyl-substituted phenyl- ⁇ -naphthylamines containing 1 or 2 alkyl or aralkyl groups each having up to about 16 carbon atoms, alkyl- or aralkyl-substituted phenyl- ⁇ -naphthylamines containing 1 or 2 alkyl or aralkyl groups each having up to about 16 carbon atoms, and similar compounds.
• a preferred type of aminic antioxidant is an alkylated diphenylamine of the general formula wherein R 1 is an alky group, preferably a branched alkyl group, having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, more preferably 8 or 9 carbon atoms, and R 2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, preferably a branched alkyl group, having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, preferably 8 or 9 carbon atoms. Most preferably, R 1 and R 2 are the same.
• One such preferred compound is available commercially as Naugalube 438L, which is believed to be predominantly a 4,4'-dinonyldiphenylamine (i.e.
• Irganox L-57 is believed to be an alkylated diphenyl amine containing both butyl and iso-octyl groups.
• the antioxidant may also be at least one sulfur-containing antioxidant selected from the following:
• Suitable thiuram disulfide antioxidants are represented by the formula (R 1 R 2 NCS)S 2 (SCNR 3 R 4 ) where each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 may be the same or different and may be an alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl of about 1 to 200 carbon atoms also containing N, S or O heteroatoms or an aryl or alkyl aryl of about 1 to 200 carbon atoms which may optionally contain N, S or O heteroatoms. Taken together R 1 R 2 or R 3 R 4 may be cycloalkyl.
• R is an alkyl group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, such as a coco alkyl group, that is, an alkyl group comprising a mixture of alkyls having 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
• suitable thiuram disulfides are tetramethylthiuram disulfide, tetraethylthiuram disulfide and dipentamethylenethiuram disulfide.
• thiuram disulfides are the preferred sulfur-containing antioxidants, dithiocarbamates and thioureas may also be used.
• Suitable dithiocarbamates are those of the formula R 5 (R 6 )NC(:S)-X-(S:)CN(R 7 )R 8 where each of R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 may be the same or different and may be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl of 1-200 carbon atoms, the substituent being N, S or O and R 5 R 6 or R 7 R 8 together may be cycloalkyl and where X may be S, S 2 , or -S(CH 2 ) n S- wherein n is 1-10, such as methylene bis(dibutyldithiocarbamate), bis(dimethylthiocarbamoyl)monosulfide and bis(dibutylthiocarbamoy
• the thioureas may be represented by the formula R 9 NHC(:S)-N(R 10 )R 11 where each of R 9 , R 10 and R 11 may be the same or different and may be hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl of 1-200 carbon atoms, the substituent being N, S or O and R 10 R 11 together may be cycloalkyl.
• Suitable thiourea antioxidants include thiourea, (NH 2 ) 2 CS and substituted derivatives thereof such as N-phenyl-N'-(p-hydroxylphenyl) thiourea and N-phenyl-N'-(p-dimethylaminophenyl)thiourea.
• the preparation of these thioureas is more fully described in U.S. Patent 2,683,081.
• the method of the present invention preferably includes the step of adding at least one dispersant to the jet fuel.
• Ashless dispersants comprise a long chain hydrocarbon with a polar head, the polarity being derived from inclusion of, e.g. an O, P or N atom.
• the hydrocarbon is an oleophilic group that confers oil-solubility, having for example 40 to 500 carbon atoms.
• ashless dispersants may comprise an oil-soluble polymeric hydrocarbon backbone having functional groups that are capable of associating with particles to be dispersed.
• ashless dispersants are succinimides, e.g. polyisobutene succinic anhydride and polyamine condensation products that may be borated or unborated.
• the dispersant is preferably a succinimide or derivative thereof.
• the dispersant is preferably added to the jet fuel in an amount from 10 to 100 ppm, preferably 10 to 50 ppm.
• Additional components may also be added to the jet fuel.
• the additional components include a metal deactivator, a lubricity additive such as fatty acid, a dimer of fatty acids, an ester of fatty acids or a dimer of fatty acids, a corrosion inhibitor, an anti-icing additive such as ethylene glycol monomethyl ether or diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, a biocide, an anti-rust agent, an anti-foam agent, a demulsifier, a detergent, a cetane improver, a stabiliser, a static dissipater additive and the like, and mixtures thereof.
• a metal deactivator such as fatty acid, a dimer of fatty acids, an ester of fatty acids or a dimer of fatty acids, a corrosion inhibitor
• an anti-icing additive such as ethylene glycol monomethyl ether or diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, a biocide, an anti-rust agent, an anti-foam agent, a demulsifier
• the metal deactivator may be added in an amount ranging from about 0.1 - 50 ppm of a metal deactivator, preferably 1 - 10 ppm by weight.
• suitable metal deactivators are:
• Copolymers, terpolymers and polymers of esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and derivatives thereof were prepared using the following method:
• the (meth)acrylate monomers and solvent were added to a suitably sized 3-neck round bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer, condenser, nitrogen over-pressure and suba-seal.
• the mixture was stirred and sparged with nitrogen for 30 minutes using a long nitrogen fed syringe needle inserted through the suba-seal.
• the reaction mixture was warmed to the reaction temperature of 80°C and the free-radical initiator was added, via a syringe, through the suba-seal in one portion.
• the reaction mixture was maintained at the reaction temperature for 3-4 hours to produce the polymer product as a solution in solvent. In some instances, the solvent was removed by evaporation under vacuum.
• the polymers prepared were tested using the Hot Liquid Process Simulator and the Microseparometer.
• the polymers were added to the base fuel using a treat rate of 150 ppm active matter plus 25 ppm BHT (2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol or butylated hydroxy toluene) and 3 ppm metal deactivator (,N'-disalicylidene propylene diamine).
• Base Fuel 1 Test Units Result Density @ 15°C kg/l 792.2 Distillation IBP °C 150.3 5% 168.0 10% 172.8 20% 180.8 30% 186.7 40% 192.9 50% 199.7 60% 207.4 70% 216.5 80% 227.8 90% 243.9 95% 257.9 FBP 278.2 RESIDUE vol% 1.5 LOSS vol% 0.0 Viscosity at -20°C IP71 mm 2 /s 6.09 JFTOT Break Point °C 245
• Jet Fuel does not disarm coalescers, i.e. ground-based water-separators.
• Fuel is doped with water and agitated to form a fine emulsion, which is then passed through a standard coalescer cartridge and the turbidity of the fuel measured. If the fuel is clear, this means that the water has been successfully coalesced; if, on the other hand, the fuel is cloudy, the coalescer has not worked. The result is compared to the fuel pre-emulsion. The best possible rating is 100. A rating of 0 implies a very cloudy fuel i.e. the coalescer has not worked.
• the specification for jet fuels depends on approved additives which may have been added, e.g.
• the ETA peak max data is a measurement of the maximum deposit thickness (in nm). Low values for both ETA deposit and ETA peak max indicate high cleanliness. The Visual Rating is determined within a range from 0 (good) to 4(bad). A suffix 'A' indicates that abnormalities were observed. HLPS MSEP @ 100 ppm Additive ETA Deposit volume (cm 3 ) ETA Peak Max.
• polymethacrylate copolymers provide the following excellent high temperature deposit control within the HLPS at reduced treat rates.
• the additives were added to the fuel at a treat rate of 75 ppm active matter plus 25 ppm BHT (2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol or butylated hydroxy toluene), 25 ppm Naugalube® 438L (an alkylated diphenylamine) and 10 ppm metal deactivator (N,N'-disalicylidene propylene diamine).
• HLPS Additive ETA Deposit volume (cm 3 ) ETA Peak Max.

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