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Definitions

• the disclosed technology relates to lubricants for internal combustion engines, particularly those for spark-ignited direct injection engines.
• gasoline was port-fuel injected (PFI), that is, injected through the air intake and entering the combustion chamber via the air intake valve.
• PFI port-fuel injected
• GDI Gasoline direct injection
• the internal combustion engine may exhibit abnormal combustion.
• Abnormal combustion in a spark-initiated internal combustion engine may be understood as an uncontrolled explosion occurring in the combustion chamber as a result of ignition of combustible elements therein by a source other than the igniter.
• Pre-ignition may be understood as an abnormal form of combustion resulting from ignition of the air-fuel mixture prior to ignition by the igniter. Anytime the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is ignited prior to ignition by the igniter, such may be understood as pre-ignition.
• pre-ignition has occurred during high speed operation of an engine when a particular point within the combustion chamber of a cylinder may become hot enough during high speed operation of the engine to effectively function as a glow plug (e.g. overheated spark plug tip, overheated burr of metal) to provide a source of ignition which causes the air-fuel mixture to ignite before ignition by the igniter.
• a glow plug e.g. overheated spark plug tip, overheated burr of metal
• Such pre-ignition may be more commonly referred to as hot-spot pre-ignition, and may be inhibited by simply locating the hot spot and eliminating it.
• LSPI low-speed pre-ignition
• the disclosed technology provides a method for reducing, inhibiting, or even eliminating LSPI events in direct injection engines by operating the engines with a lubricant that contains an ashless dispersant.
• the disclosed technology provides a method for reducing low speed pre-ignition events in a spark-ignited direct injection internal combustion engine comprising supplying to the sump a lubricant composition which contains an oil of lubricating viscosity and an ashless dispersant.
• the ashless dispersant may be a polyisobutylene succinimide compound.
• the invention provides a method for reducing low speed pre-ignition events in a spark-ignited direct injection internal combustion engine comprising supplying to the engine a lubricant composition comprising a base oil of lubricating viscosity and an ashless dispersant.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the engine is operated under a load with a break mean effective pressure (BMEP) of greater than or equal to 10 bars.
• BMEP break mean effective pressure
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which wherein the engine is operated at speeds less than or equal to 3,000 rpm.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the engine is fueled with a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, a liquid non-hydrocarbon fuel, or mixtures thereof.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the engine is fueled by natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), or mixtures thereof.
• natural gas liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), or mixtures thereof.
• LPG liquefied petroleum gas
• CNG compressed natural gas
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the ashless dispersant is a polyalkenyl dispersant derived from acylated polyisobutylene.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the ashless dispersant comprises a polyisobutylene succinimide compound.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the polyisobutylene succinimide compound is prepared from an amine comprising one or more of aliphatic polyamines, aromatic amines, polyether amines, and mixtures thereof.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the acylated polyisobutylene is prepared by a chlorine process, a thermal process, a free radical polymerization process, or combinations thereof.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the lubricant composition further includes at least one other additive selected from an ashless antioxidant, a metal containing overbased detergent, a phosphorus-containing anti-wear additive, a friction modifier, and a polymeric viscosity modifier.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the ashless antioxidant is derived from a 2,6-dialkyl phenol.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the ashless antioxidant is a diarylamine compound.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the ashless dispersant is present in an amount from 1.0 to 6.5 weight percent of the lubricant composition.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the lubricating composition includes at least 50 weight % of Group II base oil, Group III base oil, or mixtures thereof.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which the low speed pre-ignition events are reduced to less than 20 LSPI events per 100,000 combustion events.
• the invention further provides a method as described herein in which there is a reduction in the number of LSPI events of at least 10 percent.
• a low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) event may occur in the engine.
• a LSPI event may consist of one or more LSPI combustion cycles, and generally consists of multiple LSPI combustion cycles which occur in a consecutive fashion or alternating fashion with normal combustion cycles in between.
• LSPI may result from a combustion of oil droplet(s), or a droplet(s) of oil-fuel mixture, or combinations thereof, which may accumulate, for example, in the top land crevices volume of a piston, or the piston ring-land and ring-groove crevices.
• the lubricant oil may be transferred from below the oil control ring to the piston top land area due to unusual piston ring movements.
• in-cylinder pressures dynamics compression and firing pressures
• in-cylinder pressures dynamics compression and firing pressures
• LSPI which may be accompanied by subsequent detonation and/or severe engine knock, can cause severe damage to the engine very quickly (often within 1 to 5 engine cycles).
• Engine knock may occur with LSPI given that, after the normal spark from the igniter is provided, multiple flames may be present.
• the present invention aims to provide a method for inhibiting or reducing LSPI events, the method involving supplying to the engine a lubricant composition comprising an ashless dispersant.
• the engine is operated at speeds between 500 rpm and 3000 rpm, or 800 rpm to 2800 rpm, or even 1000 rpm to 2600 rpm. Additionally, the engine may be operated with a break mean effective pressure of 10 bars to 30 bars, or 12 bars to 24 bars.
• the method of the invention is such that there are less than 20 LSPI events per 100,000 combustion events or less than 10 LSPI events per 100.000 combustion events. In one embodiment, there may be less than 5 LSPI events per 100.000 combustion events, less than 3 LSPI events per 100.000 combustion events; or there may be 0 LSPI events per 100.000 combustion events.
• the method of the invention provides a reduction in the number of LSPI events of at least 10 percent, or at least 20 percent, or at least 30 percent, or at least 50 percent.
• the method of the present invention involves operating a spark-ignited internal combustion engine.
• the composition of the fuel may impact LSPI events.
• the fuel may comprise a fuel which is liquid at ambient temperature and is useful in fueling a spark ignited engine, a fuel which is gaseous at ambient temperatures, or combinations thereof.
• the liquid fuel is normally a liquid at ambient conditions e.g., room temperature (20 to 30° C.).
• the fuel can be a hydrocarbon fuel, a nonhydrocarbon fuel, or a mixture thereof.
• the hydrocarbon fuel may be a gasoline as defined by ASTM specification D4814.
• the fuel is a gasoline, and in other embodiments the fuel is a leaded gasoline, or a nonleaded gasoline.
• the non-hydrocarbon fuel can be an oxygen containing composition, often referred to as an oxygenate, to include an alcohol, an ether, a ketone, an ester of a carboxylic acid, a nitroalkane, or a mixture thereof.
• the nonhydrocarbon fuel can include for example methanol, ethanol, methyl t-butyl ether, methyl ethyl ketone, transesterified oils and/or fats from plants and animals such as rapeseed methyl ester and soybean methyl ester, and nitromethane.
• Mixtures of hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon fuels can include, for example, gasoline and methanol and/or ethanol.
• the liquid fuel is a mixture of gasoline and ethanol, wherein the ethanol content is at least 5 volume percent of the fuel composition, or at least 10 volume percent of the composition, or at least 15 volume percent, or 15 to 85 volume percent of the composition. In one embodiment, the liquid fuel contains less than 15% by volume ethanol content, less than 10% by volume ethanol content, less than 5% ethanol content by volume, or is substantially free of (i.e. less than 0.5% by volume) of ethanol.
• the fuel can have a sulfur content on a weight basis that is 5000 ppm or less, 1000 ppm or less, 300 ppm or less, 200 ppm or less, 30 ppm or less, or 10 ppm or less. In another embodiment, the fuel can have a sulfur content on a weight basis of 1 to 100 ppm.
• the fuel contains about 0 ppm to about 1000 ppm, about 0 to about 500 ppm, about 0 to about 100 ppm, about 0 to about 50 ppm, about 0 to about 25 ppm, about 0 to about 10 ppm, or about 0 to 5 ppm of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals or mixtures thereof. In another embodiment the fuel contains 1 to 10 ppm by weight of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals or mixtures thereof.
• the gaseous fuel is normally a gas at ambient conditions e.g., room temperature (20 to 30° C.).
• Suitable gas fuels include natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), or mixtures thereof.
• the engine is fueled with natural gas.
• the fuel compositions of the present invention can further comprise one or more performance additives.
• Performance additives can be added to a fuel composition depending on several factors, including the type of internal combustion engine and the type of fuel being used in that engine, the quality of the fuel, and the service conditions under which the engine is being operated.
• the performance additives are free of nitrogen.
• the additional performance additives may contain nitrogen.
• the performance additives can include an antioxidant such as a hindered phenol or derivative thereof and/or a diarylamine or derivative thereof; a corrosion inhibitor such as an alkenylsuccinic acid; and/or a detergent/dispersant additive, such as a polyetheramine or nitrogen containing detergent, including but not limited to polyisobutylene (PIB) amine dispersants, Mannich detergents, succinimide dispersants, and their respective quaternary ammonium salts.
• an antioxidant such as a hindered phenol or derivative thereof and/or a diarylamine or derivative thereof
• a corrosion inhibitor such as an alkenylsuccinic acid
• a detergent/dispersant additive such as a polyetheramine or nitrogen containing detergent, including but not limited to polyisobutylene (PIB) amine dispersants, Mannich detergents, succinimide dispersants, and their respective quaternary ammonium salts.
• PIB polyisobutylene
• the performance additives may also include a cold flow improver, such as an esterified copolymer of maleic anhydride and styrene and/or a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate; a foam inhibitor, such as a silicone fluid; a demulsifier such as a polyoxyalkylene and/or an alkyl polyether alcohol; a lubricity agent such as a fatty carboxylic acid, ester and/or amide derivatives of fatty carboxylic acids, or ester and/or amide derivatives of hydrocarbyl substituted succinic anhydrides; a metal deactivator, such as an aromatic triazole or derivative thereof, including but not limited to a benzotriazole such as tolytriazole; and/or a valve seat recession additive, such as an alkali metal sulfosuccinate salt.
• a cold flow improver such as an esterified copolymer of maleic anhydride and styrene and/or a cop
• the additives may also include a biocide, an antistatic agent, a deicer, a fluidizer, such as a mineral oil and/or a poly(alpha-olefin) and/or a polyether, and a combustion improver, such as an octane or cetane improver.
• a biocide such as a biocide, an antistatic agent, a deicer, a fluidizer, such as a mineral oil and/or a poly(alpha-olefin) and/or a polyether, and a combustion improver, such as an octane or cetane improver.
• a fluidizer such as a mineral oil and/or a poly(alpha-olefin) and/or a polyether
• a combustion improver such as an octane or cetane improver.
• the fluidizer may be a polyetheramine or a polyether compound.
• the polyetheramine can be represented by the formula R[—OCH 2 CH(R 1 )] n A, where R is a hydrocarbyl group, R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl groups of 1 to 16 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, n is a number from 2 to about 50, and A is selected from the group consisting of —OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NR 2 R 2 and —NR 3 R 3 , where each R 2 is independently hydrogen or hydrocarbyl, and each R 3 is independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl or —[R 4 N(R 5 )] p R 6 , where R 4 is C 2 -C 10 alkylene, R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen or hydrocarbyl, and p is a number from 1-7.
• the fluidizer can be a polyether, which can be represented by the formula R 7 O[CH 2 CH(R 8 )O] q H, where R 7 is a hydrocarbyl group, R 8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl groups of 1 to 16 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, and q is a number from 2 to about 50.
• the fluidizer can be a hydrocarbyl-terminated poly-(oxyalkylene) aminocarbamate as described U.S. Pat. No. 5,503,644.
• the fluidizer can be an alkoxylate, wherein the alkoxylate can comprise: (i) a polyether containing two or more ester terminal groups; (ii) a polyether containing one or more ester groups and one or more terminal ether groups; or (iii) a polyether containing one or more ester groups and one or more terminal amino groups, wherein a terminal group is defined as a group located within five connecting carbon or oxygen atoms from the end of the polymer. Connecting is defined as the sum of the connecting carbon and oxygen atoms in the polymer or end group.
• the performance additives which may be present in the fuel additive compositions and fuel compositions of the present invention also include di-ester, di-amide, ester-amide, and ester-imide friction modifiers prepared by reacting a dicarboxylic acid (such as tartaric acid) and/or a tricarboxylic acid (such as citric acid), with an amine and/or alcohol, optionally in the presence of a known esterification catalyst.
• a dicarboxylic acid such as tartaric acid
• a tricarboxylic acid such as citric acid
• These friction modifiers often derived from tartaric acid, citric acid, or derivatives thereof may be derived from amines and/or alcohols that are branched so that the friction modifier itself has significant amounts of branched hydrocarbyl groups present within it structure.
• suitable branched alcohols used to prepare these friction modifiers include 2-ethylhexanol, isotridecanol, Guerbet alcohols, or mixtures thereof.
• the lubricating composition comprises an oil of lubricating viscosity.
• oils include natural and synthetic oils, oil derived from hydrocracking, hydrogenation, and hydrofinishing, unrefined, refined, re-refined oils or mixtures thereof.
• a more detailed description of unrefined, refined and re-refined oils is provided in International Publication WO2008/147704, paragraphs [0054] to [0056] (a similar disclosure is provided in US Patent Publication 2010/0197536, see [0072] to [0073]).
• Synthetic oils may also be produced by Fischer-Tropsch reactions and typically may be hydroisomerized Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons or waxes. In one embodiment, oils may be prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquid synthetic procedure as well as other gas-to-liquid oils.
• Oils of lubricating viscosity may also be defined as specified in the April 2008 version of “Appendix E—API Base Oil Interchangeability Guidelines for Passenger Car Motor Oils and Diesel Engine Oils”, section 1.3 Sub-heading 1.3. “Base Stock Categories”. The API Guidelines are also summarized in U.S. Pat. No. 7,285,516 (see column 11, line 64 to column 12, line 10).
• the oil of lubricating viscosity may be an API Group II, Group III, or Group IV oil, or mixtures thereof.
• the five base oil groups are as follows:
• the amount of the oil of lubricating viscosity present is typically the balance remaining after subtracting from 100 weight % (wt %) the sum of the amount of the compound of the invention and the other performance additives.
• the lubricating composition may be in the form of a concentrate and/or a fully formulated lubricant. If the lubricating composition of the invention (comprising the additives disclosed herein) is in the form of a concentrate which may be combined with additional oil to form, in whole or in part, a finished lubricant, the ratio of the of these additives to the oil of lubricating viscosity and/or to diluent oil include the ranges of 1:99 to 99:1 by weight, or 80:20 to 10:90 by weight.
• the base oil has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. from 2 mm 2 /s (centiStokes—cSt) to 16 mm 2 /s, from 3 mm 2 /s to 10 mm 2 /s, or even from 4 mm 2 /s to 8 mm 2 /s.
• Base oil solvency may be measured as the ability of un-additized base oil to act as a solvent for polar constituents.
• base oil solvency decreases as the base oil group moves from Group I to Group IV (PAO). That is, solvency of base oil may be ranked as follows for oil of a given kinematic viscosity: Group I>Group II>Group III>Group IV.
• Base oil solvency also decreases as the viscosity increases within a base oil group; base oil of low viscosity tends to have better solvency than similar base oil of higher viscosity.
• Base oil solvency may be measured by aniline point (ASTM D611).
• the base oil comprises at least 30 wt % of Group II or Group III base oil. In another embodiment, the base oil comprises at least 60 weight % of Group II or Group III base oil, or at least 80 wt % of Group II or Group III base oil. In one embodiment, the lubricant composition comprises less than 20 wt % of Group IV (i.e. polyalphaolefin) base oil. In another embodiment, the base oil comprises less than 10 wt % of Group IV base oil. In one embodiment, the lubricating composition is substantially free of (i.e. contains less than 0.5 wt %) of Group IV base oil.
• Group IV i.e. polyalphaolefin
• Ester base fluids which are characterized as Group V oils, have high levels of solvency as a result of their polar nature. Addition of low levels (typically less than 10 wt %) of ester to a lubricating composition may significantly increase the resulting solvency of the base oil mixture.
• Esters may be broadly grouped into two categories: synthetic and natural. An ester base fluid would have a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. suitable for use in an engine oil lubricant, such as between 2 cSt and 30 cSt, or from 3 cSt to 20 cSt, or even from 4 cSt to 12 cSt.
• Synthetic esters may comprise esters of dicarboxylic acids (e.g., phthalic acid, succinic acid, alkyl succinic acids and alkenyl succinic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic acid dimer, malonic acid, alkyl malonic acids, and alkenyl malonic acids) with any of variety of monohydric alcohols (e.g., butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoether, and propylene glycol).
• dicarboxylic acids e.g., phthalic acid, succinic acid, alkyl succinic acids and alkenyl succinic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic
• esters include dibutyl adipate, di(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate, di-n-hexyl fumarate, dioctyl sebacate, diisooctyl azelate, diisodecyl azelate, dioctyl phthalate, didecyl phthalate, dieicosyl sebacate, the 2-ethylhexyl diester of linoleic acid dimer, and the complex ester formed by reacting one mole of sebacic acid with two moles of tetraethylene glycol and two moles of 2-ethylhexanoic acid.
• esters include those made from C5 to C12 monocarboxylic acids and polyols and polyol ethers such as neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, and tripentaerythritol. Esters can also be monoesters of mono-carboxylic acids and monohydric alcohols.
• Natural (or bio-derived) esters refer to materials derived from a renewable biological resource, organism, or entity, distinct from materials derived from petroleum or equivalent raw materials. Natural esters include fatty acid triglycerides, hydrolyzed or partially hydrolyzed triglycerides, or transesterified triglyceride esters, such as fatty acid methyl ester (or FAME). Suitable triglycerides include, but are not limited to, palm oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, linseed oil, and related materials. Other sources of triglycerides include, but are not limited to, algae, animal tallow, and zooplankton. Methods for producing bio-lubricants from natural triglycerides are described in, e.g., United States Patent Publication 2011/0009300A1.
• the lubricating composition comprises at least 2 wt % of an ester base fluid. In one embodiment the lubricating composition of the invention comprises at least 4 wt % of an ester base fluid, or at least 7 wt % of an ester base fluid, or even at least 10 wt % of an ester base fluid.
• Dispersants generally, are well known in the field of lubricants and include primarily what is known as ashless dispersants and polymeric dispersants. Ashless dispersants are so-called because, as supplied, they do not contain metal and thus do not normally contribute to sulfated ash when added to a lubricant. However, they may, interact with ambient metals once they are added to a lubricant which includes a metal-containing species. Ashless dispersants are characterized by a polar group attached to a relatively high molecular weight hydrocarbon chain. Typical ashless dispersants include N-substituted long chain alkenyl succinimides, having a variety of chemical structures, including those represented by Formula (I):
• each R 1 is independently an alkyl group, frequently a polyisobutylene group with a molecular weight (M n ) of 500-5000 based on the polyisobutylene precursor, and R 2 are alkylene groups, commonly ethylene (C 2 H 4 ) groups.
• Such molecules are commonly derived from reaction of an alkenyl acylating agent with a polyamine, and a wide variety of linkages between the two moieties is possible beside the simple imide structure shown above, including a variety of amides and quaternary ammonium salts.
• the amine portion is shown as an alkylene polyamine, although other aliphatic and aromatic mono- and polyamines may also be used.
• a variety of modes of linkage of the R 1 groups onto the imide structure are possible, including various cyclic linkages.
• the ratio of the carbonyl groups of the acylating agent to the nitrogen atoms of the amine may be 1:0.5 to 1:3, and in other instances 1:1 to 1:2.75 or 1:1.5 to 1:2.5.
• Succinimide dispersants are more fully described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,234,435 and 3,172,892 and in EP 0355895.
• the dispersant is prepared by a process that involves the presence of small amounts of chlorine or other halogen, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,615,521 (see, e.g., col. 4, lines 18-60 and preparative example A). Such dispersants typically have some carbocyclic structures in the attachment of the hydrocarbyl substituent to the acidic or amidic “head” group.
• the dispersant is prepared by a thermal process involving an “ene” reaction, without the use of any chlorine or other halogen, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,615,521; dispersants made in this manner are often derived from high vinylidene (i.e.
• the dispersant is prepared by free radical catalyzed polymerization of high-vinylidene polyisobutylene with an ethylenically unsaturated acylating agent, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 8,067,347.
• Dispersants may be derived from, as the polyolefin, high vinylidene polyisobutylene, that is, having greater than 50, 70, or 75% terminal vinylidene groups ( ⁇ and ⁇ isomers).
• the succinimide dispersant may be prepared by the direct alkylation route. In other embodiments it may comprise a mixture of direct alkylation and chlorine-route dispersants.
• Suitable dispersants for use in the compositions of the present invention include succinimide dispersants.
• the dispersant may be present as a single dispersant.
• the dispersant may be present as a mixture of two or three different dispersants, wherein at least one may be a succinimide dispersant.
• the succinimide dispersant may be a derivative of an aliphatic polyamine, or mixtures thereof.
• the aliphatic polyamine may be aliphatic polyamine such as an ethylenepolyamine, a propylenepolyamine, a butylenepolyamine, or mixtures thereof.
• the aliphatic polyamine may be ethylenepolyamine.
• the aliphatic polyamine may be selected from the group consisting of ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, polyamine still bottoms, and mixtures thereof.
• the succinimide dispersant may be a derivative of an aromatic amine, an aromatic polyamine, or mixtures thereof.
• the aromatic amine may be 4-aminodiphenylamine (ADPA) (also known as N-phenylphenylenediamine), derivatives of ADPA (as described in United States Patent Publications 2011/0306528 and 2010/0298185), a nitroaniline, an aminocarbazole, an amino-indazolinone, an aminopyrimidine, 4-(4-nitrophenylazo)aniline, or combinations thereof.
• ADPA 4-aminodiphenylamine
• the dispersant is derivative of an aromatic amine wherein the aromatic amine has at least three non-continuous aromatic rings.
• the succinimide dispersant may be a derivative of a polyether amine or polyether polyamine.
• Typical polyether amine compounds contain at least one ether unit and will be chain terminated with at least one amine moiety.
• the polyether polyamines can be based on polymers derived from C 2 -C 6 epoxides such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and butylene oxide. Examples of polyether polyamines are sold under the Jeffamine® brand and are commercially available from Hunstman Corporation located in Houston, Tex.
• esters Another class of ashless dispersant is high molecular weight esters. These materials are similar to the above-described succinimides except that they may be seen as having been prepared by reaction of a hydrocarbyl acylating agent and a polyhydric aliphatic alcohol such as glycerol, pentaerythritol, or sorbitol. Such materials are described in more detail in U.S. Pat. No. 3,381,022. Aromatic succinate esters may also be prepared as described in United States Patent Publication 2010/0286414.
• a succinic-based dispersant may be formed by reacting maleic anhydride or a reactive equivalent thereof, such as an acid or ester, with a hydrocarbon chain by any method such as those disclosed above (e.g., chlorine-based process or thermal process).
• Other acids or equivalents thereof may be used in place of the maleic anhydride. These include fumaric acid, itaconic acid, itaconic anhydride, citraconic acid, citaconic anhydride, and cinnamic acid as well as other ethylenically unsaturated acids such as acrylic or methacrylic acid; and their reactive equivalents.
• Mannich bases Another class of ashless dispersant is Mannich bases. These are materials which are formed by the condensation of a higher molecular weight, alkyl substituted phenol, an alkylene polyamine, and an aldehyde such as formaldehyde. Such materials may have the general structure as represented by Formula (II)
• ashless dispersants include dispersants comprising a quaternary ammonium salt.
• Quaternary ammonium salts include the reaction product of: (i) a compound comprising at least one tertiary amino group; and (ii) a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the tertiary amino group of compound (i) to a quaternary nitrogen.
• quaternary ammonium salts examples include (i) imide quaternary ammonium salts, (ii) Mannich quaternary ammonium salts, (iii) polyalkene substituted amine quaternary ammonium salts, (iv) amide quaternary ammonium salts, (v) ester quaternary ammonium salts, (vi) polyester quaternary ammonium salts, or (vii) any combination thereof.
• quaternary ammonium salts may be prepared in any number of ways but generally are prepared by reacting a non-quaternized nitrogen-containing compound with a quaternizing agent.
• Each of the different types of quaternary ammonium salts described uses a different non-quaternized nitrogen-containing compound in its preparation, but generally the non-quaternized nitrogen-containing compound contains a tertiary nitrogen capable of being quaternized (or a primary or secondary nitrogen atom that can be alkylated to a tertiary nitrogen that can then be quaternized) and a hydrocarbyl substituent group.
• the preparation and use of quaternized ammonium dispersants is described in detail in U.S. Pat. No. 7,951,211 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,906,470.
• the dispersant may also be post-treated by conventional methods by a reaction with any of a variety of agents.
• agents include boron compounds, urea, thiourea, dimercaptothiadiazoles, carbon disulfide, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbon-substituted succinic anhydrides, maleic anhydride, nitriles, epoxides, and phosphorus compounds.
• the dispersant may also exhibit basicity, as measured by Total Base Number (TBN).
• TBN may be determined by ASTM D2896. This will particularly be the case if the dispersant is prepared with an amine, such as a polyamine, and the amine contains one or more amino groups that have not reacted with acidic groups of the dispersant.
• the TBN of the dispersant may be 1 to 110, or 5 to 50, or 10 to 40 or 30 to 70.
• the dispersant may not exhibit basicity (that is, have a TBN of 0 or nearly 0).
• the dispersant has a TBN of zero as measured by D2896. Such could be the case if no basic nitrogen is present on the dispersant
• the dispersant may be present at 0.01 wt % to 20 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 15 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 8 wt %, or 1.0 wt % to 6.5 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 2.2 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• compositions of the invention may optionally comprise one or more additional performance additives.
• additional performance additives may include one or more metal deactivators, viscosity modifiers, detergents, friction modifiers, antiwear agents, corrosion inhibitors, dispersants (other than those of the invention), dispersant viscosity modifiers, extreme pressure agents, antioxidants, foam inhibitors, demulsifiers, pour point depressants, seal swelling agents, and any combination or mixture thereof.
• fully-formulated lubricating oil will contain one or more of these performance additives, and often a package of multiple performance additives.
• the invention provides a lubricating composition further comprising an antiwear agent, a dispersant viscosity modifier, a friction modifier, a viscosity modifier, an antioxidant, an overbased detergent, a dispersant (different from that of the invention), or a combination thereof, where each of the additives listed may be a mixture of two or more of that type of additive.
• the invention provides a lubricating composition further comprising an antiwear agent, a dispersant viscosity modifier, a friction modifier, a viscosity modifier (typically an olefin copolymer such as an ethylene-propylene copolymer), an antioxidant (including phenolic and aminic antioxidants), an overbased detergent (including overbased sulfonates and phenates), or a combination thereof, where each of the additives listed may be a mixture of two or more of that type of additive.
• an antiwear agent typically an olefin copolymer such as an ethylene-propylene copolymer
• an antioxidant including phenolic and aminic antioxidants
• an overbased detergent including overbased sulfonates and phenates
• antiwear agent Another additive is an antiwear agent.
• anti-wear agents include phosphorus-containing antiwear/extreme pressure agents such as metal thiophosphates, phosphoric acid esters and salts thereof, phosphorus-containing carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, and amides, and phosphites.
• a phosphorus antiwear agent may be present in an amount to deliver 0.01 to 0.2 or 0.015 to 0.15 or 0.02 to 0.1 or 0.025 to 0.08 percent phosphorus.
• the antiwear agent is a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDP).
• Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates may be described as primary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates or as secondary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates, depending on the structure of the alcohol used in its preparation.
• the compositions of the invention include primary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates.
• the compositions of the invention include secondary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates.
• the compositions of the invention include a mixture of primary and secondary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates.
• component (b) is a mixture of primary and secondary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates where the ratio of primary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates to secondary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates (one a weight basis) is at least 1:1, or even at least 1:1.2, or even at least 1:1.5 or 1:2, or 1:10. In some embodiments, component (b) is a mixture of primary and secondary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates that is at least 50 percent by weight primary, or even at least 60, 70, 80, or even 90 percent by weight primary. In some embodiments component (b) is free of primary zinc dialkyldithiophosphates.
• the phosphorus antiwear agent may be present at 0 wt % to 3 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 1.5 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 0.9 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• the invention provides a lubricating composition which further comprises ashless antioxidant.
• Ashless antioxidants may comprise one or more of arylamines, diarylamines, alkylated arylamines, alkylated diaryl amines, phenols, hindered phenols, sulfurized olefins, or mixtures thereof.
• the lubricating composition includes an antioxidant, or mixtures thereof.
• the antioxidant may be present at 0 wt % to 15 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 5 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 3 wt %, or 0.3 wt % to 1.5 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• the diarylamine or alkylated diarylamine may be a phenyl- ⁇ -naphthylamine (PANA), an alkylated diphenylamine, or an alkylated phenylnapthylamine, or mixtures thereof.
• the alkylated diphenylamine may include di-nonylated diphenylamine, nonyl diphenylamine, octyl diphenylamine, di-octylated diphenylamine, di-decylated diphenylamine, decyl diphenylamine and mixtures thereof.
• the diphenylamine may include nonyl diphenylamine, dinonyl diphenylamine, octyl diphenylamine, dioctyl diphenylamine, or mixtures thereof.
• the alkylated diphenylamine may include nonyl diphenylamine, or dinonyl diphenylamine.
• the alkylated diarylamine may include octyl, di-octyl, nonyl, di-nonyl, decyl or di-decyl phenylnapthylamines.
• the diarylamine antioxidant of the invention may be present on a weight basis of the lubrication composition at 0.1% to 10%, 0.35% to 5%, or even 0.5% to 2%.
• the phenolic antioxidant may be a simple alkyl phenol, a hindered phenol, or coupled phenolic compounds.
• the hindered phenol antioxidant often contains a secondary butyl and/or a tertiary butyl group as a sterically hindering group.
• the phenol group may be further substituted with a hydrocarbyl group (typically linear or branched alkyl) and/or a bridging group linking to a second aromatic group.
• hindered phenol antioxidants examples include 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-ethyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-propyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol or 4-butyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-dodecyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, or butyl 3-(3,5-ditert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoate.
• the hindered phenol antioxidant may be an ester and may include, e.g., IrganoxTM L-135 from Ciba.
• Coupled phenols often contain two alkylphenols coupled with alkylene groups to form bisphenol compounds.
• suitable coupled phenol compounds include 4,4′-methylene bis-(2,6-di-tert-butyl phenol), 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 2,2′-bis-(6-t-butyl-4-heptylphenol); 4,4′-bis(2,6-di-t-butyl phenol), 2,2′-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-t-butylphenol), and 2,2′-methylene bis(4-ethyl-6-t-butylphenol).
• Phenols of the invention also include polyhydric aromatic compounds and their derivatives.
• suitable polyhydric aromatic compounds include esters and amides of gallic acid, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, 3,5-dihydroxynaphthoic acid, 3,7-dihydroxy naphthoic acid, and mixtures thereof.
• the phenolic antioxidant comprises a hindered phenol.
• the hindered phenol is derived from 2,6-ditertbutyl phenol.
• the lubricating composition of the invention comprises a phenolic antioxidant in a range of 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 4 wt %, or 0.2 wt % to 3 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 2 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• Sulfurized olefins are well known commercial materials, and those which are substantially nitrogen-free, that is, not containing nitrogen functionality, are readily available.
• the olefinic compounds which may be sulfurized are diverse in nature. They contain at least one olefinic double bond, which is defined as a non-aromatic double bond; that is, one connecting two aliphatic carbon atoms. These materials generally have sulfide linkages having 1 to 10 sulfur atoms, for instance, 1 to 4, or 1 or 2.
• Ashless antioxidants may be used separately or in combination.
• two or more different antioxidants are used in combination, such that there is at least 0.1 weight percent of each of the at least two antioxidants and wherein the combined amount of the ashless antioxidants is 0.5 to 5 weight percent. In one embodiment, there may be at least 0.25 to 3 weight percent of each ashless antioxidant.
• the invention provides a lubricating composition further comprising a molybdenum compound.
• the molybdenum compound may be selected from the group consisting of molybdenum dialkyldithiophosphates, molybdenum dithiocarbamates, amine salts of molybdenum compounds, and mixtures thereof.
• the molybdenum compound may provide the lubricating composition with 0 to 1000 ppm, or 5 to 1000 ppm, or 10 to 750 ppm, or 5 ppm to 300 ppm, or 20 ppm to 250 ppm of molybdenum.
• the lubricating composition of the invention further comprises a dispersant viscosity modifier.
• the dispersant viscosity modifier may be present at 0 wt % to 5 wt %, or 0 wt % to 4 wt %, or 0.05 wt % to 2 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• Suitable dispersant viscosity modifiers include functionalized polyolefins, for example, ethylene-propylene copolymers that have been functionalized with an acylating agent such as maleic anhydride and an amine; polymethacrylates functionalized with an amine, or esterified styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers reacted with an amine. More detailed description of dispersant viscosity modifiers are disclosed in International Publication WO2006/015130 or U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,863,623; 6,107,257; 6,107,258; and 6,117,825. In one embodiment, the dispersant viscosity modifier may include those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,863,623 (see column 2, line 15 to column 3, line 52) or in International Publication WO2006/015130 (see page 2, paragraph [0008] and preparative examples are described at paragraphs [0065] to [0073]).
• the invention provides a lubricating composition further comprising a metal-containing detergent.
• the metal-containing detergent may be an overbased detergent. Overbased detergents otherwise referred to as overbased or superbased salts are characterized by a metal content in excess of that which would be necessary for neutralization according to the stoichiometry of the metal and the particular acidic organic compound reacted with the metal.
• the overbased detergent may be selected from the group consisting of non-sulfur containing phenates, sulfur containing phenates, sulfonates, salixarates, salicylates, and mixtures thereof.
• the metal-containing detergent may also include “hybrid” detergents formed with mixed surfactant systems including phenate and/or sulfonate components, e.g. phenate/salicylates, sulfonate/phenates, sulfonate/salicylates, sulfonates/phenates/salicylates, as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,429,178; 6,429,179; 6,153,565; and 6,281,179.
• phenate/salicylates e.g. phenate/salicylates, sulfonate/phenates, sulfonate/salicylates, sulfonates/phenates/salicylates, as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,429,178; 6,429,179; 6,153,565; and 6,281,179.
• hybrid detergent would be considered equivalent to amounts of distinct phenate and sulfonate detergents introducing like amounts of phenate and sulfonate soaps, respectively.
• the overbased metal-containing detergent may be sodium salts, calcium salts, magnesium salts, or mixtures thereof of the phenates, sulfur-containing phenates, sulfonates, salixarates and salicylates. Overbased phenates and salicylates typically have a total base number of 180 to 450 TBN. Overbased sulfonates typically have a total base number of 250 to 600, or 300 to 500. Overbased detergents are known in the art. In one embodiment, the sulfonate detergent may be predominantly a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate detergent having a metal ratio of at least 8 as is described in paragraphs [0026] to [0037] of US Patent Publication 2005065045 (and granted as U.S. Pat. No.
• the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate detergent may be particularly useful for assisting in improving fuel economy.
• the linear alkyl group may be attached to the benzene ring anywhere along the linear chain of the alkyl group, but often in the 2, 3 or 4 position of the linear chain, and in some instances, predominantly in the 2 position, resulting in the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate detergent.
• Overbased detergents are known in the art.
• the overbased detergent may be present at 0 wt % to 15 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %, or 0.2 wt % to 8 wt %, or 0.2 wt % to 3 wt %.
• the detergent in a heavy duty diesel engine, may be present at 2 wt % to 3 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• the detergent may be present at 0.2 wt % to 1 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• Metal-containing detergents contribute sulfated ash to a lubricating composition.
• Sulfated ash may be determined by ASTM D874.
• the lubricating composition of the invention comprises a metal-containing detergent in an amount to deliver at least 0.4 weight percent sulfated ash to the total composition.
• the metal-containing detergent is present in an amount to deliver at least 0.6 weight percent sulfated ash, or at least 0.75 weight percent sulfated ash, or even at least 0.9 weight percent sulfated ash to the lubricating composition.
• the invention provides a lubricating composition further comprising a friction modifier.
• friction modifiers include long chain fatty acid derivatives of amines, fatty esters, or epoxides; fatty imidazolines such as condensation products of carboxylic acids and polyalkylene-polyamines; amine salts of alkylphosphoric acids; fatty alkyl tartrates; fatty alkyl tartrimides; or fatty alkyl tartramides.
• fatty as used herein, can mean having a C8-22 linear alkyl group.
• Friction modifiers may also encompass materials such as sulfurized fatty compounds and olefins, molybdenum dialkyldithiophosphates, molybdenum dithiocarbamates, sunflower oil or monoester of a polyol and an aliphatic carboxylic acid.
• the friction modifier may be selected from the group consisting of long chain fatty acid derivatives of amines, long chain fatty esters, or long chain fatty epoxides; fatty imidazolines; amine salts of alkylphosphoric acids; fatty alkyl tartrates; fatty alkyl tartrimides; and fatty alkyl tartramides.
• the friction modifier may be present at 0 wt % to 6 wt %, or 0.05 wt % to 4 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of the lubricating composition.
• the friction modifier may be a long chain fatty acid ester.
• the long chain fatty acid ester may be a mono-ester or a diester or a mixture thereof, and in another embodiment the long chain fatty acid ester may be a triglyceride.
• corrosion inhibitors include those described in paragraphs 5 to 8 of US Application US05/038319, published as WO2006/047486, octyl octanamide, condensation products of dodecenyl succinic acid or anhydride and a fatty acid such as oleic acid with a polyamine.
• the corrosion inhibitors include the Synalox® (a registered trademark of The Dow Chemical Company) corrosion inhibitor.
• the Synalox® corrosion inhibitor may be a homopolymer or copolymer of propylene oxide.
• the Synalox® corrosion inhibitor is described in more detail in a product brochure with Form No. 118-01453-0702 AMS, published by The Dow Chemical Company.
• the product brochure is entitled “SYNALOX Lubricants, High-Performance Polyglycols for Demanding Applications.”
• the lubricating composition may further include metal deactivators, including derivatives of benzotriazoles (typically tolyltriazole), dimercaptothiadiazole derivatives, 1,2,4-triazoles, benzimidazoles, 2-alkyldithiobenzimidazoles, or 2-alkyldithiobenzothiazoles; foam inhibitors, including copolymers of ethyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexylacrylate and copolymers of ethyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexylacrylate and vinyl acetate; demulsifiers including trialkyl phosphates, polyethylene glycols, polyethylene oxides, polypropylene oxides and (ethylene oxide-propylene oxide) polymers; and pour point depressants, including esters of maleic anhydride-styrene, polymethacrylates, polyacrylates or polyacrylamides.
• metal deactivators including derivatives of benzotriazoles (typically tolyltri
• Pour point depressants that may be useful in the compositions of the invention further include polyalphaolefins, esters of maleic anhydride-styrene, poly(meth)acrylates, polyacrylates or polyacrylamides.
• the present invention provides a surprising ability to prevent damage to an engine in operation due to pre-ignition events resulting from direct gasoline injection into the combustion chamber. This is accomplished while maintaining fuel economy performance, low sulfated ash levels, and other limitations, required by increasingly stringent government regulations.
• the invention provides for a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising supplying to the internal combustion engine a lubricating composition as disclosed herein.
• the lubricant is added to the lubricating system of the internal combustion engine, which then delivers the lubricating composition to the critical parts of the engine, during its operation, that require lubrication.
• the lubricating compositions described above may be utilized in an internal combustion engine.
• the engine components may have a surface of steel or aluminum (typically a surface of steel), and may also be coated for example with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating.
• DLC diamond-like carbon
• An aluminum surface may be comprised of an aluminum alloy that may be a eutectic or hyper-eutectic aluminum alloy (such as those derived from aluminum silicates, aluminum oxides, or other ceramic materials).
• the aluminum surface may be present on a cylinder bore, cylinder block, or piston ring having an aluminum alloy, or aluminum composite.
• the internal combustion engine may be fitted with an emission control system or a turbocharger.
• emission control system examples include diesel particulate filters (DPF), or systems employing selective catalytic reduction (SCR).
• the internal combustion engine of the present invention is distinct from a gas turbine.
• individual combustion events translate from a linear reciprocating force into a rotational torque through the rod and crankshaft.
• a gas turbine which may also be referred to as a jet engine
• a continuous combustion process generates a rotational torque continuously without translation, and can also develop thrust at the exhaust outlet.
• the lubricant composition for an internal combustion engine may be suitable for any engine lubricant irrespective of the sulfur, phosphorus or sulfated ash (ASTM D-874) content.
• the sulfur content of the engine oil lubricant may be 1 wt % or less, or 0.8 wt % or less, or 0.5 wt % or less, or 0.3 wt % or less. In one embodiment, the sulfur content may be in the range of 0.001 wt % to 0.5 wt %, or 0.01 wt % to 0.3 wt %.
• the phosphorus content may be 0.2 wt % or less, or 0.12 wt % or less, or 0.1 wt % or less, or 0.085 wt % or less, or 0.08 wt % or less, or even 0.06 wt % or less, 0.055 wt % or less, or 0.05 wt % or less.
• the phosphorus content may be 100 ppm to 1000 ppm, or 200 ppm to 600 ppm.
• the total sulfated ash content may be 2 wt % or less, or 1.5 wt % or less, or 1.1 wt % or less, or 1 wt % or less, or 0.8 wt % or less, or 0.5 wt % or less, or 0.4 wt % or less.
• the sulfated ash content may be 0.05 wt % to 0.9 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 0.2 wt % or to 0.45 wt %.
• the lubricating composition may be an engine oil, wherein the lubricating composition may be characterized as having at least one of (i) a sulfur content of 0.5 wt % or less, (ii) a phosphorus content of 0.1 wt % or less, (iii) a sulfated ash content of 1.5 wt % or less, or combinations thereof.
• a series of 5W-20 engine lubricants in Group II base oil of lubricating viscosity are prepared containing the ashless dispersant additives described above as well as conventional additives including polymeric viscosity modifier, overbased detergents, antioxidants (combination of phenolic ester and diarylamine), zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), as well as other performance additives as set forth in Table 1.
• the phosphorus, sulfur and ash contents of each of the examples are also presented in the Table in part to show that each example has a similar amount of these materials and so provide a proper comparison between the comparative and invention examples.
• Ca Detergent is one or more overbased calcium alkylbenzene sulfonic acid with TBN at least 300 and metal ratio at least 10 4
• the Additional Additives used in the examples include friction modifiers, pourpoint depressants, anti-foam agents, corrosion inhibitors, and includes some amount of diluent oil.
• Low Speed Pre-Ignition events are measured in two engines, a Ford 2.0L Ecoboost engine and a GM 2.0L Ecotec. Both of these engines are turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines.
• the Ford Ecoboost engine is operated in two stages. In the first stage, the engine is operated at 1500 rpm and 14.4 bar break mean effective pressure (BMEP). During the second stage, the engine is operated at 1750 rpm and 17.0 bar BMEP. The engine is run for 25,000 combustion cycles in each stage, and LSPI events are counted.
• the GM Ecotec engine is operated at 2000 rpm and 22.0 bar BMEP with an oil sump temperature of 100° C.
• the test consists of nine phases of 15,000 combustion cycles with each phase separated by an idle period. Thus combustion events are counted over 135,000 combustion cycles.
• LSPI events are determined by monitoring peak cylinder pressure (PP) and mass fraction burn (MFB) of the fuel charge in the cylinder. When both criteria are met, it is determined that an LSPI event has occurred.
• the threshold for peak cylinder pressure is typically 9,000 to 10,000 kPa.
• the threshold for MFB is typically such that at least 2% of the fuel charge is burned late, i.e. 5.5 degrees After Top Dead Center (ATDC).
• LSPI events can be reported as events per 100,000 combustion cycles, events per cycle, and/or combustion cycles per event.
• the data indicates that LSPI events are reduced as the treat rate of dispersant is reduced.
• hydrocarbyl substituent or “hydrocarbyl group” 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 the molecule and having predominantly hydrocarbon character.
• hydrocarbyl groups include:
• Heteroatoms include sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and encompass substituents as pyridyl, furyl, thienyl and imidazolyl.
• substituents as pyridyl, furyl, thienyl and imidazolyl.
• no more than two, preferably no more than one, non-hydrocarbon substituent will be present for every ten carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl group; typically, there will be no non-hydrocarbon substituents in the hydrocarbyl group.

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