EP1707617B1 - Biodegradable lubricating oil composition - Google Patents

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EP1707617B1
EP1707617B1 EP05709443.5A EP05709443A EP1707617B1 EP 1707617 B1 EP1707617 B1 EP 1707617B1 EP 05709443 A EP05709443 A EP 05709443A EP 1707617 B1 EP1707617 B1 EP 1707617B1
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  • the present invention relates to a biodegradable lubricating oil composition. More specifically, it relates to a synthetic ester-based biodegradable lubricating oil composition which has excellent biodegradability, a high viscosity index, a low pour point, a high flash point, being satisfactory with lubricity, oxidative stability, property of preventing the corrosion of iron and non-ferrous metals, and suitability for use with sealing materials.
  • Vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil, synthetic esters and polyalkyleneglycols have been used as a biodegradable base oil.
  • vegetable oils have a problem of thermal or oxidative instability as well as unstable supply despite low cost
  • polyalkyleneglycols have a problem of a poor suitability for use with sealing materials despite low cost and good thermal stability. Therefore, although synthetic esters are becoming more popular as biodegradable lubricating oils in Japan, they still have a substantial weakness against a mineral oil-based lubricating oil in terms of the cost and oxidative stability.
  • a first component is a natural or synthetic oil component.
  • One of the optional choices for such a natural or synthetic oil component is an ester compound containing methylol groups (column 8, lines 42 to 47).
  • the composition contains additives, such as an antioxidant. Numerous phenolic antioxidants are mentioned, but other types of antioxidants are possible as well.
  • the present invention was completed under these circumstances with an object to provide a biodegradable lubricating oil composition which has excellent biodegradability, a high viscosity index, a low pour point, a high flash point, being satisfactory with lubricity, oxidative stability, property of preventing the corrosion of iron and non-ferrous metals, and suitability for use with sealing materials.
  • the present inventor studied intensively in order to develop a biodegradable lubricating oil composition which meets the aforementioned preferable properties, and found that a lubricating oil composition having a certain value or more of the biodegradability that is determined according to the OECD Test Guideline 301C method satisfies the purpose of the study, wherein the lubricating oil composition is composed of a synthetic ester base oil comprising mainly an ester composed of an aliphatic hindered polyol having a specific structure and an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, to which a specific additive is admixed in a predetermined ratio.
  • the present invention has been accomplished based on the aforementioned findings. That is, the present invention provides:
  • the synthetic ester base oil used as component (A) of the present invention comprises at least 50 mass% hindered ester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid with an aliphatic hindered polyol which has one or more quaternary carbon atoms per molecule and in which at least one of the quaternary carbon atoms has one to four methylol groups bonded thereto.
  • R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a methylol group, and n is an integer of 0 to 4.
  • hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms among R 1 and R 2 in general formula (I) a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group is preferable, and especially, an alkyl group is preferable.
  • neopentyl glycol 2-ethyl-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol; 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol; trimethylolethane; trimethylolpropane; trimethylolbutane; trimethylolpentane; trimethylolhexane; trimethylolheptane; pentaerythritol; 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-oxa-1,7-heptanediol; 2,2,6,6,10,10-hexamethyl-4,8-dioxa-1,11-undecanediol; 2,2,6,6,10,10,14,14-octamethyl-4,8,12-trioxa-1,15-pentadecanediol; 2,6-dihydroxymethyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-oxa-1,7-heptanediol; 2,6, 10-trihydroxymethyl-2,6, 10-
  • the hindered polyols may be used singly or as a mixture of 2 or more thereof in the esterification.
  • a preferable number of n is 0 to 2.
  • Preferred hindered polyols are trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, pentaerythritol and dehydrated condensates thereof, wherein preferable dehydrated condensates are bimolecular or trimolecular condensates.
  • the above-described hindered polyols can be synthesized according to the conventional method.
  • the dehydrated condensates of the hindered polyols can be synthesized by dehydration condensation of the hindered polyols in the presence of a catalyst at about 180°C by heating the hindered polyols at a temperature above the melting point and dispersing them in a solvent.
  • aliphatic monocarboxylic acids used in the esterification of the aliphatic hindered polyols mentioned above saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms are used preferably.
  • the acyl group of the monocarboxylic acids may be linear or branched.
  • aliphatic monocarboxylic acids examples include linear saturated monocarboxylic acids such as caproic acid, enanthic acid, caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, capric acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, heptadecanoic acid, stearic acid, nonadecanoic acid, arachic acid and behenic acid, linear unsaturated monocarboxylic acids such as undecenoic acid, oleic acid, elaidic acid, cetoleic acid, erucic acid, brassidic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid, branched saturated monocarboxylic acids such as isomyristic acid, isopalmitic acid, isostearic acid, 2,2-dimethylbutanoic acid, 2,2-dimethylpentanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyloctanoic acid
  • the hindered ester synthesized by esterification reaction of the above-mentioned hindered polyol with the aliphatic monocarboxylic acid may be a fully-esterified or partially-esterified compound.
  • a preferable hindered ester is the fully-esterified compound.
  • the hindered esters may be used singly or as a mixture of two or more thereof in the biodegradable lubricating oil composition of the present invention. Further, the amount of the hindered ester in the synthetic ester base oil is 50 mass% or more, preferably 70 mass% or more, and furthermore preferably 80 mass% or more in order to satisfy the predetermined properties of the biodegradable lubricating oil composition described below.
  • Kinematic viscosity of the synthetic ester base oil used as the component (A) in the lubricating oil composition depends on the purpose of use of the lubricating oil composition, and is approximately in the range from 10 to 200 mm 2 /s at 40°C in general, preferably in the range from 10 to 100 mm 2 /s, and more preferably in the range from 15 to 80 mm 2 /s in the case of hydraulic fluid application.
  • An acid value of the synthetic ester base oil is preferably 3 mg KOH/g or less and particularly preferably 1 mg KOH/g or less in terms of prevention of corrosion of machinery. Further, there is no particular limitation for a hydroxyl value, but it is preferably 50 mg KOH/g or less and particularly preferably 20 mg KOH/g or less from a viewpoint of lubricity.
  • phenolic antioxidant as component (a) of the ingredient (B) is not particularly limited, and phenolic antioxidant known in the art can be used with suitable selection.
  • phenolic antioxidant include 4,4'-methylenebis(2,6-di-t-butylphenol); 4,4'-bis(2,6-di-t-butylphenol); 4,4'-bis(2-methyl-6-t-butylphenol); 2,2'-methylenebis(4-ethyl-6-t-butylphenol); 2,2'-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-t-butylphenol); 4,4'-butylidenebis(3-methyl-6-t-butylphenol); 4,4'-isopropylidenebis(2,6-di-t-butylphenol); 2,2'-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-t-nonylphenol); 2,2'-isobutylidenebis(4,6-dimethylpenol); 2,2'-m
  • these phenolic antioxidants may be used singly or in a combination of two or more thereof.
  • the aforementioned hindered ester used for the synthetic ester base oil has satisfactory oxidative stability by itself, and the oxidative stability of the lubricating oil composition can further be improved by admixing such a phenolic antioxidant, which also results in the increase in thermal stability.
  • the amount of the phenolic antioxidant added is in the range from 0.1 to 5.0 mass% based on the total amount of the present composition. When the amount of the phenolic antioxidant is in the range mentioned above, the effect of improvement in the oxidative stability is exhibited and the balance between cost and effectiveness becomes excellent.
  • the preferable amount of the phenolic antioxidant admixed is in the range from 0.5 to 3.0 mass%.
  • the phenolic antioxidants are used in the present invention from a viewpoint of impact on ecosystems.
  • the low base number calcium sulfonate as the component (b) in the ingredient (B) is added to give anti-rust effect to the lubricating oil composition and has also detergency and dispersion function.
  • the calcium sulfonate is a calcium salt of a sulfonated alkyl-substituted aromatic compound.
  • the calcium sulfonate having a low base number such that the total base number (TBN) is in the range from 0 to 100 mg KOH/g (preferably in the range from 0 to 50 mg KOH/g) is used in the present invention.
  • the low base number calcium sulfonates may be used singly or in a combination of two or more thereof.
  • the amount of the calcium sulfonate added is in the range from 0.01 to 2.0 mass% based on the total amount of the composition.
  • the amount of the low base number calcium sulfonate is preferably in the range from 0.05 to 1.0 mass%.
  • the base oil itself has a level of lubricity equivalent to that of a conventional mineral oil-based antiwear hydraulic fluid, and in order to further improve the lubricity, an extreme-pressure agent and/or an antiwear agent may be added.
  • sulfur-based or phosphorus-based extreme-pressure agents can be used.
  • the sulfur-based extreme-pressure agent are sulfurized fats and oils, sulfurized fatty acids, sulfurized esters, polysulfides, sulfurized olefins, thiocarbamates, thioterpenes, dialkylthiodipropionates and the like.
  • sulfurized fats and oils, polysulfides and sulfurized olefins are preferred.
  • examples of the antiwear agent are zinc dithiophosphate (ZnDTP), zinc dithiocarbamate (ZnDTC), sulfurized molybdenum dithiophosphate (MoDTP), sulfurized molybdenum dithiocarbamate (MoDTC), and the like.
  • additives such as viscosity index improver, pour point depressant, ash-free dispersant, surfactant, anti-foaming agent, demulsifier and so on can be added in such a range of the amount that no drawback to the effect of the present invention is brought about.
  • the degree of biodegradation of the lubricating oil composition as determined by the microbial degradation test of chemical substances according to the OECD Test Guideline 301C method is 70 % or more (the reference degree of biodegradability is 60 % or more), and has excellent biodegradability.
  • the 96-h LC 50 value of the acute toxicity test for Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) as determined according to the JIS K 0102 standard is usually 100 mg/L or more, and has low impact on living organisms. Therefore, it can be said that the lubricating oil composition is a very environmentally friendly lubricating oil.
  • the lubricating oil composition has such a low pour point as mentioned above so that machinery startability at lower temperatures is excellent with the present composition when it is used as a hydraulic fluid. Also, the present composition has such a high flash point as mentioned above so that it has high flame retardance and hence it belongs to the category of a safe combustible liquid having VG of 32 or more according to the Fire Service Law.
  • the biodegradable lubricating oil composition of the present invention has excellent biodegradability, low impact to ecosystems, a high viscosity index, a low pour point, a high flash point, being satisfactory with lubricity, oxidative stability, property of preventing the corrosion of non-ferrous metals, and suitability for use with sealing materials. It has thus an excellent balance of those different properties.
  • the lubricating oil composition is preferable, for example, as a hydraulic fluid that is a power transmission fluid used in power transmission, power control, shock absorption and the like in a hydraulic system such as hydraulic machinery or equipment, a lubricating oil for automobiles used in automatic transmission, buffer, driving machinery such as power steering, gears and the like, a metal-working oil for cutting, polishing or plasticizing, and the like.
  • Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative examples 1 to 8 (1) Lubricating oil compositions with compositions shown in Tables 1-1 and 1-2 were prepared along with commercially-available products. General properties and biodegradability of these lubricating oil compositions are listed in Tables 2-1 and 2-2.
  • Tables 1-1 and 1-2 PET denotes pentaerythritol
  • TMP denotes trimethylolpropane
  • NPG denotes neopentyl glycol
  • ZnDTP denotes zinc dithiophosphate
  • POE denotes polyoxyethylene.
  • Table 3 Table 4 (2) Tables 3-1 and 3-2 indicate the test results of lubricity, oxidative stability and corrosion prevention of non-ferrous metals for each lubricating oil composition.
  • Table 5 Table 6
  • Table 4 indicates the test results of suitability for use with sealing materials of the lubricating oil composition of Example 1 and the lubricating oil compositions of Comparative examples I to 4.
  • the lubricating oil compositions of the present invention have a well-balanced properties such as excellent biodegradability, a high viscosity index, a low pour point, a high flash point, being satisfactory with lubricity, oxidative stability, property of preventing the corrosion of iron and non-ferrous metals, and suitability for use with sealing materials.
  • the biodegradable lubricating oil composition of the present invention comprises a synthetic ester base oil having excellent biodegradability, has well-balanced properties including lubricating performance, and is preferably used, for example, as a hydraulic fluid, automotive lubricating oil, metal-working oil, and so on.

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