WO1996007682A1 - Additifs et compositions pour huiles et polymeres les utilisant - Google Patents

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WO1996007682A1
WO1996007682A1 PCT/EP1995/003453 EP9503453W WO9607682A1 WO 1996007682 A1 WO1996007682 A1 WO 1996007682A1 EP 9503453 W EP9503453 W EP 9503453W WO 9607682 A1 WO9607682 A1 WO 9607682A1
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  • This invention relates to oil compositions, primarily to fuel oil compositions, and more especially to fuel oil compositions susceptible to wax formation at low temperatures, to copolymers for use with such fuel oil compositions, and to methods for their manufacture.
  • Fuel oils whether derived from petroleum or from vegetable sources, contain components, e.g, alkanes, that at low temperature tend to precipitate as large crystals or spherulites of wax in such a way as to form a gel structure which causes the fuel to lose its ability to flow.
  • the lowest temperature at which the fuel will still flow is known as the pour point.
  • the wax from a diesel fuel which is primarily an alkane wax, crystallizes as platelets; certain additives inhibit this and cause the wax to adopt an acicular habit, the resulting needles being more likely to pass through a filter than are platelets.
  • the additives may also have the effect of retaining in suspension in the fuel the crystals that have formed, the resulting reduced settling also assisting in prevention of blockages.
  • Effective wax crystal modification (as measured by cold filter plugging point (CFPP) and other operability tests, as well as simulated and field performance) may be achieved by ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVAC) or propionate copolymer- based flow improvers.
  • CFPP cold filter plugging point
  • EVAC ethylene-vinyl acetate
  • propionate copolymer- based flow improvers ethylene-vinyl acetate
  • JP-A-58129096 cold flow additives comprising ethylene-vinyl carboxylic acid esters are described, the esterifying acid having a total carbon atom number of from 4 to 8, the additives being especially useful in a narrow boiling middle distillate fuel oil.
  • the degree of branching of the main chain as measured by proton NMR is said to be at at least 6 alkyl branches per 100 methylene groups.
  • cold flow additives comprising a terpolymer of ethylene and two different unsaturated esters are disclosed.
  • Terpolymers are also described in EP-A-493769, the starting monomers being ethylene, vinyl acetate, and vinyl neo-nonanoate or -decanoate, and in the references cited in the search report on that application.
  • British Specification No. 1 ,165,084 describes copolymers of ethylene and a vinyl ester of a neo-acid, useful as pour point depressants for distillate fuels.
  • the molecular weight of the copolymer is described as critical and should be in the range of 1 ,000 to 3,500.
  • British Specification No. 1 ,263,151 describes copolymers of ethylene and, inter alia, vinyl alcohol esters of C2 to C17 mono-carboxylic acids. Vinyl isobutyrate is specifically disclosed.
  • the copolymers have a number-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 2,900 and exhibit 6 or less methyl terminating side branches per 100 methylene groups; they are described as being useful pour point depressants or flow improvers for distillate petroleum oils.
  • ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers are proposed as pour point depressants for middle distillate fuels; as esterifying acids there are mentioned saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids containing from 4 to 10, 12, and 18 carbon atoms, examples including n-octanoic and 2-ethylhexanoic acids.
  • esterifying acids there are mentioned saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids containing from 4 to 10, 12, and 18 carbon atoms, examples including n-octanoic and 2-ethylhexanoic acids.
  • Table 1 an ethylene vinyl n-octanoate copolymer shows improved pour point depression over branched chain (vinyl 2-ethyl hexanoate) analogues, the latter copolymers also exhibiting poorer performance when their molecular weights exceed 3,000.
  • copolymers of ethylene and such branched-chain ester monomers wherein the copolymer number average molecular weight and linearity (in the sense of alkyl branching from the main copolymer chain) are within specific limits, show improved performance and can therefore provide an alternative to copolymers made from straight-chain monomers.
  • the present invention provides an oil-soluble ethylene copolymer containing, in addition to units derived from ethylene, units derived from a second monomer and of the formula
  • R ⁇ represents H or methyl and R2 represents a branched chain alkyl group having at most 15 carbon atoms, and optionally also units derived from a third monomer of the formula
  • R 4 represents -OH
  • R 5 and R 6 each independently represent H or an alkyl group of up to 4 carbon atoms
  • the number average molecular weight (Mn) of the copolymer as measured by gel permeation chromatography being in the range of 4,000 to 20,000.
  • the units III are advantageously derived from isobutylene, 2- methylbut-2-ene or 2-methylpent-2-ene.
  • R1 advantageously represents hydrogen.
  • R2 may represent isopropyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, 1- and 2-methyl butyl, 1,2-dimethyl and 1- ethyl propyl, isohexyl, 1-, 2- and 3- methyl pentyl, 1- and 2-ethyl hexyl, 1- and 2-methyl heptyl, 1 -ethyl propyl and, especially, 1-ethyl pentyl being preferred.
  • composition comprising a mixture of two or more copolymers according to the first aspect of the invention.
  • the invention provides a composition comprising an oil and the above-defined copolymer.
  • the invention further provides an additive concentrate containing the above-defined copolymer in admixture with an oil or a solvent miscible with oil.
  • the invention still further provides the use of the above-defined copolymer or concentrate to improve the low temperature properties of an oil, especially the CFPP of the oil.
  • the ester-containing units of the copolymer advantageously represent from 0.3 to 35 molar per cent of the polymer.
  • the polymer is preferably of type (i), in which the ester groups advantageously constitute from 7.5 to 35 molar per cent, preferably from 10 to 25, and more preferably from 10 to 16, molar per cent.
  • the copolymer may be of type (ii) in which the ester groups advantageously represent up to 10, more advantageously from 0.3 to 7.5, and preferably from 3.5 to 7.0 molar per cent.
  • the copolymer has a number average molecular weight, Mn, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, in the range of 4,000 to 20,000, preferably 4,500 to 6,000. If the polymer is of type (i), its molecular weight is, generally, at most 14,000, advantageously at most 10,000, more advantageously at most 7,000, preferably 4,900 to 6,000 and most preferably from 5,200 to 5,500. If the polymer is of type (ii) the number average molecular weight is advantageously at most 20,000, preferably up to 15,000, more preferably from 4,900 to 10,000 and most preferably from 5,200 to 9,000. ln the oil-containing compositions of the invention, the oil may be a crude oil, i.e. oil obtained directly from drilling and before refining.
  • the oil may be a lubricating oil, which may be an animal, vegetable or mineral oil, such, for example, as petroleum oil fractions ranging from naphthas or spindle oil to SAE 30, 40 or 50 lubricating oil grades, castor oil, fish oils or oxidized mineral oil.
  • Such an oil may contain additives depending on its intended use; examples are viscosity index improvers such as ethylene-propylene copolymers, succinic acid based dispersants, metal containing dispersant additives and zinc dialkyldithiophosphate antiwear additives.
  • the copolymer of this invention may be suitable for use in lubricating oils as a flow improver, pour point depressant or dewaxing aid.
  • the oil may be a fuel oil, e.g., a petroleum-based fuel oil, especially a middle distillate fuel oil.
  • distillate fuel oils generally boil within the range of from 110°C to 500°C, e.g. 150°C to 400°C.
  • the fuel oil may comprise atmospheric distillate or vacuum distillate, cracked gas oil, or a blend in any proportion of straight run and thermally and/or catalytically cracked distillates.
  • the most common petroleum distillate fuels are kerosene, jet fuels, diesel fuels, heating oils and heavy fuel oils.
  • the heating oil may be a straight atmospheric distillate, or it may contain minor amounts, e.g. up to 35 wt %, of vacuum gas oil or cracked gas oil or of both.
  • the above-mentioned low temperature flow problem is most usually encountered with diesel fuels and with heating oils.
  • the invention is also applicable to vegetable-based fuel oils, for example rape seed oil, used alone or in admixture with a petroleum distillate oil.
  • the copolymer of the invention is especially useful in fuel oils having a relatively low wax content, e.g., a wax content below 3%, especially below 2.5%, by weight at 10°C below cloud point.
  • the copolymer should preferably be soluble in the oil to the extent of at least 1000 ppm by weight per weight of oil at ambient temperature. However, at least some of the copolymer may come out of solution near the cloud point of the oil and function to modify the wax crystals that form.
  • An important feature of the copolymer according to the invention is its linearity, in the sense of the relatively small proportion of alkyl branches from the main polymer chain. This degree of branching may be expressed in terms of the number of methyl groups per 100 methylene units, as measured by proton NMR, which is, as indicated above, in the range between 0 and 1.8 and advantageously within the range of from 0.2 to 1.6, preferably 0.4 to 1.4.
  • the proportion of CH3 groups per 100 methylene groups is measured by proton NMR and corrected for the number of terminal methyl groups, based on the number average molecular weight, a relatively small correction, and, more importantly, for the number of methyl and methylene groups in the alkyl groups of R2 of the carboxylate side chains.
  • Figure 1 shows a sample proton NMR spectrum for Comparative Example 3, being an ethylene-vinyl 2-ethyhexanoate copolymer as hereinafter defined .
  • b originates from the hydrogen(s) on the carbon atom situated ⁇ to the carbonyl group on the carboxylate side chain (in this example, a methine); d originates from the hydrogens of the methylenes and methines of the polymer main chain and carboxylate side chains, other than the main chain methine from which the carboxylate side chain depends when R 1 in formula 1 represents H; and e originates from the hydrogen of the methyls of the polymer main chain and carboxylate side chains.
  • the copolymer may be made by any of the methods known in the art, e.g., by solution polymerization with free radical initiation, or by high pressure polymerization, conveniently carried out in an autoclave or a tubular reactor.
  • polymerization is effected in the presence of an initiator and if desired or required a molecular weight regulator at elevated pressure, e.g., between 90 and 125 bar (9 and 12.5 MPa) and elevated temperature, but preferably below about 130°C, for example within the range of from 90X to 125°C. Maintaining a temperature below the above-mentioned limit enables a polymer having the desired linearity to be obtained; other means of controlling linearity, as known in the art, may also be used.
  • the additive concentrate and the oil composition may contain other additives for improving low temperature and/or other properties, many of which are in use in the art or known from the literature.
  • the composition may also contain (A) a further ethylene- unsaturated, especially vinyl, ester copolymer, different from that defined in relation to the first aspect of the invention.
  • flow improver compositions may comprise a wax growth arrestor and a nucleating agent.
  • the copolymer of the present invention is a type (i) copolymer, and has more than about 7.5 molar per cent of ester units, it acts primarily as an arrestor, and will benefit from the addition of a nucleator, e.g., an ethylene-vinyl ester, especially acetate, copolymer having a number average molecular weight in the range of 1200 to 20000, and a vinyl ester content of 0.3 to 17 molar per cent, advantageously an ester content lower, and preferably at least 2, more preferably at least 3, molar per cent lower, than that of the ester in the copolymer composition.
  • a nucleator e.g., an ethylene-vinyl ester, especially acetate, copolymer having a number average molecular weight in the range of 1200 to 20000, and a vinyl ester content of 0.3 to 17 molar per cent, advantageously an ester content lower, and preferably at least 2, more preferably at least 3, m
  • the copolymer of the invention is a type (ii) copolymer and contains less than about 10 molar per cent of ester units then correspondingly it acts primarily as a nucleator and will benefit from the presence of an arrestor which may be an ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer with correspondingly lower molecular weight and higher ester content.
  • the additional ethylene- unsaturated, especially vinyl, ester copolymer to be of the same type, (i) or (ii), as the copolymer of the invention.
  • the copolymers will differ in molar ester proportion and number average molecular weight, the higher ester proportion preferably corresponding to the lower molecular weight.
  • the present invention accordingly also provides a composition comprising a copolymer according to the first aspect of the invention in admixture with one or more ethylene-unsaturated, especially vinyl, ester copolymers not in accordance with the first aspect, and the use of this composition to improve the low temperature properties of an oil.
  • the additional copolymer may be, for example, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. Surprisingly good results have been observed, at least in a low wax fuel, with the combination of copolymer of the invention and an additional copolymer. Such fuels typically have a wax content of no more than 3% by weight at 10°C below cloud point, preferably less than 2.6% and more preferably less than 2.3% by weight.
  • the additive composition may also comprise other additional cold flow improvers, including (B) a comb polymer.
  • Such polymers are polymers in which branches containing hydrocarbyl groups are pendant from a polymer backbone, and are discussed in "Comb-Like Polymers. Structure and Properties", N. A. Plate and V. P. Shibaev, J. Poly. Sci. Macromolecular Revs., 8, p 117 to 253 (1974).
  • hydrocarbyl refers to a group having a carbon atom directly attached to the rest of the molecule and having a hydrocarbon or predominantly hydrocarbon character.
  • hydrocarbon groups including aliphatic, (e.g., alkyl), alicyclic (e.g., cycloalkyl), aromatic, aliphatic and alicyclic-substituted aromatic, and aromatic- substituted aliphatic and alicyclic groups.
  • Aliphatic groups are advantageously saturated. These groups may contain non-hydrocarbon substituents provided their presence does not alter the predominantly hydrocarbon character of the group. Examples include keto, halo, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, alkoxy and acyl.
  • hydrocarbyl group is substituted, a single (mono) substituent is preferred.
  • substituted hydrocarbyl groups include 2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 4-hydroxybutyl, 2-ketopropyl, ethoxyethyl, and propoxypropyl.
  • the groups may also or alternatively contain atoms other than carbon in a chain or ring otherwise composed of carbon atoms. Suitable hetero atoms include, for example, nitrogen, sulfur, and, preferably, oxygen.
  • the hydrocarbyl group contains at most 30, preferably at most 15, more preferably at most 10 and most preferably at most 8, carbon atoms.
  • comb polymers have one or more long chain hydrocarbyl branches, e.g., oxy hydrocarbyl branches, normally having from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, pendant from a polymer backbone, said branches being bonded directly or indirectly to the backbone.
  • long chain hydrocarbyl branches e.g., oxy hydrocarbyl branches, normally having from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, pendant from a polymer backbone, said branches being bonded directly or indirectly to the backbone.
  • indirect bonding include bonding via interposed atoms or groups, which bonding can include covalent and/or electrovalent bonding such as in a salt.
  • the comb polymer is a homopolymer or a copolymer having, at least 25 and preferably at least 40, more preferably at least 50, molar per cent of the units of which have, side chains containing at least 6, and preferably at least 10, atoms.
  • J H, R 1 2, Rl2coOR , or an aryl or heterocyclic group
  • L H, R12, COOR12, OCOR 1 2, COOH, or aryl
  • R 1 1 > C ⁇ o hydrocarbyl
  • R1 Ci hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylene
  • R11 advantageously represents a hydrocarbyl group with from 10 to 30 carbon atoms
  • R ⁇ 2 advantageously represents a hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylene group with from 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
  • the comb polymer may contain units derived from other monomers if desired or required.
  • These comb polymers may be copolymers of maleic anhydride or fumaric or itaconic acids and another ethylenically unsaturated monomer, e.g., an ⁇ -olefin, including styrene, or an unsaturated ester, for example, vinyl acetate or homopolymer of fumaric or itaconic acids. It is preferred but not essential that equimolar amounts of the comonomers be used although molar proportions in the range of 2 to 1 and 1 to 2 are suitable.
  • olefins examples include 1-decene, 1-dodecene, itetradecene, 1-hexadecene, and 1-octadecene.
  • the acid or anhydride group of the comb, polymer may be esterified by any suitable technique and although preferred it is not essential that the maleic anhydride or fumaric acid be at least 50% esterified.
  • examples of alcohols which may be used include n-decan-1-ol, n-dodecan-1-ol, n-tetradecan-1-ol, n- hexadecan-1-ol, and noctadecan-1-ol.
  • the alcohols may also include up to one methyl branch per chain, for example, 1-methylpentadecan-1-ol or 2-methyltridecan-1-ol.
  • the alcohol may be a mixture of normal and single methyl branched alcohols.
  • R1 refers to the average number of carbon atoms in the alkyl group; if alcohols that contain a branch at the 1 or 2 positions are used R12 refers to the straight chain backbone segment of the alcohol.
  • comb polymers may especially be fumarate or itaconate polymers and copolymers such for example as those described in EP-A-153176, -153177 and -225688, and WO 91/16407.
  • Particularly preferred fumarate comb polymers are copolymers of alkyl fumarates and vinyl acetate, in which the alkyl groups have from 12 to 20 carbon atoms, more especially polymers in which the alkyl groups have 14 carbon atoms or in which the alkyl groups are a mixture of C14/C-15 alkyl groups, made, for example, by solution copolymerizing an equimolar mixture of fumaric acid and vinyl acetate and reacting the resulting copolymer with the alcohol or mixture of alcohols, which are preferably straight chain alcohols.
  • the mixture it is advantageously a 1 :1 by weight mixture of normal C14 and C ⁇ ⁇ Q alcohols.
  • mixtures of the C14 ester with the mixed C14/C16 ester may advantageously be used.
  • the ratio of C-14 to C14 C-16 is advantageously in the range of from 1 :1 to 4:1, preferably 2:1 to 7:2, and most preferably about 3:1 , by weight.
  • the particularly preferred comb polymers are those having a number average molecular weight, as measured by vapour phase osmometry, of 1 ,000 to 100,000, more especially 1 ,000 to 30,000.
  • comb polymers are the polymers and copolymers of ⁇ - olefins and esterified copolymers of styrene and maleic anhydride, and esterified copolymers of styrene and fumaric acid; mixtures of two or more comb polymers may be used in accordance with the invention and, as indicated above, such use may be advantageous.
  • comb polymers are hydrocarbon polymers, e.g., copolymers of ethylene and at least one a-olefin, the ⁇ -olefin preferably having at most 20 carbon atoms, examples being n-decene-1 and n- dodecene-1.
  • the number average molecular weight of such a copolymer is at least 30,000 measured by GPC.
  • the hydrocarbon copolymers may be prepared by methods known in the art, for example using a Ziegler type catalyst.
  • Other additives for improving low temperature properties are:
  • Such compounds are oil-soluble polar nitrogen compounds carrying one or more, preferably two or more, substituents of the formula >NR 1 3, where R13 represents a hydrocarbyl group containing 8 to 40 atoms, which substituent or one or more of which substituents may be in the form of a cation derived therefrom.
  • the oil-soluble polar nitrogen compound is generally one capable of acting as a wax crystal growth inhibitor in fuels, it comprises for example one or more of the following compounds:
  • An amine salt and/or amide formed by reacting at least one molar proportion of a hydrocarbyl-substituted amine with a molar proportion of a hydrocarbyl acid having from 1 to 4 carboxylic acid groups or its anhydride, the substituent(s) of formula >NR13 being of the formula -NR13R 14 where R ⁇ 3 is defined as above and R ⁇ 4 represents hydrogen or R 1 ⁇ , provided that R ⁇ 3 and R l4 may be the same or different, said substituents constituting part of the amine salt and/or amide groups of the compound.
  • Ester/amides may be used, containing 30 to 300, preferably 50 to 150, total carbon atoms. These nitrogen compounds are described in US Patent No. 4 211 534. Suitable amines are predominantly C l2 to C40 primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary anines or mixtures thereof but shorter chain amines may be used provided the resulting nitrogen compound is oil soluble, normally containing about 30 to 300 total carbon atoms.
  • the nitrogen compound preferably contains at least one straight chain C ⁇ to C40, preferably C14 to C 2 4, alkyl segment.
  • Suitable amines include primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary, but are preferably secondary. Tertiary and quatemary amines only form amine salts. Examples of amines include tetradecylamine, cocoamine, and hydrogenated tallow amine. Examples of secondary amines include dioctacedyl amine and methylbehenyl amine. Amine mixtures are also suitable such as those derived from natural materials.
  • a preferred amine is a secondary hydrogenated tallow amine, the alkyl groups of which are derived from hydrogenated tallow fat composed of approximately 4% C14, 31% C ⁇ Q, and 59% C ⁇
  • suitable carboxylic acids and their anhydrides for preparing the nitrogen compounds include ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, and carboxylic acids based on cyclic skeletons, e.g., cyclohexane-1 ,2-dicarboxylic acid, cyclohexene-1 ,2-dicarboxylic acid, cyclopentane-1 ,2-dicarboxylic acid and naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, and 1 ,4-dicarboxylic acids including dialkyl spirobislactones.
  • these acids have about 5 to 13 carbon atoms in the cyclic moiety.
  • Preferred acids useful in the present invention are benzene dicarboxylic acids e.g., phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, and terephthalic acid. Phthalic acid and its anhydride are particularly preferred.
  • the particularly preferred compound is the amide-amine salt formed by reacting 1 molar portion of phthalic anhydride with 2 molar portions of dihydrogenated tallow amine.
  • Another preferred compound is the diamide formed by dehydrating this amide-amine salt.
  • Suitable amines may be those described above.
  • A is a linear or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbylene group optionally interrupted by one or more hetero atoms
  • R 15 and R 1 ⁇ are the same or different and each is independently a hydrocarbyl group containing 9 to 40 atoms optionally interrupted by one or more hetero atoms, the substituents being the same or different and the compound optionally being in the form of a salt thereof.
  • A has from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and is preferably a methylene or poly- methylene group. Such compounds are described in WO 93/04148.
  • Suitable hydrocarbon polymers are those of the general formula T T H U
  • R21 C ⁇ to C40 hydrocarbyl
  • U H, T, or aryl
  • v and w represent mole fractions, v being within the range of from 1.0 to 0.0, w being in the range of from 0.0 to 1.0.
  • the hydrocarbon polymers may be made directly from monoethylenically unsaturated monomers or indirectly by hydrogenating polymers from polyunsaturated monomers, e.g., isoprene and butadiene.
  • hydrocarbon polymers examples include WO 91/11488.
  • Preferred copolymers are ethylene ⁇ -olefin copolymers, having a number average molecular weight of at least 30,000.
  • the ⁇ -olefin has at most 28 carbon atoms.
  • Examples of such olefins are propylene, 1-butene, isobutene, n-octene-1, isooctene-1, n-decene-1, and n-dodecene-1.
  • the copolymer may also comprise small amounts, e.g, up to 10% by weight, of other copolymerizable monomers, for example olefins other than ⁇ -olefins, and non-conjugated dienes.
  • the preferred copolymer is an ethylene-propylene copolymer.
  • the number average molecular weight of the ethylene ⁇ -olefin copolymer is, as indicated above, preferably at least 30,000, as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) relative to polystyrene standards, advantageously at least 60,000 and preferably at least 80,000. Functionally no upper limit arises but difficulties of mixing result from increased viscosity at molecular weights above about 150,000, and preferred molecular weight ranges are from 60,000 and 80,000 to 120,000.
  • GPC gel permeation chromatography
  • the copolymer has a molar ethylene content between 50 and 85 per cent. More advantageously, the ethylene content is within the range of from 57 to 80%, and preferably it is in the range from 58 to 73%; more preferably from 62 to 71%, and most preferably 65 to 70%.
  • Preferred ethylene- ⁇ -olefin copolymers are ethylenepropylene copolymers with a molar ethylene content of from 62 to 71% and a number average molecular weight in the range 60,000 to 120,000; especially preferred copolymers are ethylene-propylene copolymers with an ethylene content of from 62 to 71% and a molecular weight from 80,000 to 100,000.
  • the copolymers may be prepared by any of the methods known in the art, for example using a Ziegler type catalyst.
  • the polymers should be substantially amorphous, since highly crystalline polymers are relatively insoluble in fuel oil at low temperatures.
  • Suitable hydrocarbon polymers include a low molecular weight ethylene- ⁇ -olefin copolymer, advantageously with a number average molecular weight of at most 7500, advantageously from 1,000 to 6,000, and preferably from 2,000 to 5,000, as measured by vapour phase osmometry.
  • Appropriate ⁇ -olefins are as given above, or styrene, with propylene again being preferred.
  • the ethylene content is from 60 to 77 molar per cent, although for ethylene-propylene copolymers up to 86 molar per cent by weight ethylene may be employed with advantage.
  • a polyoxyalkylene compound examples are polyoxyalkylene esters, ethers, ester/ethers and mixtures thereof, particularly those containing at least one, preferably at least two, C-
  • polyoxyalkylene esters, ethers, ester/ethers and mixtures thereof particularly those containing at least one, preferably at least two, C-
  • These materials form the subject of EP-A-0061895.
  • Other such additives are described in United States Patent No. 4491 455.
  • esters, ethers or ester/ethers are those of the general formula
  • R ⁇ 1 and R 3 2 may be the same or different and represent (a) n-alkyl-
  • X being, for example, 1 to 30, the alkyl group being linear and containing from 10 to 30 carbon atoms
  • D representing the polyalkylene segment of the glycol in which the alkylene group has 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as a polyoxy methylene, polyoxyethylene or polyoxytrimethylene moiety which is substantially linear; some degree of branching with lower alkyl side chains (such as in polyoxypropylene glycol) may be present but it is preferred that the glycol is substantially linear.
  • D may also contain nitrogen.
  • suitable glycols are substantially linear polyethylene glycols (PEG) and polypropylene glycols (PPG) having a molecular weight of from 100 to 5,000, preferably from 200 to 2,000.
  • Esters are preferred and fatty acids containing from 10-30 carbon atoms are useful for reacting with the glycols to form the ester additives, it being preferred to use a C-
  • the esters may also be prepared by esterifying polyethoxylated fatty acids or polyethoxylated alcohols.
  • Polyoxyalkylene diesters, diethers, ether/esters and mixtures thereof are suitable as additives, diesters being preferred for use in narrow boiling distillates, when minor amounts of monoethers and monoesters (which are often formed in the manufacturing process) may also be present. It is preferred that a major amount of the dialkyl compound be present.
  • stearic or behenic diesters of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol or polyethylene/ polypropylene glycol mixtures are preferred.
  • polyoxyalkylene compounds are those described in Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 2-51477 and 3-34790, and the esterified alkoxylated amines described in EP-A-117,108 and EP-A-326,356. It is within the scope of the invention to use two or more additional flow improvers advantageously selected from one or more of the different classes outlined above.
  • the additional flow improver is advantageously employed in a proportion within the range of from 0.01% to 1%, advantageously 0.05% to 0.5%, and preferably from 0.075 to 0.25%, by weight, based on the weight of fuel.
  • copolymer or concentrate improver of the invention may also be used in combination with one or more other co-additives such as known in the art, for example the following: detergents, particulate emission inhibitors, storage stabilizers, antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, dehazers, demulsifiers, antifoaming agents, cetane improvers, cosolvents, package compatibilizers, and lubricity additives.
  • co-additives such as known in the art, for example the following: detergents, particulate emission inhibitors, storage stabilizers, antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, dehazers, demulsifiers, antifoaming agents, cetane improvers, cosolvents, package compatibilizers, and lubricity additives.
  • the fuel oil composition of the invention advantageously contains the copolymer of the invention in a proportion of 0.0005% to 1%, advantageously 0.001 to 0.1%, and preferably 0.02 to 0.06% by weight, based on the weight of fuel.
  • the proportion is advantageously from 0.005 to 0.2%, preferably about 0.01%, by weight, based on the weight of the fuel.
  • Additive concentrates according to the invention advantageously contain between 3 and 75%, preferably between 10 and 65%, of the copolymer in an oil or a solvent miscible with oil.
  • the vinyl ester content, linearity (degree of branching) and Mn, of the copolymer are shown in Table 1 below.

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Des compositions comprenant un copolymère de carboxylate ramifié d'éthylène/vinyle améliorent les propriétés à basse température des combustibles.
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