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Definitions

• the present invention relates to the use of nucleating agents to improve the cold flowability of mineral oil distillates containing detergent additives, as well as the mineral oil distillates additive.
• paraffin-rich crude oils are extracted and processed, which consequently also lead to paraffin-rich fuel oils.
• the paraffins contained in particular in middle distillates can crystallize on lowering the temperature of the oil and partially agglomerate with the inclusion of oil. This crystallization and agglomeration can cause blockages of the filters in engines and firing systems, especially in winter, which prevents safe metering of the fuels and may possibly lead to a complete interruption of the fuel supply.
• the paraffin problem is also exacerbated by the environmental reasons to reduce the sulfur content increasing hydrodesulfurization of fuel oils, which leads to an increased proportion of cold-critical paraffins in the fuel oil.
• middle distillates are often added chemical additives, so-called cold flow improvers or flow improvers, modify the crystal structure and Agglomerationsne noticed the precipitated paraffins, so that the so-additive oils still pump or use at temperatures, often more than 20 ° C. lower than non-additized oils.
• cold flow improver oil-soluble copolymers of ethylene and unsaturated esters, oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds and / or comb polymers are usually used. In addition, however, other additions have been proposed.
• detergent additives are being developed with ever increasing effectiveness. In addition, they are often used in very high dosage rates. It is reported that this reduces, for example, in diesel fuels, the specific consumption and the performance of the engines is increased.
• these additives often have negative effects on the cold flowability of middle distillates and in particular on the efficacy of known cold flow improvers. Especially with middle distillates with low boiling point and simultaneously low aromatic content, it is often difficult or even impossible to adjust in the presence of modern detergent additives using conventional flow improvers a satisfactory cold flow behavior. For example, the addition of detergent additives often results in an antagonistic effect on the effectiveness of the added cold flow improvers.
• the paraffin dispersion of the middle distillate, set by paraffin dispersants is impaired, without being able to be reconstituted by increased metering of paraffin dispersant.
• the CFPP measured filterability with cold flow improvers additive oils is significantly reduced in the cold and can be compensated only by greatly increased dosage of the flow improver.
• detergent additives which are derived from higher polyamines and those which are, for example, conditional have very high molecular weights by multiple alkylation and / or acylation of these polyamines.
• those detergent additives whose hydrophobic residue is derived from sterically hindered olefins and / or higher molecular weight and / or polyfunctionalized poly (olefins).
• WO-99/28419 teaches fuel oils which include, in addition to petroleum waxes, other additives such as EVA copolymers or oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds.
• An engine fuel composition is also provided.
• US 4022589 teaches a fuel additive system comprising 10 to 50 parts by weight of a polybuteneamine detergent having an average molecular weight in the range of 600 to 3000 and a nitrogen content in the range of 0.5 to 3 weight percent and 100 to 500 parts by weight of a solvent refined paraffinic lubricating oil having a viscosity in the range of 250 to 500 SUS at 100 ° F.
• the invention thus relates to the use of at least one oil-soluble, acting as nucleator for paraffin crystallization compound B) selected from linear hydrocarbons having at least 20 carbon atoms, to improve the response in terms of lowering pour point and CFPP value and the improvement of Paraffin dispersion of mineral oil flow improvers C) in middle distillates containing at least one ashless nitrogen-containing detergent additive A) which is an oil-soluble, amphiphilic compound comprising at least one alkyl or alkenyl radical attached to a polar group wherein the alkyl or alkenyl radical 10 to 500 carbon atoms and the polar group comprises 2 or more nitrogen atoms, wherein the ashless nitrogen-containing detergent additive A) comprises a polar portion of polyamines of the formula (R 9 ) 2 N- [AN (R 9 )] q - (R 9 ) wherein each R 9 independently of one another represents hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having up to 24 C atoms, a polyoxyalkylene
• Another object of the invention are middle distillates having a sulfur content of less than 100 ppm and a 90% distillation point of below 360 ° C, containing an additive according to claim 22, and wherein 10 to 10,000 ppm of the ashless, nitrogen-containing detergent additive A) and per part by weight of this component A) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of the oil-soluble compound B) acting as nucleator for the paraffin crystallization.
• the improvement in the response of cold flow improvers C) according to the invention is understood to improve at least one cold property of middle distillates adjusted or adjustable by cold flow improver C) and adversely affected by the addition of a detergent additive A) by addition of a compound B) acting as a nucleating agent for the paraffin crystallization , Specifically, by adding the nucleating agent B), the cold property set or adjustable without the presence of the detergent additive A) by the cold flow improver C) is achieved.
• Cold properties are understood here individually or in combination as the pour point, the cold filter plugging point, the low-temperature flow, and the paraffin dispersion of middle distillates.
• Particularly affected is the response of flow improvers in middle distillates containing more than 10 ppm of a nitrogen-containing detergent additive A), especially more than 20 ppm and especially more than 40 ppm such as 50 to 2000 ppm of nitrogen-containing detergent additive A).
• the additives according to the invention preferably contain from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, based on one part by weight of the nitrogen-containing detergent additive A, and in particular from 0.05 to 5 parts by weight, for example from 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of the oil-soluble compound B) acting as nucleator for the paraffin crystallization.
• Ashless means that the additives in question essentially consist only of elements which form gaseous reaction products during combustion.
• the additives consist essentially only of the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
• ashless additives are substantially free of metals and metal salts.
• Nucleators are understood to be compounds which initiate the crystallization of paraffins on cooling a paraffin-containing oil. They thus shift the beginning of the paraffin crystallization of the oil additized with them, which can be determined, for example, by measuring the cloud point or the Wax Appearance Temperature (WAT), to higher temperatures. These are compounds that are soluble in the oil above the cloud point and begin to crystallize just above the temperature of the paraffin saturation and then serve as seed for the crystallization of the paraffins.
• WAT Wax Appearance Temperature
• paraffin crystallization thus begins at a higher temperature than in non-additized oil. This can be determined, for example, by measuring the WAT by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) with a slow cooling of the oil at, for example, -2 K / min. To middle distillates are added 10 to 10,000 ppm and in particular 50 to 3,000 ppm of the nitrogen-containing detergent additives A).
• the alkyl or alkenyl group imparts oil-solubility to the detergent additives.
• alkyl radical has 15 to 500 carbon atoms and in particular 20 to 350 carbon atoms, for example 50 to 200 carbon atoms.
• This alkyl radical can be linear or branched, in particular it is branched.
• the alkyl radical is derived from oligomers of lower olefins having 3 to 6 C atoms such as propene, butene, pentene or hexene and mixtures thereof.
• Preferred isomers of these olefins are isobutene, 2-butene, 1-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, 1-pentene, 2-pentene and iso-pentene and mixtures thereof.
• Particular preference is given to propene, isobutene, 2-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene and mixtures thereof.
• Particularly suitable for the preparation of such detergent additives are highly reactive low molecular weight polyolefins having a proportion of terminal double bonds of at least 75%, especially at least 85% and in particular at least 90% such as at least 95%.
• Particularly preferred low molecular weight polyolefins are poly (isobutylene), poly (2-butene), poly (2-methyl-2-butene), poly (2,3-dimethyl-2-butene), poly (ethylene-co-isobutylene) and atactic poly (propylene).
• the molecular weight of particularly preferred polyolefins is between 500 and 3000 g / mol.
• Such oligomers of lower olefins are accessible for example by polymerization by means of Lewis acids such as BF 3 and AlCl 3 , by means of Ziegler catalysts and in particular by means of metallocene catalysts.
• the polar component of the detergent additives which are particularly problematic for the response of known cold additives is derived from polyamines having 2 to 20 N atoms.
• polyamines correspond to the formula (R 9 ) 2 N- [AN (R 9 )] q - (R 9 ) wherein each R 9 is independently hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical of up to 24 carbon atoms, a polyoxyalkylene radical - (AO) r - or polyiminoalkylene radical - [AN (R 9 )] s - (R 9 ) but wherein at least one R 9 is hydrogen, q is an integer from 1 to 19, A is an alkylene radical having 1 to 6 C atoms, r and s independently of one another are from 1 to 50.
• polyamines usually these are mixtures of polyamines and in particular mixtures of poly (ethylene amines) and / or poly (propyleneamines).
• DETA dimethylaminopropylamine
• TETA triethylenetetramine
• TEPA tetraethylenepentamine
• PEHA pentaethylenehexamine
• PEHA pentapropylenehexamine
• heavy polyamines ethylenediamine, 1,2-propylenediamine, dimethylaminopropylamine, diethylenetriamine (DETA), dipropy
• Heavy polyamines are generally understood as meaning mixtures of polyalkylenepolyamines which, in addition to small amounts of TEPA and PEHA, mainly contain oligomers having 7 or more nitrogen atoms, of which two or more are in the form of primary amino groups. These polyamines often also contain branched structural elements via tertiary amino groups.
• Suitable amines include those which comprise cyclic structural units derived from piperazine.
• the piperazine units may preferably carry hydrogen at one or both nitrogen atoms, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having up to 24 carbon atoms or a polyiminoalkylene radical - [AN (R 9 )] s - (R 9 ), where A, R 9 and s have the meanings given above.
• Suitable amines include alicyclic diamines such as 1,4-di (aminomethyl) cyclohexane and heterocyclic nitrogen compounds such as imidazolines and N-aminoalkylpiperazines such as N- (2-aminoethyl) piperazine.
• detergent additives the polar portion of hydroxyl-bearing polyamines, substituted with heterocycles polyamines and of aromatic polyamines are problematic.
• Examples which may be mentioned are: N- (2-hydroxyethyl) ethylenediamine, N, N 1 -bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) ethylene diamine, N- (3-hydroxybutyl) tetra (methylene) diamine, N-2-aminoethylpiperazine, N-2- and N-3-aminopropylmorpholine, N-3- (dimethylamino) propylpiperazine, 2-heptyl-3- (2-aminopropyl) imidazoline, 1,4-bis (2-aminoethyl) piperazine, 1- (2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine, various isomers of phenylenediamine and naphthalenediamine and mixtures of these amines.
• Detergent additives based on heavy polyamines in which R 9 is hydrogen in the above formula and q has values of at least 3, in particular at least 4, such as 5, 6 or 7, are particularly critical for the cold additization of middle distillates.
• R 9 is hydrogen in the above formula and q has values of at least 3, in particular at least 4, such as 5, 6 or 7, are particularly critical for the cold additization of middle distillates.
• a proportion of more than 10 wt .-%, in particular more than 20 wt .-% and especially of more than 50 wt .-% of amines having q-values of 4 or higher and especially with q Values of 5 or higher and in particular with q values of 6 or higher on the total amount of amines used have proven particularly critical.
• the oil-soluble alkyl group and the polar head group of the detergent additives may be linked together either directly via a CN or via an ester, amide or imide bond.
• preferred detergent additives are alkylpolyamines, Mannich reaction products, hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid amides and imides, and mixtures of these classes of substances.
• the detergent additives linked via CN bonds are preferably alkyl polyamines which are obtainable, for example, by reacting polyisobutylenes with polyamines, for example by hydroformylation and subsequent reductive amination with the abovementioned polyamines. In this case, one or more alkyl radicals may be bound to the polyamine.
• Detergent additives based on higher polyamines having more than 4 N atoms, for example those having 5, 6 or 7 N atoms, are particularly critical for the cold addition.
• Detergent additives containing amide or imide bonds are obtainable, for example, by reaction of alkenylsuccinic anhydrides with polyamines.
• Alkenylsuccinic anhydride and polyamine are preferably reacted in a molar ratio of about 1: 0.5 to about 1: 1.
• the preparation of the underlying Alkenylbernsteinklaanhydride is usually carried out by addition of ethylenically unsaturated polyolefins or chlorinated polyolefins to ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids.
• alkenyl succinic anhydrides can be prepared by reaction of chlorinated polyolefins with maleic anhydride.
• the preparation also succeeds by thermal addition of polyolefins to maleic anhydride in an "ene reaction".
• highly reactive olefins with a high content of, for example, more than 75% and especially more than 85 mol%, based on the total number of polyolefin molecules, of isomers having a terminal double bond are particularly suitable.
• the molar ratio of the two reactants in the reaction between maleic anhydride and polyolefin can vary within wide limits. Preferably, it may be between 10: 1 and 1: 5, with molar ratios of 6: 1 to 1: 1 being particularly preferred.
• Maleic anhydride is preferably used in stoichiometric excess, for example 1.1 to 3 moles of maleic anhydride per mole of polyolefin. Excess maleic anhydride can be removed from the reaction by, for example, distillation.
• the accessible reaction products have, based on the reacted with unsaturated carboxylic acids fractions of the poly (olefins) on average a Malein istsgrad of more than 1, preferably about 1.01 to 2.0 and in particular 1.1 to 1.8 dicarboxylic acid per alkyl radical. Reaction with the abovementioned amines results in products with markedly increased effectiveness as detergent additives. On the other hand, as the degree of maleation increases, so does the impairment of the efficacy of cold flow improvers.
• alkenyl succinic anhydrides with polyamines leads to products which can carry one or more amide and / or imide bonds per polyamine and depending on the Maleinleitersgrad one or two polyamines per alkyl radical.
• Alkenylsuccinic anhydride per mole of polyamine is preferably used for the reaction of 1.0 to 1.7 and in particular 1.1 to 1.5, so that free primary amino groups remain in the product.
• alkenyl succinic anhydride and polyamine are reacted equimolarly.
• Typical and particularly preferred acylated nitrogen compounds are obtained by reacting poly (isobutylene), poly (2-butenyl), poly (2-methyl-2-butenyl) -, poly (2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl) - or Poly (propenyl) succinic anhydrides having an average of about 1.2 to 1.5 anhydride groups per alkyl radical whose alkylene radicals carry between 50 and 400 carbon atoms, with a mixture of poly (ethylene amines) having about 3 to 7 nitrogen atoms and about 1 to 6 ethylene units available.
• Mannich bases of this kind are prepared by known processes, for example by alkylating phenol and / or salicylic acid with the polyolefins described above, such as, for example, poly (isobutylene), poly (2-butene), poly (2-methyl-2-butene), poly ( 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene) or atactic poly (propylene) followed by condensation of the alkylphenol with aldehydes with 1 to 6 C atoms such as formaldehyde or its reactive equivalents such as formalin or paraformaldehyde and the above-described polyamines such as TEPA, PEHA or heavy polyamines produced.
• poly (isobutylene), poly (2-butene), poly (2-methyl-2-butene), poly ( 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene) or atactic poly (propylene) followed by condensation of the alkylphenol with aldehydes with 1 to 6 C atoms such as formaldehyde or its reactive equivalents such as formalin or
• the average molecular weight determined by means of vapor pressure osmometry is particularly efficient, but at the same time also for the cold additization of middle distillates of particularly critical detergent additives is above 800 g / mol and in particular above 2,000 g / mol such as above 3,000 g / mol.
• the average molecular weight of the above-described detergent additives can also be increased via crosslinking reagents and adapted to the intended use.
• Suitable crosslinking reagents are, for example, dialdehydes such as glutaric dialdehyde, bisepoxides derived, for example, from bisphenol A, dicarboxylic acids and their reactive derivatives such as maleic anhydride and alkenylsuccinic anhydrides, and higher polybasic carboxylic acids and their derivatives such as trimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride and pyromellitic dianhydride.
• Preferred hydrocarbons acting as nucleator for paraffin crystallization with a linear alkyl chain containing at least 24 C atoms are n-paraffins, monomeric ⁇ -olefins and paraffin waxes.
• Preferred hydrocarbons B) acting as nucleator for paraffin crystallization may be of natural or synthetic origin.
• Suitable hydrocarbons are, for example, alkanes and alkenes. They preferably contain hydrocarbon chains having 20 to 100 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having 20 to 60 carbon atoms, in particular having 22 to 50 carbon atoms, for example having 24 to 40 carbon atoms.
• preferred alkanes preferably correspond to molecular formulas of C 20 H 42 to C 100 H 202 , particularly preferably C 20 H 42 to C 60 H 122 , in particular C 22 H 46 to C 50 H 102, for example C 24 H 50 to C 40 H 82 ,
• the molecular weights of preferred hydrocarbons B) are between about 280 and 2,800 g / mol, more preferably between about 310 and 700 g / mol, for example between about 336 and 560 g / mol.
• individual hydrocarbons can be used, have Mixtures of different hydrocarbons in the above-mentioned chain length range particularly proven.
• Preferred alkanes of natural origin can be obtained, for example, from fossil or mineral raw materials.
• recoverable paraffins are used from different fractions of crude distillation.
• heavy gas oil fractions containing at least 10 wt .-%, preferably 20 to 90 wt .-%, such as 50 to 70 wt .-% of corresponding alkanes or alkenes are used.
• Such gas oil fractions preferably have boiling ranges of about 300 to 550 ° C such as 330 to 500 ° C.
• paraffins are used in the dewaxing of gas oils or lubricating oils.
• slackwax designated paraffins are very suitable, which usually contain at least 40 wt .-%, preferably at least 60 wt .-% of n-alkanes having at least 20 carbon atoms or species with correspondingly long linear structural units.
• microcrystalline paraffins which are also referred to as hard paraffins and consist mainly of n-alkanes
• microcrystalline paraffins are also suitable.
• These products which are also known as microwaxes, are distinguished by a higher proportion of iso-paraffins, which brings about physical properties which are easier to handle than the macrocrystalline paraffin.
• preference is given to those which contain higher proportions of preferably at least 10% by weight and in particular at least 20% by weight of longer-chain paraffin structures having at least 20 carbon atoms, thus having partially crystalline properties and are capable of initiating paraffin crystallization.
• the melting range of preferred microcrystalline paraffins is between 40 ° C and 90 ° C, and more preferably between 45 and 80 ° C, such as between 50 and 65 ° C.
• a possible residual content of the waxes in oil is in principle unproblematic, but must be taken into account when determining the metering rate of the additive.
• FT paraffins consist mainly of normal paraffins. More than 90% are usually n-alkanes, the rest are iso-alkanes.
• the solidification point of preferred FT waxes is between about 35 ° C and about 90 ° C and especially between 40 and 70 ° C.
• isomerized FT waxes are suitable according to the invention, but their reduced crystallinity must be taken into account when determining the metering rate.
• hydrocarbons B) acting as nucleator for paraffin crystallization are used. These are preferably of synthetic origin and can be prepared, for example, by oligomerization of ethylene.
• ⁇ -olefins having 20 or more carbon atoms such as, for example, C 22 - ⁇ -olefin, C 24 - ⁇ -olefin, C 26 - ⁇ -olefin or C 28 - ⁇ -olefin, have proven particularly useful.
• ⁇ -olefins are used in mixtures of different chain lengths.
• mixtures of C 20-24 ⁇ -olefins, C 26/28 ⁇ -olefins and C 24-28 ⁇ -olefin and chain cuts in the range C 30+ and C 36+ have proven particularly useful.
• technical grades are preferably used which have a content of ⁇ -olefins having at least 20 carbon atoms of preferably at least 30 wt .-%, preferably at least 50 wt .-% and in particular at least 70 wt .-% such as at least 90 wt. -% to have.
• ⁇ -olefins are meant linear olefins with terminal double bond. Hydrogenation in synthetic n-paraffins converted ⁇ -olefins are also suitable as nucleators.
• the quantitative ratio between detergent additive A) and nucleators B) in the additized oil can vary within wide limits. It has proven particularly useful to use from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, in particular from 0.05 to 5 parts by weight, for example from 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of nucleator per part by weight of detergent additive, in each case based on the active ingredient.
• Cold flow improvers used are the substances referred to below as oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds (constituent IV).
• Preferred cold flow improvers as constituent III are copolymers of ethylene and olefinically unsaturated compounds.
• Suitable ethylene copolymers are, in particular, those which contain, in addition to ethylene, from 8 to 21 mol%, in particular from 10 to 18 mol%, of olefinically unsaturated comonomer compounds.
• the olefinically unsaturated compounds are preferably vinyl esters, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, alkyl vinyl ethers and / or alkenes, it being possible for the abovementioned compounds to be substituted by hydroxyl groups.
• One or more comonomers may be included in the polymer.
• said alkyl groups may be substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups.
• R 1 is a branched alkyl radical or a neoalkyl radical having 7 to 11 carbon atoms, in particular having 8, 9 or 10 carbon atoms.
• Particularly preferred vinyl esters are derived from secondary and especially tertiary carboxylic acids whose branching is in the alpha position to the carbonyl group.
• Suitable vinyl esters include vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl isobutyrate, vinyl hexanoate, vinyl heptanoate, vinyl octanoate, vinyl pivalate, Vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, vinyl laurate, vinyl stearate and versatic acid esters, such as vinyl neononanoate, vinyl neodecanoate, vinyl neoundecanoate.
• these ethylene copolymers contain vinyl acetate and at least one further vinyl ester of the formula 1 in which R 1 is C 4 to C 30 -alkyl, preferably C 4 to C 16 -alkyl, especially C 6 - to C 12 -alkyl ,
• Suitable acrylic esters include, for.
• said alkyl groups may be substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups.
• An example of such an acrylic ester is hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
• the alkenes are preferably simple unsaturated hydrocarbons having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, especially 4 to 16 carbon atoms and especially 5 to 12 carbon atoms.
• Suitable alkenes include propene, butene, isobutylene, pentene, hexene, 4-methylpentene, octene, diisobutylene and norbornene and its derivatives such as methylnorbornene and vinylnorbornene.
• said alkyl groups may be substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups.
• terpolymers which, apart from ethylene, have from 3.5 to 20 mol%, in particular from 8 to 15 mol% of vinyl acetate and from 0.1 to 12 mol%, in particular from 0.2 to 5 mol%, of at least one longer-chain and preferably branched one Vinyl esters such as vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, vinyl neononanoate or vinyl neodecanoate, wherein the total comonomer content of the terpolymers is preferably between 8 and 21 mol%, in particular between 12 and 18 mol%.
• copolymers contain, in addition to ethylene and 8 to 18 mol% of vinyl esters of C 2 to C 12 carboxylic acids, from 0.5 to 10 mol% of olefins such as propene, butene, isobutylene, hexene, 4-methylpentene, octene, diisobutylene and / or norbornene.
• olefins such as propene, butene, isobutylene, hexene, 4-methylpentene, octene, diisobutylene and / or norbornene.
• These ethylene copolymers and terpolymers preferably have melt viscosities at 140 ° C. of from 20 to 10,000 mPas, in particular from 30 to 5,000 mPas, especially from 50 to 2,000 mPas.
• the means of 1 H-NMR spectroscopy, certain degrees of branching are preferably between 1 and 9 CH 3/100 CH 2 groups, especially between 2 and 6 CH 3/100 CH 2 groups, which do not stem from the comonomers.
• the polymers underlying the mixtures differ in at least one characteristic.
• they may contain different comonomers, have different comonomer contents, molecular weights and / or degrees of branching.
• the mixing ratio between the additives according to the invention and ethylene copolymers as constituent III can vary within wide limits, the ethylene copolymers III often being the major fraction represent.
• Such additive and oil mixtures preferably contain 0.1 to 25, preferably 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of ethylene copolymers per part by weight of the additive combination according to the invention.
• cold flow improvers which are suitable are oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds (constituent IV). These are preferably reaction products of fatty amines with compounds containing an acyl group.
• the preferred amines are compounds of the formula NR 6 R 7 R 8 , in which R 6 , R 7 and R 8 may be identical or different, and at least one of these groups is C 8 -C 36 -alkyl, C 6 - C 36 -cycloalkyl, C 8 -C 36 -alkenyl, in particular C 12 -C 24 -alkyl, C 12 -C 24 -alkenyl or cyclohexyl, and the other groups are either hydrogen, C 1 -C 36 -alkyl, C 2 -C 36 alkenyl, cyclohexyl, or a group of the formulas - (AO) x -E or - (CH 2 ) n -NYZ, where A is an ethyl or propyl group,
• polyamines of the formula - [N- (CH 2 ) n ] m -NR 6 R 7 , in which m is a number between 1 and 20 and n, R 6 and R 7 have the meanings given above, are suitable as fatty amines .
• the alkyl and alkenyl radicals can be linear or branched and contain up to two double bonds. They are preferably linear and substantially saturated, ie they have iodine numbers of less than 75 gl 2 / g, preferably less than 60 gl 2 / g and in particular between 1 and 10 gl 2 / g.
• secondary fatty amines in which two of the groups R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are C 8 -C 36 -alkyl, C 6 -C 36 -cycloalkyl, C 8 -C 36 -alkenyl, in particular C 12 -C 24 alkyl, C 12 -C 24 alkenyl or cyclohexyl.
• Suitable fatty amines are, for example, octylamine, decylamine, dodecylamine, tetradecylamine, hexadecylamine, octadecylamine, eicosylamine, behenylamine, didecylamine, didodecylamine, ditetradecylamine, dihexadecylamine, dioctadecylamine, dieicosylamine, dibehenylamine and mixtures thereof.
• the amines contain chain cuts based on natural raw materials such as coco fatty amine, tallow fatty amine, hydrogenated tallow fatty amine, dicocosfettamine, ditallow fatty amine and di (hydrogenated tallow fatty amine).
• Particularly preferred amine derivatives are amine salts, imides and / or amides such as amide ammonium salts secondary fatty amines, especially dicocosfettamine, ditallow fatty amine and distearylamine.
• Suitable carbonyl compounds for the reaction with amines are both monomeric and polymeric compounds having one or more carboxyl groups. In the case of the monomeric carbonyl compounds, preference is given to those having 2, 3 or 4 carbonyl groups. They can also contain heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen.
• carboxylic acids examples include maleic, fumaric, crotonic, itaconic, succinic, C 1 -C 40 -alkenylsuccinic, adipic, glutaric, sebacic, and malonic acids and benzoic, phthalic, trimellitic and pyromellitic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid , Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and their reactive derivatives such as esters, anhydrides and acid halides.
• Copolymers of ethylenically unsaturated acids such as, for example, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid and itaconic acid, have proven particularly suitable as polymeric carbonyl compounds, particular preference is given to copolymers of maleic anhydride.
• Suitable comonomers are those which impart oil solubility to the copolymer. Oil-soluble means here that the copolymer dissolves without residue in the middle distillate to be additive after reaction with the fatty amine in practice-relevant metering rates.
• Suitable comonomers are, for example, olefins, alkyl esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, alkyl vinyl esters and alkyl vinyl ethers having 2 to 75, preferably 4 to 40 and in particular 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.
• the carbon number refers to the alkyl radical attached to the double bond.
• the molecular weights of the polymeric carbonyl compounds are preferably between 400 and 20,000, more preferably between 500 and 10,000, for example between 1,000 and 5,000.
• Oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds which have been obtained by reaction of aliphatic or aromatic amines, preferably long-chain aliphatic amines, with aliphatic or aromatic mono-, di-, tri- or tetracarboxylic acids or their anhydrides have proven particularly suitable (cf. US 4 211 534 ).
• amides and ammonium salts of aminoalkylene polycarboxylic acids such as nitrilotriacetic acid or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid with secondary amines are suitable as oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds (cf. EP 0 398 101 ).
• oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds are copolymers of maleic anhydride with ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated compounds, which can optionally be reacted with primary monoalkylamines and / or aliphatic alcohols (cf. EP-A-0 154 177 . EP-0 777 712 ), the reaction products of Alkenylspirobislactonen with amines (see. EP-A-0 413 279 B1 ) and after EP-A-0 606 055 A2 Reaction products of terpolymers based on ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydrides, ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated compounds and polyoxyalkylene ethers of lower unsaturated alcohols.
• the mixing ratio between the inventive ethylene copolymers III and oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds as constituent IV may vary depending on the application.
• Such additive mixtures preferably contain 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, preferably 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, based on the active compounds, of at least one oil-soluble polar nitrogen compound per part by weight of the additive combination according to the invention.
• alkylphenol-aldehyde resins as constituent V. These are, in particular, those alkylphenol-aldehyde resins which are derived from alkylphenols having one or two alkyl radicals in ortho and / or para position to the OH group. Particularly preferred as starting materials are alkylphenols which carry at least two hydrogen atoms capable of condensation with aldehydes on the aromatic and in particular monoalkylated phenols. Particularly preferably, the alkyl radical is in the para position to the phenolic OH group.
• alkyl radicals (which are generally understood as meaning hydrocarbon radicals as defined below for component V) can be used in the alkylphenol-aldehyde resins which can be used in the process according to the invention may be the same or different, they may be saturated or unsaturated and preferably have 1-20, especially 4-16, such as 6-12 carbon atoms; it is preferably n-, iso- and tert-butyl, n- and iso-pentyl, n- and iso-hexyl, n- and iso-octyl, n- and iso-nonyl-, n - and iso-decyl, n- and iso-dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl, tripropenyl, tetrapropenyl, poly (propenyl) - and poly (isobutenyl) radicals.
• mixtures of alkylphenols having different alkyl radicals are used for the preparation of the alkylphenol resins.
• resins based on butyphenol on the one hand and octyl, nonyl and / or dodecylphenol in a molar ratio of 1:10 to 10: 1 on the other hand have proven particularly useful.
• Suitable alkylphenol resins may also contain or consist of structural units of other phenol analogs such as salicylic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid and derivatives thereof such as esters, amides and salts.
• Suitable aldehydes for the alkylphenol-aldehyde resins are those having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and preferably those having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, 2-ethylhexanal, benzaldehyde, glyoxalic acid and their reactive equivalents such as paraformaldehyde and trioxane.
• Particularly preferred is formaldehyde in the form of paraformaldehyde and especially formalin.
• the molecular weight of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resins measured by gel permeation chromatography against poly (styrene) standards in THF is preferably 500-25,000 g / mol, more preferably 800-10,000 g / mol and especially 1,000-5,000 g / mol such as 1500-3,000 g / mol.
• the prerequisite here is that the alkylphenol-aldehyde resins, at least in application-relevant concentrations of 0.001 to 1 wt .-% are oil-soluble.
• these are alkylphenol-formaldehyde resins, the oligo- or polymers having a repetitive structural unit of the formula wherein R 11 is C 1 -C 20 alkyl or alkenyl, OR 10 or OC (O) -R 10 , R 10 is C 1 -C 200 alkyl or alkenyl and n is a number from 2 to 100, contain.
• R 10 is preferably C 1 -C 20 -alkyl or -alkenyl and in particular C 4 -C 16 -alkyl or -alkenyl, for example C 6 -C 12 -alkyl or -alkenyl.
• R 11 is C 1 -C 20 -alkyl or -alkenyl and in particular C 4 -C 16 -alkyl or -alkenyl, for example C 6 -C 12 -alkyl or -alkenyl.
• n is a number from 2 to 50 and especially a number from 3 to 25, such as a number from 5 to 15.
• alkylphenol-aldehyde resins are accessible by known methods, for. B. by condensation of the corresponding alkylphenols with formaldehyde, ie with 0.5 to 1.5 moles, preferably 0.8 to 1.2 moles of formaldehyde per mole of alkylphenol.
• the condensation can be carried out solvent-free, but preferably it is carried out in the presence of an inert or only partially water-miscible inert organic solvent such as mineral oils, alcohols, ethers and the like. Particularly preferred are solvents which can form azeotropes with water.
• solvents in particular aromatics such as toluene, xylene diethylbenzene and higher-boiling commercial solvent mixtures such as Shellsol® AB, and solvent naphtha are used.
• fatty acids and their derivatives such as esters with lower alcohols having 1 to 5 carbon atoms such as ethanol and especially methanol are suitable as solvents.
• the condensation is preferably carried out between 70 and 200 ° C such as between 90 and 160 ° C. It is usually catalysed by 0.05 to 5 wt .-% bases or preferably by 0.05 to 5 wt .-% acids.
• acidic catalysts are in addition to carboxylic acids such as acetic acid and oxalic acid in particular strong mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid and sulfonic acids commonly used catalysts.
• Particularly suitable catalysts are sulfonic acids which contain at least one sulfonic acid group and at least one saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched and / or cyclic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 40 C atoms and preferably having 3 to 24 C atoms.
• aromatic sulfonic acids especially alkylaromatic mono-sulfonic acids having one or more C 1 -C 28 -alkyl radicals and in particular those having C 3 -C 22 -alkyl radicals.
• Suitable examples are methanesulfonic acid, butanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, xylenesulfonic acid, 2-mesitylenesulfonic acid, 4-ethylbenzenesulfonic acid, isopropylbenzenesulfonic acid, 4-butylbenzenesulfonic acid, 4-octylbenzenesulfonic acid; Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, didodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, naphthalenesulfonic acid. Mixtures of these sulfonic acids are suitable.
• Suitable comb polymers are, for example, copolymers of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids such as maleic or fumaric acid with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as olefins or vinyl esters such as vinyl acetate.
• Particularly suitable olefins are ⁇ -olefins having 10 to 20 and especially 12 to 18 carbon atoms such as 1-decene, 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-hexadecene, 1-octadecene and mixtures thereof.
• olefins based on oligomerized C 2 -C 6 -olefins such as poly (isobutylene) with a high proportion of terminal double bonds are suitable as comonomers.
• these copolymers are at least 50% esterified with alcohols having 10 to 20 and especially 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
• Suitable alcohols include n-decan-1-ol, n-dodecan-1-ol, n-tetradecan-1-ol, n-hexadecan-1-ol, n-octadecan-1-ol and mixtures thereof.
• comb polymers are poly (alkyl acrylates), poly (alkyl methacrylates) and poly (alkyl vinyl ethers) derived from alcohols containing 10 to 20 and especially 12 to 18 carbon atoms, and poly (vinyl esters) derived from fatty acids containing 10 to Derive 20 and especially 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
• the mixing ratio between the additives according to the invention and the further constituents V and VI is generally in each case between 1:10 and 10: 1, preferably between 1: 5 and 5: 1.
• Additives according to the invention contain 15-80% by weight, preferably 20-70% by weight of detergent additive A), 2-40% by weight, preferably 5-25% by weight of nucleator B) and 15-80% by weight. , preferably 20 - 70 wt .-% cold flow improver C).
• the additives according to the invention are preferably used as concentrates which contain from 10 to 95% by weight and preferably from 20 to 80% by weight, for example from 25 to 60% by weight, of solvent.
• Preferred solvents are higher-boiling aliphatic, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, ethers and mixtures thereof.
• Such concentrates preferably contain from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, preferably from 0.05 to 5 parts by weight, for example from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of the linear hydrocarbons B) acting as nucleator per part by weight of detergent additive A).
• novel nucleators B improve the response of detergent-containing middle distillates such as kerosene, jet fuel, diesel and heating oil for conventional flow improvers with regard to the reduction of pour point and CFPP value and the improvement of paraffin dispersion.
• Particularly preferred mineral oil distillates are middle distillates.
• the middle distillate is in particular those mineral oils which are obtained by distillation of crude oil, boiling in the range of about 150 to 450 ° C and in particular in the range of about 170 to 390 ° C, for example kerosene, jet fuel, diesel and fuel oil.
• middle distillates contain about 5 to 50 wt .-%, such as about 10 to 35 wt .-% n-paraffins, of which the longer-chain crystallize on cooling and can affect the flowability of the middle distillate.
• Particularly advantageous are the compositions of the invention in middle aromatics with low aromatic content of less than 21 wt .-%, such as less than 19 wt .-%.
• compositions according to the invention are furthermore particularly advantageous in low boiling end middle distillates, ie in middle distillates which have 90% distillation points below 360 ° C., in particular 350 ° C. and in special cases below 340 ° C. and further in such middle distillates, the boiling ranges between 20 and 90% volume of distillation less than 120 ° C and in particular less than 110 ° C.
• aromatic compounds is meant the sum of mono-, di- and polycyclic aromatic compounds as determinable by HPLC according to DIN EN 12916 (2001 edition).
• the middle distillates may also contain minor amounts, for example up to 40% by volume, preferably 1 to 20% by volume, especially 2 to 15, for example 3 to 10% by volume of the oils of animal and / or vegetable origin described in more detail below such as fatty acid methyl esters.
• compositions according to the invention are also suitable for improving the cold properties of detergent additives containing fuels based on renewable raw materials (biofuels).
• biofuels oils obtained from animal and preferably vegetable material or both, and derivatives thereof, which can be used as fuel and especially as diesel or fuel oil.
• biofuels oils obtained from animal and preferably vegetable material or both, and derivatives thereof, which can be used as fuel and especially as diesel or fuel oil.
• biofuels examples include rapeseed oil, coriander oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, almond oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, mustard seed oil, beef tallow, bone oil, fish oils and used edible oils.
• Other examples include oils derived from wheat, jute, sesame, shea nut, arachis oil and linseed oil.
• the fatty acid alkyl esters, also referred to as biodiesel can be derived from these oils by methods known in the art.
• Rapeseed oil which is a mixture of glycerol esterified fatty acids, is preferred because it is available in large quantities and is readily available by squeezing rapeseed.
• sunflower, palm and soybeans and their mixtures with rapeseed oil are preferred.
• esters of fatty acids are particularly suitable as biofuels.
• Preferred esters have an iodine value of from 50 to 150 and in particular from 90 to 125.
• Mixtures with particularly advantageous properties are those which are principally, i. H. to contain at least 50 wt .-% of methyl esters of fatty acids having 16 to 22 carbon atoms and 1, 2 or 3 double bonds.
• the preferred lower alkyl esters of fatty acids are the methyl esters of oleic, linoleic, linolenic and erucic acids.
• the additives can be used alone or together with other additives, for.
• pour point depressants or dewaxing aids with other detergents, with antioxidants, cetane number improvers, dehazers, demulsifiers, dispersants, defoamers, dyes, corrosion inhibitors, lubricity additives, sludge inhibitors, odorants and / or cloud point depressants.
• detergent additives (A) with different nucleators (B) and further flow improvers (C) with the characteristics given below were used.
• paraffin dispersion in middle distillates is determined in the short sediment test as follows: 150 ml of the middle distillates added with the additive components indicated in the table were cooled to -13 ° C. in a cold cabinet at -2 ° C./hour in 200 ml graduated cylinders and stored at this temperature for 16 hours. Subsequently, the volume and appearance of both the sedimented paraffin phase and the oil phase above are visually determined and assessed. A small amount of sediment and a cloudy oil phase show a good paraffin dispersion.
• detergent additives A various reaction products of alkenylsuccinic anhydrides (ASA) based on highly reactive polyolefins (proportion of terminal double bonds> 90%, degree of maleation about 1.2 to 1.3) listed in Table 2 with polyamines were used. Alkenyl succinic anhydride and polyamine were reacted thereto in a molar ratio of 1.0 to 1.5 moles alkenyl succinic anhydride per mole of polyamine (see Table 2). For better meterability, the detergent additives were used as 33% solutions used in higher boiling aromatic solvent. However, the dosage rates indicated in Tables 2 to 4 for the detergent additives and nucleators refer to the active ingredients used.
• ASA alkenylsuccinic anhydrides
• test oil 1 The determination of the CFPP values in test oil 1 was carried out after adding the oil with 200 ppm C2 and 150 ppm C3.
• detergent additive A1 the reaction product of poly (isobutenyl) -succinic anhydride and pentaethylene-hexamine according to Table 2
• detergent additive A2 the reaction product of poly (isobutenyl) succinic anhydride and pentaethylenehexamine according to Table 2, Example 13 used.
• Table 2 Effect of nucleators on detergent-induced antagonism in test oil 1

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