US3063818A - Gasoline composition - Google Patents

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US3063818A
US3063818A US18256A US1825660A US3063818A US 3063818 A US3063818 A US 3063818A US 18256 A US18256 A US 18256A US 1825660 A US1825660 A US 1825660A US 3063818 A US3063818 A US 3063818A
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Reid E Sutton
John L Bame
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • 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
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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
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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
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  • the resistance to knock of the fuels from these processes is even further augmented by the addition of antiknock agents such as tetraethyllead (TEL), and, recently, methyl cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl.
  • antiknock agents such as tetraethyllead (TEL), and, recently, methyl cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl.
  • Resistance to spark knock is, of course, evaluated as octane number. Therefore, the demand for fuels having greater resistance to spark knock is manifested in the constantly increasing octane number of premium fuels.
  • organo-metallic antiknock agents such as the octane number of modern gasoline fuels has been raised, there has been a concomitant decrease in the susceptibility of such fuels to octane number im provement by addition of organo-metallic antiknock agents.
  • organo-metallic additives which is added to motor fuels may also be limited by consideration of the degree of toxicity imparted to the fuel containing such materials. For this reason, the maximum amount of tetraethyllead which may be added to commercial gasoline motor fuels is 3 or 4 cc./gal. (U.S.) and 6 cc./gal. (U.S.) for automotive and aviation fuels, respectively. Consequently, the degree of octane number improvement which can be obtained in this manner is limited. Organo-metallic antiknock additives are difiicult to synthesize and are expensive.
  • -It is also an object of the invention to augment the eflicacy of tetraethyllead as an antiknock additive in gasoline.
  • hydrocarbon compositions which enhance the efiiciency of antiknock additives added thereto.
  • Another object is to attain the foregoing objects without detrimental side effects in theuse of the fuel in gasoline engines.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide an improved antiknock additive concentrate composition.
  • organo-metallic compounds as primary antiknock agents has long been known, and countless numbers of these materials have been suggested, tried, and used with various degrees of success.
  • certain organic silicon compounds which possess essentially no primary antiknock activity when they are added to gasoline containing no other antiknock agent, nevertheless when added to leaded gasolines of selected composition as to hydrocarbon type and boiling range possess an extraordinary and unexpected co-antiknock activity.
  • co-antiknock activity it is here meant that the secondary or eo-antiknock agent causes the octane number of the gasoline containing both primary and secondary antiknock additives .to be raised significantly above the level which is obtained by the primary antiknock agent alone, the co-antiknock effect being the result of co-action of the secondary with the primary additive rather than any primary antiknock properties of the secondary additive alone.
  • R is a monovalent organic radical, the single available valence bond of which is contained on a carbon atom, having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and consisting only of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
  • Tetracyclohexyl silicate Tetradodecyl silicate Tetra(tetrahydrofurfuryl) silicate Tetra-Z-ethyl-butyl silicate Tetramethylamyl silicate Tetra-C-pyrryl silicate Tetra-Z-pyrrolenyl silicate Tetra-3-pyrrolenyl silicate Tetra-C-pyrodyl silicate Tetrafuryl silicate Dihexyl diisobutyl silicate 3 Tetra-2-hydroxyl-t-butyl silicate Tetra pyranyl silicate .ganic silicon materials may be observed by reference to the following example.
  • Tetraoctyl silicate was added to a concentration of approximately 15 millimoles per gallon (U.S.) to one of two samples of commercial olefin-isobutane alkylate containing 3 cc. of tetraethyllead (TEL) per gallon (U.S.).
  • TEL tetraethyllead
  • the octane number of each of the samples was then determined by the research method (ASTM test designation D-357-53).
  • the octane number of the sample containing TEL and the organic silicon co-antiknock agent was a full two octane numbers higher than the sample which contained only the TEL.
  • the metal ratio lies between 0.03 and 0.2. It is still further preferred however that the metal ratio lie within the range of 0.035 to 0.175.
  • the concentration of tetraethyllead in the gasoline is not by itself particularly critical, that is, the co-antiknock agents are effective with any octane number-improving amount of tetraethyllead when they are used in accordance with the invention.
  • the tetraethyllead concentration per se is not particularly critical it is nevertheless of considerable importance; for the co-antiknock compounds are even more effective at higher concentrations of tetraethyllead so long as the metal ratio is maintained within the above defined limits.
  • the TEL is normally employed at concentrations not exceeding 3 or 4 and 6 cc.
  • the co-antiknock agents are nevertheless effective at even higher concentrations of TEL, for example, as high as 2 cc. TEL/gallon. From the preceding data it is of course apparent that the silicon-containing co-antiknock agents are highly effective in isoparaffinic hydrocarbons. However, their use as co-antiknock agents is not limited thereto. The composition of the base fuel to which they are added does however exert a profound effect on their activity as co-antiknock agents with tetraethyllead.
  • the gasoline compositions in accordance 'with the invention preferably contain essentially no normal paraffins having 7 or more carbon atoms per molecule and only small amounts, preferably not over 10%, of normal paratiins havingS or 6 carbon atoms per molecule.
  • Fuel compositions containing essentially no normal parafilns having 5 or more carbon atoms per molecule are particularly preferred.
  • Normal paraffins having less than 5 carbon atoms per molecule, for example normal butane, having high octane numbers, are useful to provide the gasoline with proper vapor pressure and are not deleterious to the action of the co-antiknock agents.
  • Aromatics boiling below about 300 F. i.e., C aromatic hydrocarbons and lighter, have been found to be not exceed about 20% by volume of the total gasoline blend.
  • the gasoline of the invention contain no more than about 10% by volume of aromatics boiling above 300 F., and no more than 30% by volume of total aromatics.
  • the base gasoline contain at least A by volume, or preferably at least At% by volume, of naphthenes boiling below 300 F. for each 1% by volume of aromatics boiling above 300 F. in excess of 10% by volume of such aromatics, and preferably such amounts of light naphthenes for each 1% by volume of all of such aromatics.
  • TEL was added in the form of the commercial motor
  • the co-antiknock compound may be added to a gasoline which already contains the tetraethyllead primary antiknock material.
  • the co-antiknock and primary antiknock compounds may be first mixed, stored, and handled as a concentrate, and added to the gasoline at a later time.
  • a gasoline additive concentrate of this latter type may also contain halogen scavenger and spark plug antifouling compound.
  • halogen scavenger and the primary antiknock compound, or the primary antiknock and co-antiknock compounds in the desired relative proportions and handle or store this mixture, with or without stabilizers, anti-fouling compounds, inhibitors, etc., as a concentrate for incorporation with the other components of the ultimate fuel composition.
  • Such a concentrate will therefore contain from 0.0 1 to 0.25 gram of metal in the co-antiknock agent per gram of lead in the tetraethyllead.
  • a concentrate contains from about 0.03 to about 0.175 gram of metal per gram of lead.
  • a typical additive concentrate in accordance with the invention and containing both TEL motor mix and phosphorus compound for ignition control as well as co-antiknock agent has the following composition:
  • a gasoline composition consisting essentially of a mixture of hydrocarbons having an ASTM boiling range below about 400 R, an octane number-improving amount of tetraethyllead, and an organic-silicon co-antiknock agent having the structural formula (RO) Si wherein R is a monovalent organic radical, the available valence bond of which is contained on a carbon atom, having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms per molecule and consisting only of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the amount of co-antiknock agent corresponding to from about 0.01 to about 0.25 gram of silicon metal contained in the co-antiknock agent per gram of lead metal contained in the tetraethyllead, said mixture of hydrocarbons being comprised of (1) no more than 50% by volume aromatics, (2) no more than about 30% by volume olefins, (3) no more than about 20% by volume each of isoparafiin and aromatics boiling above about 300 F., (4) no more than about 10% by volume each of normal parafiin
  • the fuel composition of claim 1 which is comprised of (1) no more than about 30% by volume of aromatics, (2) no more than about 20% by volume each of olefins and aromatics boiling above about 300 F., (3) no more than about 10% by volume each of isoparaffins boiling above about 300 F. and naphthenes boiling above about 300 F. and (4) essentially no normal parafiins having greater than 4 carbon atoms per molecule, and further characterized as having an equivalent amount of co-antiknock antagonists (A not exceeding 50+0.75N wherein A and N are defined as hereinbefore in the specification.
  • a gasoline additive concentrate composition consisting essentially of a mixture of tetraethyllead and a co-antiknock agent having-the structural formula Ronsr wherein R is a monovalent organic radical, the available valence bond of which is contained on a carbon atom, having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms per molecule and consisting only of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the amount of co-antiknock agent corresponding to from about 0.01 to about 0.25 gram of silicon metal contained in the co-antiknock agent per gram of lead metal contained in the tetraethyllead.

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GB780581A (en) * 1954-04-15 1957-08-07 Reginald Frank Milton Improvements relating to petroleum fuels
US2818417A (en) * 1955-07-11 1957-12-31 Ethyl Corp Cyclomatic compounds
CA574644A (en) * 1959-04-21 B. Ewan Evan Motor fuels
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CA574644A (en) * 1959-04-21 B. Ewan Evan Motor fuels
US2398282A (en) * 1944-11-27 1946-04-09 Ethyl Corp Antiknock agent
GB746036A (en) * 1952-03-19 1956-03-07 Du Pont Hydrocarbon motor fuel and antiknock agent therefor
GB780581A (en) * 1954-04-15 1957-08-07 Reginald Frank Milton Improvements relating to petroleum fuels
US2818417A (en) * 1955-07-11 1957-12-31 Ethyl Corp Cyclomatic compounds
US2901336A (en) * 1957-05-15 1959-08-25 Ethyl Corp Antiknock compositions
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US4781728A (en) * 1985-04-29 1988-11-01 Union Oil Company Of California Octane enhancers for fuel compositions
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