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Definitions

• the present disclosure relates to a thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agent, compositions containing same, and methods of use thereof.
• hydraulic fluids that they exhibit acceptable hydraulic performance, i.e. power transmission, as well as other important characteristics such as thermal stability, rust inhibition and antiwear performance. These latter properties are usually achieved by incorporating specific additives in a base oil. Further, to maintain good power transmission and to avoid damaging hydraulic equipment, in which they are used, hydraulic fluids should be kept meticulously clean and free of contaminants
• ZDDPs zinc dihydrocarbyl dithiophosphates
• One factor against use of ZDDP's as an antiwear agent in hydraulic fluids is the environmental one associated with use of zinc, and for this reason, zinc-based hydraulic fluids have been banned from some applications. It is therefore desirable to provide a zinc-free multigrade hydraulic oil with performance matching or exceeding that of a zinc-based multigrade fluid by using thermally stable antiwear additives at high phosphorus levels
• an antiwear agent for a multigrade hydraulic fluid that can provide the following properties/solutions at high phosphorus levels: passing pump performance, acceptable varnish/sludge control, tolerance to water, thermal stability, and environmental acceptability.
• a lubricant additive composition having at least one thermally stable dithiophosphate prepared by reacting a dithiophosphoric acid with an alkene and at least one polyalkylmethacrylate viscosity index improver.
• a lubricant additive composition having at least one thermally stable triarylphosphate or dilaurylphosphate; and at least one polyalkylmethacrylate viscosity index improver.
• a lubricating composition comprising a major amount of base oil, and a minor amount of the additive compositions.
• Yet also disclosed is a method of controlling sludge formation in a multigrade lubricating composition comprising providing a major amount of a base oil, and a minor amount of the lubricant additive compositions.
• a method of controlling sludge formation in a monograde lubricating composition comprising providing a major amount of a base oil, and a minor amount of the lubricant additive compositions.
• Also disclosed is a method of improving the thermal stability of a lubricating composition comprising formulating a lubricating oil having a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of the lubricant additive compositions.
• the present disclosure relates to a thermally stable, zinc-free lubricant additive composition. Moreover, there is disclosed a lubricant composition comprising a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of an additive composition.
• thermally stable herein is meant that acceptable varnish or sludge is formed in bench or pump tests that are run to evaluate functional fluids, such as hydraulic fluids. These bench tests include the Cincinnati Milacron procedure A (a thermal stability test), the Nippon oil color test at various temperatures, the ASTM D2619 hydrolytic stability test, the ASTM D4310 1000-hr TOST test, the ASTM D943 Life TOST test, the Eaton 35VQ25, a pump test, the Parker Denison T6H20C hybrid pump test, modifications of these tests, as well as non-standard industry tests.
• zinc-free herein is meant that no zinc has been added to the composition, but the composition can have trace levels of zinc due to contamination.
• compositions can comprise at least one thermally stable, zinc-free, antiwear agent.
• Suitable antiwear agents can include the reaction products of an alkene, such as a dicyclopentadiene, acrylate, or methacrylate, and a dithiophosphoric acid, and/or dicyclopentadiene dithioates.
• Thiophosphoric acids suitable for use in preparing the antiwear agents can have formula (I):
• R is a hydrocarbyl group having from about 2 to about 30, for example about 3 to about 18 carbon atoms.
• R comprises a mixture of hydrocarbyl groups containing from about 3 to about 18 carbon atoms.
• hydrocarbyl group or “hydrocarbyl” is used in its ordinary sense, which is well-known to those skilled in the art. Specifically, it refers to a group having a carbon atom directly attached to the remainder of a molecule and having a predominantly hydrocarbon character. Examples of hydrocarbyl groups include:
• hydrocarbon substituents that is, aliphatic (e.g., alkyl or alkenyl), alicyclic (e.g., cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl) substituents, and aromatic-, aliphatic-, and alicyclic-substituted aromatic substituents, as well as cyclic substituents wherein the ring is completed through another portion of the molecule (e.g., two substituents together form an alicyclic radical);
• aliphatic e.g., alkyl or alkenyl
• alicyclic e.g., cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl
• aromatic-, aliphatic-, and alicyclic-substituted aromatic substituents as well as cyclic substituents wherein the ring is completed through another portion of the molecule (e.g., two substituents together form an alicyclic radical);
• substituted hydrocarbon substituents that is, substituents containing non-hydrocarbon groups which, in the context of the description herein, do not alter the predominantly hydrocarbon substituent (e.g., halo (especially chloro and fluoro), hydroxy, alkoxy, mercapto, alkylmercapto, nitro, nitroso, and sulfoxy);
• hetero-substituents that is, substituents which, while having a predominantly hydrocarbon character, in the context of this description, contain other than carbon in a ring or chain otherwise composed of carbon atoms.
• Hetero-atoms include sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and encompass substituents such as pyridyl, furyl, thienyl, and imidazolyl.
• substituents such as pyridyl, furyl, thienyl, and imidazolyl.
• no more than two, or as a further example, no more than one, non-hydrocarbon substituent will be present for every ten carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl group; in some embodiments, there may be no non-hydrocarbon substituent in the hydrocarbyl group.
• the thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agents can be prepared by mixing an alkene, for example a dicyclopentadiene, acrylate, or methacrylate, and a dithiophosphoric acid for a time and temperature sufficient to react the thioacid with the alkene. Typical reaction times range from about 30 minutes to about 6 hours, although suitable reaction conditions can readily be determined by one skilled in the art.
• the reaction product can be subjected to conventional post-reaction work up, including vacuum stripping and filtering.
• thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agents can be dicylopentadiene dithioates.
• thermally stable, zinc free antiwear agents can be represented by formula (II):
• R′ is a hydrocarbyl group having from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.
• the thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agents can be dilaurylphosphates or triarylphosphates, such as tricresylphosphates.
• the additive composition can comprise any effective amount of the thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agents.
• the additive composition can comprise from about 10% to about 45% by weight, and for example from about 25% to about 40%, by weight of the thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agents, relative to the total weight of the composition.
• the thermally stable, zinc-free antiwear agents can be present in a lubricant composition in an amount ranging from about 0.001% to about 1% by weight, for example from about 0.1% to about 0.7% by weight relative to the total weight of the lubricant composition.
• the lubricant composition can further comprise a viscosity index improver (VII).
• VII viscosity index improver
• VIIs include, but are not limited to, polyalkylmethacrylate VIIs.
• the viscosity index improver can be supplied in the form of a solution in an inert solvent, such as a mineral oil solvent, which usually is a severely refined mineral oil.
• the viscosity index improver solution often will have a boiling point above 200° C., and a specific gravity of less than 1 at 25° C.
• the finished lubricant compositions of this invention can comprise in the range of about 0 to about 25 wt % of the polymeric viscosity index improver.
• Suitable materials for use a VII herein include polyalkylmethacrylate VIIs such as those available from Rohmax Additives GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) under the trade designations: VISCOPLEX® 8-129, VISCOPLEX® 8-200, VISCOPLEX® 8-226, VISCOPLEX® 8-251, VISCOPLEX® 8-310, VISCOPLEX® 8-300, VISCOPLEX® 8-350, VISCOPLEX® 8-400, and VISCOPLEX® 8-440; from Rohm & Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) under the trade designations ACRYLOID® 1277, ACRYLOID® 1265 and ACRYLOID® 1269; and from Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond, Va.) under the trade designations: HiTEC® 5708 and HiTEC® 5785H.
• VISCOPLEX® 8-129 such as those available from Rohmax Additives GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) under the trade designations: VISCOPLEX® 8-129, VISCO
• the VII is a viscosity index improver such as HiTEC® 5708 or HiTEC® 5785H. Shear stable OCP VII's can also be used.
• the additive composition is ashless. In another aspect, the additive composition is zinc free.
• thermally stable, zinc-free, phosphorus-containing antiwear agents include, but are not limited to, HiTEC® 511, available from Afton Chemical Corporation of Richmond, Va.; Irgablube® 63, available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation of Tarrytown, N.Y.; and Durad® 125, available from Chemtura Corporation of Middlebury, Conn.
• the lubricating compositions can contain a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of the disclosed additive composition.
• a “major amount” is understood to mean greater than or equal to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the lubricating composition.
• the base oil can be present in the lubricating composition in an amount ranging from about 60 to about 99 percent by weight, and as a further example from 80 to 98 percent by weight.
• a “minor amount” is understood to mean less than 50% by weight, for example 0.005 to about 49%, and as a further example from about 1 to about 30% by weight relative to the total amount of the lubricant composition.
• the lubricating composition can comprise a phosphorous content ranging from about 100 to about 1000 parts per million, for example from about 300 to about 700 parts per million, and as a further example from about 400 to about 500 parts per million.
• the lubricant compositions of this disclosure can be based on natural or synthetic oils, or blends thereof, provided the lubricant has a suitable viscosity for use in lubricant composition, such as hydraulic applications.
• the base oil can have a viscosity in the range of ISO 10 to ISO 460, and for example from ISO 22 to ISO 150. Suitable oils also can have a grade of ISO 32, 46, and 68.
• Mineral oils include animal oils and vegetable oils (e.g., castor oil, lard oil) as well as other mineral lubricating oils such as liquid petroleum oils and solvent treated or acid-treated mineral lubricating oils of the paraffinic, naphthenic or mixed paraffinic-naphthenic types. Oils derived from coal or shale are also suitable. Further, oils derived from a gas-to-liquid process are also suitable.
• Non-limiting examples of synthetic oils include hydrocarbon oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins (e.g., polybutylenes, polypropylenes, propylene isobutylene copolymers, etc.); polyalphaolefins such as poly(1-hexenes), poly-(1-octenes), poly(1-decenes), etc.
• hydrocarbon oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins (e.g., polybutylenes, polypropylenes, propylene isobutylene copolymers, etc.); polyalphaolefins such as poly(1-hexenes), poly-(1-octenes), poly(1-decenes), etc.
• alkylbenzenes e.g., dodecylbenzenes, tetradecylbenzenes, di-nonylbenzenes, di-(2-ethylhexyl)benzenes, etc.
• polyphenyls e.g., biphenyls, terphenyl, alkylated polyphenyls, etc.
• Alkylene oxide polymers and interpolymers and derivatives thereof where the terminal hydroxyl groups have been modified by esterification, etherification, etc. constitute another class of known synthetic oils that can be used.
• Such oils are exemplified by the oils prepared through polymerization of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, the alkyl and aryl ethers of these polyoxyalkylene polymers (e.g., methyl-polyisopropylene glycol ether having an average molecular weight of about 1000, diphenyl ether of polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of about 500-1000, diethyl ether of polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of about 1000-1500, etc.) or mono- and polycarboxylic esters thereof, for example, the acetic acid esters, mixed C 3-8 fatty acid esters, or the C 13 Oxo acid diester of tetraethylene glycol.
• esters of dicarboxylic acids e.g., phthalic acid, succinic acid, alkyl succinic acids, alkenyl succinic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic acid dimer, malonic acid, alkyl malonic acids, alkenyl malonic acids, etc.
• alcohols e.g., butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoether, propylene glycol, etc.
• these esters include dibutyl adipate, di(2-ethylhexyl)sebacate, di-n-hexyl fumarate, dioctyl sebacate, diisooctyl azelate, diisodecy
• Esters useful as synthetic oils also include those made from C 5-12 monocarboxylic acids and polyols and polyol ethers such as neopentyl glycol, trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, tripentaerythritol, etc.
• the base oil used which can be used to make the compositions as described herein can be selected from any of the base oils in Groups I-V as specified in the American Petroleum Institute (API) Base Oil Interchangeability Guidelines.
• Such base oil groups are as follows:
• Group I contain less than 90% saturates and/or greater than 0.03% sulfur and have a viscosity index greater than or equal to 80 and less than 120;
• Group II contain greater than or equal to 90% saturates and less than or equal to 0.03% sulfur and have a viscosity index greater than or equal to 80 and less than 120;
• Group III contain greater than or equal to 90% saturates and less than or equal to 0.03% sulfur and have a viscosity index greater than or equal to 120;
• Group IV are polyalphaolefins (PAO); and
• Group V include all other basestocks not included in Group I, II, III or IV.
• test methods used in defining the above groups are ASTM D2007 for saturates; ASTM D2270 for viscosity index; and one of ASTM D2622, 4294, 4927 and 3120 for sulfur.
• Group IV basestocks i.e. polyalphaolefins (PAO) include hydrogenated oligomers of an alpha-olefin, the most important methods of oligomerisation being free radical processes, Ziegler catalysis, and cationic, Friedel-Crafts catalysis.
• PAO polyalphaolefins
• the polyalphaolefins typically have viscosities in the range of 2 to 100 cSt at 100° C., for example 4 to 8 cSt at 100° C. They can, for example, be oligomers of branched or straight chain alpha-olefins having from about 2 to about 30 carbon atoms, non-limiting examples include polypropenes, polyisobutenes, poly-1-butenes, poly-1-hexenes, poly-1-octenes and poly-1-decene. Included are homopolymers, interpolymers and mixtures.
• Basestocks suitable for use herein can be made using a variety of different processes including but not limited to distillation, solvent refining, hydrogen processing oligomerisation, esterification, and re-refining.
• the base oil can be an oil derived from Fischer-Tropsch synthesized hydrocarbons.
• Fischer-Tropsch synthesized hydrocarbons can be made from synthesis gas containing H 2 and CO using a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.
• Such hydrocarbons typically require further processing in order to be useful as the base oil.
• the hydrocarbons can be hydroisomerized using processes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,103,099 or 6,180,575; hydrocracked and hydroisomerized using processes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,943,672 or 6,096,940; dewaxed using processes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,505; or hydroisomerized and dewaxed using processes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,013,171; U.S. Pat. No. 6,080,301; or U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,949.
• Unrefined, refined and rerefined oils either mineral or synthetic (as well as mixtures of two or more of any of these) of the type disclosed hereinabove can be used in the base oils.
• Unrefined oils are those obtained directly from a mineral or synthetic source without further purification treatment.
• a shale oil obtained directly from retorting operations a petroleum oil obtained directly from primary distillation or ester oil obtained directly from an esterification process and used without further treatment would be an unrefined oil.
• Refined oils are similar to the unrefined oils except they have been further treated in one or more purification steps to improve one or more properties.
• Rerefined oils are obtained by processes similar to those used to obtain refined oils applied to refined oils which have been already used in service. Such rerefined oils are also known as reclaimed or reprocessed oils and often are additionally processed by techniques directed to removal of spent additives, contaminants, and oil breakdown products.
• Gas to liquid (GTL) hydrocarbons such as gasoline fraction, kerosene fraction, and light oil fraction, can also be used as base oils.
• the lubricant compositions of this disclosure can further comprise thermally unstable phosphorus-containing antiwear additives as secondary antiwear agents, so long as such additives are present in an amount that does not contribute to sludge formation, such as from about 1 to about 500 parts per million, for example from about 150 to about 300 parts per million.
• the thermally unstable antiwear additives can be thermally unstable metal-free antiwear agents.
• the thermally unstable metal-free antiwear agent is a thermally unstable dithiophosphate prepared by reacting a dithiophosphoric acid with an alkenoic acid or an amine salt of sulfurized phosphate; and mixtures thereof.
• the disclosed lubricant compositions can comprise optional additional additives known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
• optional additional additives include antioxidants, dispersants, detergents, rust inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, demulsifiers, and supplemental viscosity index improvers.
• the optional additional additives can be present in the disclosed compositions in any effective amount, which can readily be determined by one of ordinary skill in the art.
• the lubricating compositions disclosed herein can be multigrade lubricating compositions. In another aspect, the lubricating compositions can be monograde lubricating compositions. In an embodiment, the lubricant compositions can be functional fluids for power transmission applications, such as a hydraulic fluid for use in hydraulic machines.
• hydraulic machine herein is meant any pump, machine, device having a hydraulic system and in which a lubrication system can be employed to improve the functional life of the machine.
• the lubricant compositions disclosed herein can be used in vane-, piston-, and gear-type pumps of mobile and stationary hydraulic equipment, including in environmentally sensitive areas.
• Typical machines can include cars, paper machine circulating systems, dryer bearings, calendar stacks, and turbines.
• a method of improving the thermal stability of a lubricating composition comprising formulating the lubricating composition comprising a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of the disclosed additive composition is disclosed.
• a method of lubricating a hydraulic machine having a lubrication system comprising adding to the lubrication system the disclosed lubricating composition is also disclosed.
• a method of controlling sludge formation in a lubricating composition comprising providing a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of the disclosed lubricant additive composition.
• a lubricating composition such as a hydraulic fluid, was formulated with the treat rates as shown in Table 1 and subjected to the FZG test.
• HiTEC® 511, Irgalube 63 and Irgalube 353 are liquid ashless dithiophosphates from Afton Chemical Corporation and from Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation.
• HiTEC® 833 is an amine salt of sulfurized phosphate and is available from Afton Chemical Corporation.
• An additive composition such as a hydraulic fluid additive, was formulated with the treat rates as described in Table 2a below.
• Irgalube® 353 is the reaction product of dithiophosphoric acid and acrylic or methacrylic acid and is available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation of Tarrytown, N.Y.
• Durad® 125 is a tricresylphosphate, available from Chemtura Corporation of Middlebury, Conn.
• the antiwear additives were added at treat level to give 500 ppm of phosphorous in the finished oil approximately. All antiwear additives were tested in the same formulation containing corrosion inhibitors, rust inhibitors, detergents, dispersant and demulsfiers.
• Examples 7 and 8 demonstrated sludge contents of 221.29 mg and 76.26 mg, respectively, thereby demonstrating poor thermal stability.
• Examples 4, 5, 9, and 10 demonstrated sludge contents of 5.07 mg, 0.93 mg, 0.44 mg, and 1.18 mg, respectively, thereby demonstrating good thermal stability.
• Examples 7 and 8 demonstrated copper rod ratings of 6, whereas examples 4, 5, 9, and 10 demonstrated lower copper rod ratings of 2 and 5.
• the corrosion and sludge formation properties of the composition were also determined using the Nippon Oil Color Test (NOC) Test.
• the method is as follows: A 50 mL beaker is filled with 45 g of the composition. Iron and copper coil catalysts (use for ASTM D 943) are added to the beaker. The beaker is stored at 135° C. for 210 hours. Thereafter, the beaker is removed and analyzed for color (ASTM D 1500) and sludge content. Low color results score less than 5.0 and acceptable sludge results are less than 10 milligrams of sludge after 210 hours of oil aging. Results are shown in Table 3 below.
• Example 4 demonstrated acceptable color and sludge results at high treat rates.
• Example 6 demonstrated acceptable color and sludge at a low treat rate
• the same antiwear agent demonstrated poor color and sludge results at a high treat rate.
• Example 7 demonstrated an unacceptable color rating of 8 and 155.31 mg of sludge, clearly exceeding the maximum sludge content.
• Example 8 also demonstrated a high color rating of 7 (and thus poor color results) at a high treat rate.
• the thermally stable, zinc-free, phosphorous-containing antiwear agents disclosed herein have improved corrosion properties and reduced sludge formation properties at high treat rates, as compared to thermally unstable antiwear systems at high treat rates.
• the filterability of the lubricant composition was also evaluated using the ISO 13357 Filtration Test (Filtration Test).
• the test method is as follows: For the dry phase of the test, the sample is mixed for one minute at 30 times to the snap. For the wet phase of the test, the sample is mixed and allowed to stand for 24 hours. 350 mL of the sample is then mixed with 0.7 mL Analar water (0.2% v/v) and placed in an oven for 2 hours at 70° C. The sample is removed from the oven and stirred at 1500 rpm for 5 minutes. The sample is returned to the oven for 70 hours, removed from the oven, and placed in a dark cupboard for 24 hours. The sample is removed from the cupboard and mixed for one minute at 30 times to the snap.
• a 0.8 ⁇ m filter Prior to filtering, a 0.8 ⁇ m filter is preheated for 10 minutes at 70° C. and wetted with the sample composition.
• the sample composition is filtered through the filter under positive pressures of 1 bar (ISO viscosity grades 32 and 46) and 2 bar (ISO viscosity grades 68 and 100). This method is conducted in triplicate, and the results of the runs are averaged.
• Filterability is expressed as a dimensionless number which is a ratio (expressed as a percentage) between volumes (Stage 1) or flow rates (Stage 2) at specified intervals during the test. During Stage 1, filterability is calculated as a ratio (expressed as a percentage) between 240 mL and the volume of oil actually filtered at the time that 240 mL would have theoretically taken to filter with no plugging of the filter media. Good filterability indicates that the composition is unlikely to give performance problems in use, unless fine systems filters are being used.
• filterability is calculated as a ratio (expressed as a percentage) between the flow rate near the start of filtration (between 10 mL and 50 mL) and the flow rate near the end of filtration (between 200 mL and 300 mL).
• Stage 2 is considered the more severe part of the test, as it is sensitive to the presence of gels and fine silts in the lubricating composition. Good filterability indicates that the composition is unlikely to give filtration problems even in the most extreme conditions.
• Stage 1 DRY 80% 60% WET 70% 50%
• Examples 4, and 5 demonstrated acceptable Stage 1 and Stage 2 values during both the dry and wet phases of the Filtration Test.
• Examples 9 and 10 also demonstrated acceptable Stage 1 and Stage 2 results during the dry phases, and
• Example 9 demonstrated acceptable Stage 1 during the wet phases.
• thermally unstable antiwear systems do not give acceptable values at high treat rates, as can be seen in Examples 7 and 8.
• Example 7 failed the wet phase, Stage 1 and Stage 2 minimum requirements.
• Example 8 failed both stages of the wet and dry phases, except dry phase, Stage 1. Therefore, it can be seen that lubricating compositions comprising the thermally stable, zinc-free, phosphorous-containing antiwear agents disclosed herein at low and high treat rates are unlikely to give filtration problems, even in the most extreme conditions, as compared to thermally unstable antiwear systems.

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