US2992083A - Liquid hydrocarbon power fuel containing cyanoalkylpolysiloxanes as foam depressors - Google Patents

Liquid hydrocarbon power fuel containing cyanoalkylpolysiloxanes as foam depressors Download PDF

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US2992083A
US2992083A US852219A US85221959A US2992083A US 2992083 A US2992083 A US 2992083A US 852219 A US852219 A US 852219A US 85221959 A US85221959 A US 85221959A US 2992083 A US2992083 A US 2992083A
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    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07FACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
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    • C10PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10LFUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
    • C10L1/00Liquid carbonaceous fuels
    • C10L1/10Liquid carbonaceous fuels containing additives
    • C10L1/14Organic compounds
    • C10L1/28Organic compounds containing silicon
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B3/00Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition
    • F02B3/06Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition

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  • the present invention relates to fuel compositions and more particularly to hydrocarbon fuel compositions having reduced foaming properties. Specifically, the present invention relates to the incorporation of certain cyanoal- 'kyl-substituted siloxanes as foam inhibitors in hydrocarbon power fuel com-positions to reduce the foaming tendency of such compositions and to the resulting fuel compositions containing such foam inhibitiors.
  • liquid hydrocarbons particullarly low vapor pressure fuels
  • froth and foam when agitated in the presence of air or gases.
  • the volume of foam or froth produced isniany times the initial volume 'of the liquid hydrocarbon.
  • various conventional antifoam agents such as polyglycols and morpholine, have been used in hydrocarbons with varying degrees of success and liquid organopolysiloxanes have been used inliquid hydrocarbons including oils with good results.
  • cyanoa-lkyl polysiloxanes corresponding to the following average formula are highly effective as foam inhibitors when added to hydrocarbon power fuel compositions, such as internal combustion and jet fuel compositionsi wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group and a halogenated monavalent hydrocarbon group such as aryl, particularly phenyl, chlorophenyl, tolyl, diphenyl, napht-hyl, etc.; aliphatic such as alkyl, chloroalkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl, particularly methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, chlorobutyl, pentyl, vinyl, allyl, butenyl, propynyl, butynyl, and wherein R is preferably a lower alkyl, such as methyl, and wherein m is an integer equalto from 1 to 5 and is preferably 2, and wherein a is equal to 0.001 to 1.0, and
  • a particularly preferred group of the above described cyanoalkyl polysiloxane antifoam agents of the present invention comprises polysiloxanes wherein the range of cyanoalkyl groups or a is between about .05 to'.99 and b is between about 1.01 to 1.98.
  • the cyanoalkyl polysiloxanes of the present invention have also proved to be superior to the conventional organopolysiloxane fluids as foam depressors for hydrocarbon power fuels, including spark ignition fuels, such as aviation fuels, and jet ignit-ion fuels.
  • Classification JP-4-low vapor pressure type, wide cut gasoline type. IP-5--high flash point, kerosene type.
  • the present invention results in hydrocarbon fuel compositions having markedly reduced foaming properties by the production of a mixture of a hydrocarbon power fuel and a cyanoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane corresponding to Formula 1 wherein the cyanoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane is present in a range of at least 10 parts to 10,000 parts by weight per million parts of the fuel.
  • cyanoalkyl polysiloxane compounds that are employed in the practice of the present invention can be further defined as polysiloxane fluids that include one or more of the following cyanoalkyl-silicon linked units:
  • the fluids employed in the practice of the present invention can be exemplified by condensation products of cyanoethyl siloxane, cyanopropylrsiloxane, cyanoethylmethyl siloxane, cyanoethyldimethyl siloxane, cyanoethylethyl siloxane, cyanoethylphenyl siloxane, cyanopropylmethyl siloxane, with hydrocarbon-substituted siloxanes like dimethyl siloxane, methyl siloxane, trimethyl siloxane, diphenyl siloxane, methylphenyl siloxane, diet-hyl siloxane and dimethylphenyl siloxane.
  • a cyanoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane is initially added at the desired concentration to a suitable hydrocarbon fuel either directly or dissolved in an organic solvent.
  • the mixture can then be agitated to uniformly disperse the defoamer throughout the mixture according to methods known in the art.
  • Another satisfactory procedure is to add the defoamer to the fuel while the latter is being agitated with an inert gas so as to suppress foam rise or, if desired, completely to eliminate foam according to the concentration of the defoamer added.
  • the amounts of the added cyanoalkyl-substituted siloXane are initially added at the desired concentration to a suitable hydrocarbon fuel either directly or dissolved in an organic solvent.
  • Suitable organic solvents that can be employed with the cyanoalkylsiloxane defoamers of the present invention include, for example, gasoline, naphtha, toluene and benzene.
  • the oil was then filtered and devolatilized at 200 to 215 C. at 1.5 mm. for 2 hours. Analysis of this oil showed it to contain 3.05 percent nitrogen which corresponds to a ratio of about 5.9 silicon atoms per fl-cyanoethyl radical.
  • a series of cyanoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane fluids were made according to the above procedure for use in the examples below, to illustrate the practice of the invention.
  • the fluids prepared, designated A, B and C corresponded to the following average range of composition, where in each substituted siloxane grouping the cyano-substituted polysiloxane chain is expressed in mole percent:
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except Fluid B was substituted at the same concentration, as shown in Example 1. The foam dropped immediately and then built up to about inch. There was no buildup of foam with time.
  • EXAMPLE 3 A similar procedure was employed with Fluid C as in Example 1, and the concentration of fluid was also 100 parts of inhibitor per million parts of fuel. As soon as the defoamer was added the foam dropped completely, and there was no rebuild of foam over an extended period of time.
  • Nitrogen was bubbled into a cylinder containing JP-4, as in Exmaple 1, and a 1 percent solution of Fluid B in toluene was added in amounts approximating 100 parts of fluid per million parts of fuel. The foam fell immediately and completely disappeared although the nitrogen flow continued for over thirty minutes.
  • EXAMPLE 5 A similar procedure was employed as in Example 4, but the amount of the 1 percent solution of Fluid B in toluene that was added was decreased to one half. The foam gradually rose to about Ms inch but there was no perceptible increase in height with time.
  • hydrocarbons derived from both petroleum processing and coal hydrogenation can be particularly designated as spark ignition fuels such as aviation fuels, compression ignition fuels, such as diesel fuels, and jet ignition fuels containing blends of naphthas, paraflins and kerosene respectively.
  • R is a member selected from the group consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon groups and halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon groups and m is an integer equal to from 1 to 5, a is from 0.001. to 1, and b is from 1.001 to 2, and the sum of a and b is equal to 2.001 to 3, said polysiloxane being present in the range of parts to 10,000 parts by weight per million parts of fuel.
  • hydrocarbon fuel composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon power fuel is a jet ignition fuel having a minimum evaporation of about 20 percent at about 140 C. and a minimum evaporation of about percent at about 245 C.

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US3233986A (en) * 1962-06-07 1966-02-08 Union Carbide Corp Siloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymers as anti-foam agents
US3384600A (en) * 1964-11-20 1968-05-21 Nalco Chemical Co Novel compositions and their use in preventing and inhibiting foam
US4690688A (en) * 1985-03-29 1987-09-01 Dow Corning, Ltd. Foam control
US4781728A (en) * 1985-04-29 1988-11-01 Union Oil Company Of California Octane enhancers for fuel compositions
US4854938A (en) * 1987-05-08 1989-08-08 Dow Corning, Ltd. Removal of water haze from distillate fuel
US5032144A (en) * 1985-04-29 1991-07-16 Union Oil Company Of California Octane enhancers for fuel compositions
US5397367A (en) * 1993-11-19 1995-03-14 Dow Corning Corporation Middle distillate hydrocarbon foam control agents from cross-linked organopolysiloxane-polyoxyalkyenes
US5435811A (en) * 1993-11-19 1995-07-25 Dow Corning Corporation Middle distillate hydrocarbon foam control agents from alkymethylsiloxanes

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US2837551A (en) * 1955-12-23 1958-06-03 Union Carbide Corp Process for producing beta-cyanoethyltrichlorosilane
US2906767A (en) * 1957-03-20 1959-09-29 Dow Corning Organosilicon nitriles
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US3233986A (en) * 1962-06-07 1966-02-08 Union Carbide Corp Siloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymers as anti-foam agents
US3384600A (en) * 1964-11-20 1968-05-21 Nalco Chemical Co Novel compositions and their use in preventing and inhibiting foam
US4690688A (en) * 1985-03-29 1987-09-01 Dow Corning, Ltd. Foam control
US4781728A (en) * 1985-04-29 1988-11-01 Union Oil Company Of California Octane enhancers for fuel compositions
US5032144A (en) * 1985-04-29 1991-07-16 Union Oil Company Of California Octane enhancers for fuel compositions
US4854938A (en) * 1987-05-08 1989-08-08 Dow Corning, Ltd. Removal of water haze from distillate fuel
US5397367A (en) * 1993-11-19 1995-03-14 Dow Corning Corporation Middle distillate hydrocarbon foam control agents from cross-linked organopolysiloxane-polyoxyalkyenes
US5435811A (en) * 1993-11-19 1995-07-25 Dow Corning Corporation Middle distillate hydrocarbon foam control agents from alkymethylsiloxanes

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