Additional Nitrogen Attached Indirectly To The -c(=x)- Group By Acyclic Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 44/419)
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Patent number: 11753577Abstract: This invention relates to a method for inhibiting the agglomeration of gas hydrates, comprising the injection of an anti-agglomerant comprising a N,N-dialkyl-ammoniumalkyl fatty acid amide represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 7 to 21 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each independently an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or together form an optionally substituted ring having 5 to 10 ring atoms, wherein the ring may carry up to 3 substituents, R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms and A is an alkylene group having two or three carbon atoms, into a fluid comprising gas, water and oil under conditions prone to the formation of gas hydrates, wherein the N,N-dialkyl-ammoniumalkyl fatty acid amide represented by formula (I) is produced by the aminolysis of an ester of a fatty acid and a C1- to C4-alcohol with an N,N-dialkylamino alkyl amine and sType: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.Inventors: Scot Bodnar, Dan Smith, Felix Hoevelmann, Corinna Krüger, Matthias Krull, Jonathan James Wylde, Lisa Greaney Tejada
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Patent number: 11753576Abstract: This invention relates to a method for inhibiting the agglomeration of gas hydrates, comprising the injection of an anti-agglomerant comprising a N,N-dialkyl-ammoniumalkyl fatty acid amide represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 7 to 21 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each independently an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or together form an optionally substituted ring having 5 to 10 ring atoms, wherein the ring may carry up to 3 substituents, R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 17 carbon atoms and A is an alkylene group having two or three carbon atoms, into a fluid comprising gas, water and oil under conditions prone to the formation of gas hydrates, wherein the N,N-dialkyl-ammoniumalkyl fatty acid amide represented by the formula (I) is produced by the condensation reaction of a fatty acid with an N,N-dialkylamino alkyl amine and subsequent neutralizationType: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.Inventors: Scot Bodnar, Dan Smith, Felix Hoevelmann, Corinna Krüger, Matthias Krull, Jonathan James Wylde, Lisa Greaney Tejada
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Patent number: 11572499Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas hydrate inhibitor composition, comprising A) a compound according to formula (1) wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R3 is present or not as hydrogen and organic moieties having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R4 is selected from —(CH2)t—, —[CH2—CHR6)t]—, —(CH2—CHR6O)u—(CH2)t— and combinations thereof; R5 is an alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; R6 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R7 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R8 is present or not as hydrogen or organic moieties having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; t is 2, 3 or 4; u is an integer between 0 and 100; n is 0 or 1 m is 0 or 2 o is 0 or 2, p is 0 or 1 X? is an anion, and a synergistic cationic surfactant which is selected from quaternary benzyl ammonium salts having besides the benzyl group at least one C8-C18-alkyl group bound to the nitrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTDInventors: Dirk Leinweber, Zachary Thomas Ward, Felix Hoevelmann, Jonathan James Wylde
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Patent number: 10934470Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive into a fluid, wherein the low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive comprises a quaternary or tertiary ammonium cation moiety, a lipophilic tail, and a sulfonate anion moiety; and exposing the low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive to a temperature above about 200° F.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLCInventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Erick J. Acosta, Pushkala Krishnamurthy
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Patent number: 10767126Abstract: A fuel composition which includes at least: a fuel from one or more sources selected from the group that comprises mineral, plant and synthetic sources; a compound (T1) selected among polyalkylene glycols, C1-C12 alkyl and polyalkylene glycol ethers, and the mixtures thereof; and a compound (T2) selected among the non-ionic emulsifiers. Also, an additive composition including at least: a compound (T1) selected among the C1-C6 alkyl and polyethylene glycol ethers including two to six units of ethylene glycol; a compound (T2) selected among the esters of one or more C1-C36 alkenyl carboxylic or alkyl carboxylic acids, and a polyol selected among sorbitan and isosorbide, taken alone or mixed together; and possibly a detergent additive. Further, a method for preventing, avoiding or delaying the formation of ice crystals or flakes in a tank of a vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Bernard Dequenne, Thomas Dubois
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Patent number: 10393319Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and hydrate inhibitor compositions for inhibiting the formation of hydrates in a fluid comprising gas and water. More specifically, the method comprises contacting a hydrate inhibitor composition to a fluid. The hydrate inhibitor composition comprises a nonpolar solvent; a polar solvent; and a polymer, an oligomer, a dendrimer, or an acid or salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Regan Andrew Jones, Jeremy Wayne Bartels, Jeremy Moloney
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Patent number: 10113128Abstract: The present invention generally relates to one or more compositions and methods for inhibiting the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates in a fluid using a fluorine-containing agent and an anti-agglomerant. The fluid may be contained, for example, in an oil or gas pipeline or refinery.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Jeff Servesko, Rebecca Michele Lucente-Schultz
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Publication number: 20150136002Abstract: The invention relates to quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts and their use as additives, including their use in fuels, such as diesel fuel. The invention particularly relates to the use of quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts as detergents in diesel fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Paul R. Stevenson, James C. Ray, David J. Moreton, James H. Bush
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Patent number: 9017430Abstract: The present invention relates to alkanolamide-containing compositions, and more particularly to alkanolamide-containing compositions formed by the reaction of a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which contain low levels of undesirable by-products. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as fuel additives.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: William J. Colucci, Abbas Kadkhodayan
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Publication number: 20150096516Abstract: A fuel additive and its preparation for a engine, a fuel containing the additive, a fuel additive concentrate, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for an engine. The fuel additive includes a quaternary ammonium salt derived from a reaction of a hydrocarbyl substituted anhydride, a tertiary amine and a hydroxyl-containing epoxide, wherein the tertiary amine is devoid of primary and secondary amino groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinngao FANG, Scott D. SCHWAB
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Patent number: 8992636Abstract: A fuel additive and its preparation for a engine, a fuel containing the additive, a fuel additive concentrate, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for an engine. The fuel additive includes a quaternary ammonium salt derived from a reaction of a hydrocarbyl substituted anhydride, a tertiary amine and a hydroxyl-containing epoxide, wherein the tertiary amine is devoid of primary and secondary amino groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinngao Fang, Scott D. Schwab
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Publication number: 20130247450Abstract: A gasoline deposit control additive composition for use in a fuel comprising from about 70 to about 95 volume percent of hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling range and from about 5 to about 30 volume percent of at least one alcohol, comprising the imine or tertiary amine product of the reaction between (a) at least one aldehyde or ketone or mixture thereof having the formula R16CHO, R16CH2CHO, R17(C=0)R18 or R17CH2(C=0)R18, wherein R16, R17, and R18 are the same or different and are each independently a straight or branched chain hydrocarbyl or aryl group that contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and (b) a primary or secondary amine functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLCInventor: Leslie R. Wolf
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Publication number: 20130239468Abstract: The invention relates to polyester quaternary ammonium salts, including amine, amide, and ester salts, processes for making them, and their use as additives, including their use in fuels, such as diesel fuel and fuel oils. The invention particularly relates to the use of polyester quaternary ammonium salts as detergents in fuels and the methods of making them.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATIONInventors: Hannah Greenfield, Dean Thetford, David J. Moreton
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Patent number: 8444720Abstract: The present invention relates to alkanolamide-containing compositions, and more particularly to alkanolamide-containing compositions formed by the reaction of a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which contain low levels of undesirable by-products. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as fuel additives.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: William J. Colucci, Abbas Kadkhodayan
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Patent number: 8326474Abstract: We provide a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions class-dependent drive-through restriction, wherein the motor vehicle is associated with at least one emissions class. First, information about the geographical location of the zone and about the emissions class at least required there is stored in the navigation system. Then, information about the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is entered into the navigation system. Thereafter, the information entered is considered in the destination guidance process, wherein destination guidance into or through the zone is avoided if the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is affected by emissions class-dependent drive-through restrictions in the zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schrey, Bruno Bozionek, Rainer Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20120138004Abstract: The invention relates to quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts and their use as additives, including their use in fuels, such as diesel fuel. The invention particularly relates to the use of quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts as detergents in diesel fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATIONInventors: Paul R. Stevenson, James C. Ray, David J. Moreton, James H. Bush
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Patent number: 8187345Abstract: Provided is a mixture containing: (a) a polar oil-soluble nitrogen compounds which is capable of sufficiently dispersing paraffin crystals precipitated out under cold conditions in a fuel and is a reaction product formed from reacting a poly(C2- to C20-carboxylic acid), which has at least one tertiary amino group, with a primary or secondary amine; (b) an oil-soluble acid amide reaction product formed from reacting a polyamide, which has from 2 to 1000 carbon atoms, with a C8- to C30-fatty acid or fatty acid-like compound, which has a free carboxyl group; and (c) an oil-soluble reaction product formed from reacting an ?,?-dicarboxylic acid, which has from 4 to 300 carbon atoms, or a derivatives thereof, with a primary alkylamine, wherein the sum of components (a) to (c) constitute 100 wt. % of the mixture. The mixture is suitable as a paraffin dispersant in fuels, especially those having a biodiesel content.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ansgar Eisenbeis, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ulrich Annen
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Patent number: 8100988Abstract: The invention concerns a multifunctional additive enabling fuels to be operable in cold conditions, consisting of copolymers of at least a dicarboxylic compound with at least an olefin, and whereon are grafted nitrogenous functions and/or esters of general formula (1) wherein: R1 and R2, and R4 and R5, R3 and R6 are hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and x is selected among the amine salts and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines and their monohydroxylated and polyhydroxylated derivatives, N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamine alkylesters and esters, and alkylamines and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Elf Antar FranceInventors: Frank G Eydoux, Philippe Pu. F. Flores, Dominique Vichard, Laurent Germanaud
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Patent number: 8021444Abstract: A fuel oil composition is disclosed. The fuel oil includes a major proportion of a fuel oil and minor amounts of: (a) at least one polar nitrogen compound effective as a wax anti-settling additive; and (b) at least one reaction product between a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid or anhydride and hydrazine.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Infineum International LimitedInventors: Rinaldo Caprotti, Graham Jackson, Martin James Willis
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Publication number: 20110039308Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase and/or glucoamylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases, for example, alpha amylases, to catalyze the hydrolysis of polysaccharide, oligosaccharide or starch into sugars. In one aspect, the invention provides delayed release compositions comprising an desired ingredient coated by a latex polymer coating. In alternative embodiments, enzymes are used to make biofuels, e.g., ethanol, butanol, propanol, or a gasoline-ethanol mix, including a bioethanol, biopropanol, biobutanol, or a biodiesel, or for any form of fuel or biomass processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Malgorzata Slupska, Geoff Hazlewood, Cathy Chang, Peter Luginbuhl, Ellen Burke, Michelle Cayouette, Uvini Gunavardena, Majid Ghassemian, Aron Silverstone, Yan Zhang
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Publication number: 20100293844Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least 120 ppm of a nitrogen-containing detergent as a diesel fuel additive to improve the performance of a diesel engine having a high pressure fuel system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventor: John Alexander MacMillan
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Publication number: 20100236139Abstract: A fuel oil composition comprising a major amount of a fuel oil and a minor amount of a compound being the product of the 1,4-addition reaction of (i) ammonia, a primary or secondary hydrocarbyl-substituted amine or a mixture thereof to (ii) a species containing one or more ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl groups, wherein the compound includes at least one hydrocarbyl group containing at least 10 carbon atoms. The fuel oil composition has improved low temperature properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventor: Graham Jackson
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Patent number: 7381689Abstract: A method and an amide composition used therein for inhibiting, retarding, mitigating, reducing, controlling and/or delaying formation of hydrocarbon hydrates or agglomerates of hydrates. The method may be applied to prevent or reduce or mitigate plugging of conduits, pipes, transfer lines, valves, and other places or equipment where hydrocarbon hydrate solids may form under the conditions. At least one amide compound is added into the process stream, where the compound may be mixed with another compound selected from amino alcohols, esters, quaternary ammonium, phosphonium or sulphonium salts, betaines, amine oxides, other amides, simple amine salts, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Champion Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Vaithilingam Panchalingam, Michael Gregory Rudel, Scot Harris Bodnar
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Patent number: 7338540Abstract: A method of decomposing an organic azide is provided and comprises allowing an organic azide to contact a catalytic metal halide, main group halide, mixed metal-main group halide, or mixture thereof. Organic azide fuel sources comprising an organic azide/catalyst combination are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Ultramet IncorporatedInventors: Jason R. Babcock, Arthur J. Fortini
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Patent number: 7112230Abstract: Injector deposits in a direct injection gasoline engine are reduced by providing as fuel for the operation of said direct injection engine a fuel composition comprising a fuel-soluble compound having the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently C1-4 alkyl, R3 is a radical of the formula CmH2m wherein m is an integer of 2 to 6, R4 and R5 are each independently (i) hydrogen (ii) C1-4 alkyl, wherein R6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-4 alkyls and R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-30 alkyl, (iv) wherein R8 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic, C7-23 hydrocarbyl group or (v) wherein R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a cyclic ring in which further hetero atoms.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2001Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles LLCInventors: Dennis J. Malfer, Scott D. Schwab, Timothy J. Henly
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Patent number: 6786940Abstract: The mixture contains (a) from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one reaction product of a poly(C2-20-carboxylic acid) having at least one tertiary amino group with secondary amines and (b) from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one reaction product of maleic anhydride and a primary alkylamine.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernd Wenderoth, Dieter Hermeling
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Publication number: 20040092412Abstract: Compounds, in particular those based on polyisobutyleneamines, are suitable as emulsifiers for water-in-oil emulsions and are used in particular as additives for fuels and lubricants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Stephan Hueffer, Cordula Mock-Knoblauch, Gregor Schrmann, Arno Lange
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Publication number: 20040068922Abstract: A fuel additive composition includes a reaction product of a succinic acylating agent and a polyamine having at least one condensable primary amine group where the reaction product has a ratio of the imide to amide infrared carbonyl absorption peak areas of about 1:0.0-0.6 and a water content of about 0.3% or less by weight. The succinic acylating agent is prepared by thermal condensation of a highly reactive polyolefin with maleic anhydride or a reactive equivalent thereof. This fuel additive composition has a low chlorine content and is very effective in fuel compositions that include a normally liquid fuel in reducing deposits in the fuel intake system of an internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Robert H. Barbour, David A. Duncan, David J. Moreton
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Publication number: 20040010963Abstract: The present invention relates to additives for enhancing the lubricity of hydrocarbon fuel oils, the inventive additive composition including one or more of the reaction products of (i) an alkylated polyamine and (ii) urea or isocyanate, or the salt adducts of these reaction products. More particularly, the present invention provides for a process for improving the lubricity of hydrocarbon fuel oils, which are low in inherent lubricity due to treatment to reduce sulfur and aromatic components for improved emissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: BetzDearborn, Inc.Inventors: Collin W. Cross, Zen-Yu Chang, S. Blake Pruett, Alan E. Goliaszewski
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Publication number: 20030192233Abstract: An improved fuel oil composition comprises fuel oil and specific acylated polyalkylene polyamine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Rinaldo Caprotti, Christophe Ledeore
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Patent number: 6627775Abstract: An improved process to prepare poly(oxyalkylene)amide for gasoline additives involves three consecutive reactions. The reactions are (1) amidation of water-soluble low molecular weight of polyalkylene polyamine with alkyl acetate at an elevated temperature under N2 pressure to convert amines to amides, (2) Butoxylation of the amides with 1,2-epoxybutane to prepare the poly(oxyalkylene) amides, and (3) selective hydrolysis of in situ poly(oxyalkylene)-amine-ester-amides into poly(oxyalkylene)-amine-alcohol-amides and removal of acetic acid byproducts, via acid/base hydrolysis and water extraction procedures. The process step of selective hydrolysis is essential for removal the harmful composition of poly(oxyalkylene)-amine-ester-amides in resulting the better performance of the additive, particularly the positive engine's octane requirement or reducing the combustion chamber deposits.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Chinese Petroleum CorporationInventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Yung-Sheng Ho, Wei-Shiun Ku, Wen-Jei Shiu, Che-Nan Lee
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Patent number: 6623536Abstract: The invention concerns a composition of mulifunctional additives for cold process treatment obtained by reacting carboxylic compounds with amine compounds, characterized in that it contains at least 50 wt. % of a mixture consisting of 10 to 90 wt. % of an additive (AB) of a carboxylic compound (A) selected among maleic and succinic anhydrides, corresponding acids and esters with a polyalkylamine (B) and 90 to 10 wt. % of an additive (CD) obtained by reacting a copolymer (C) obtained by reacting a first unsaturated carboxylic acid with an alkylated ester of a second unsaturated carboxylic acid, identical to or different from the first, of general formula (II) R1R2C═CR3COOR4 wherein R1 and R2, identical or different, being hydrogen, a linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl radical; R3 is hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group with not more than three carbon atoms and R4 is hydrogen or a C1-C25 radical, with N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamine (D).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Elf Antar FranceInventors: Franck Eydoux, Robert Leger
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Publication number: 20030163951Abstract: The invention concerns a multifunctional additive enabling fuels to be operable in cold conditions, consisting of copolymers of at least a dicarboxylic compound with at least an olefin, and whereon are grafted nitrogenous functions and/or esters of general formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2, and R4 and R5, R3 and R6 are hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and x is selected among the amine salts and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines and their monohydroxylated and polyhydroxylated derivatives, N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamine alkylesters and esters, and alkylamines and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Frank G Eydoux, Philippe Puf Flores, Dominique Vichard, Laurent Germaunaud
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Publication number: 20030163954Abstract: A process for preparing amide alkoxylates. More specifically, the invention provides a butoxylation process for producing poly(oxyalkylene) amides and poly(oxyalkylene) esters via an exchange reaction of (trans-amidation/trans-esterification) and involving removal of the poly(oxyalkylene) esters in the product mixtures so that a better performance products can be obtained. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds as fuel additives to decrease intake valve deposits, positively affecting the engine's octane requirement, control the increase of combustion chamber deposits and improve fuel quality. The invention further discloses a composition used as engine fuel, characterized in that it contains said poly(oxyalkylene)amide as the fuel additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Yung-Sheng Ho, Wei-Shiun Ku, Wen-Jei Shiu, Che-Nan Lee
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Patent number: 6562086Abstract: A fuel composition of improved lubricity comprises a lubricity-increasing amount of a lubricity aid dissolved in low sulfur diesel fuel and spark ignition fuels. The lubricity aid is an alkanolamide of a fatty acid, an alkanolamide of a modified fatty acid or a mixture thereof. If the lubricity aid is other than an alkanolamide of an aryl-substituted fatty acid, the composition further necessarily comprises a haze-inhibiting amount of a dehazer. The lubricity of such fuels may be enhanced without acceptably increasing the tendency of the fuel to become hazy upon contact with water.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1997Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Baker Hughes Inc.Inventors: David R. Gentry, Mark P. Stehlin, Jerry J. Weers
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Publication number: 20030056431Abstract: Deposits in a direct injection gasoline engine are reduced by providing as fuel for the operation of said direct injection engine a fuel composition comprising the fuel-soluble reaction products obtained by reacting (i) a monocarboxylic acid of the formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Scott D. Schwab, Dennis J. Malfer
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Patent number: 6454818Abstract: The present invention is one kind of gasoline additives. The compounds consist of tertiary amine, amide and poly(oxybutylene) backbone in the same molecule. The process of making this type of products required an initiator containing primary amine and tertiary amine as the starting diamines. The primary amine will be converted into amide, while the tertiary amine remained intact. Then the amide is converted into butoxylates through butoxylation at CON—H position. The preparation therefore involved two steps: (1) amidation of diamines containing primary/tertiary amines with ethyl acetate to form amidoamines, and (2) butoxylation of this amidoamines to poly(oxybutylene)amidoamine. The product is gasoline soluble and can be used as additive having good performance of detergency and octane requirement reduction.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2000Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Chinese Petroleum Corp.Inventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Wei-Shiun Ku, Che-Nan Lee, Yung-Sheng Ho, Kun-Hai Lin, Kuo-Min Wei
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Publication number: 20010034967Abstract: A composition comprising a hydrocarbon polymer having {overscore (M)}n ranging from 20,000 to about 500,000, when the polymer is not a star polymer, and up to about GPC peak molecular weight of 4,000,000 when the polymer is a star polymer having attached thereto pendant groups Aa and Bb wherein each A is independently a member of the group of formula —Q—Kk wherein each Q is independently an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group, each K is independently a member selected from the group consisting of amide groups, nitrile groups, ester groups and carboxylic acid groups, and each k is independently a number ranging from 1 to about 3, and when k≧2, groups —K on adjacent carbon atoms, taken together, may constitute a succinimide group, and a is 0 or a number ranging from 1 to about 50; and each B is independently a member of the group of formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Applicant: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Carmen V. Luciani, Richard M. Lange, Daniel M. Vargo
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Patent number: 6299655Abstract: Diesel fuel oil compositions comprising high molecular weight, high total base number nitrogen containing dispersants provide exceptional diesel fuel injector cleanliness.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1993Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Thomas F. Steckel, Daniel T. Daly
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Patent number: 6293976Abstract: There are disclosed low sulphur content middle distillate fuel oils which have their lubricity properties greatly improved through the addition of a compound having at least one substituted aromatic ring system wherein the substituents are one or more aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 14 to 36 carbon atoms, one or more hydroxyl groups or a derivative thereof and one or more amide groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1999Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Infineum USA L.P.Inventors: Rinaldo Caprotti, Christophe Le Deore
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Patent number: 6270538Abstract: Oils having improved low temperature properties and additives for use therein.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents INCInventors: Christophe Ledeore, Graham Jackson, Robert Dryden Tack, Iain More
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Patent number: 6270540Abstract: A new class of useful gasoline additives is prepared via two consecutive reactions including: (1) amidation of water-soluble hydrophilic, low molecular weight triamine with alkyl acetate at an elevated temperature under N2 pressure to prepare a symmetrical triamide; and (2) alkoxylation of the triamides with 1,2-epoxyalkane to prepare poly(oxyalkylene)triamide alkoxylate of three telechelic hydroxy groups, having the general formula: wherein x, y and z are from 1 to 20, R is poly(oxyalkylene) of a molecular weight from 72 to 1000, and R′ is an alkyl having a carbon number from 2 to 18.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Chinese Petroleum CorporationInventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, I-Fun Su, Kun-Hai Lin, Yung-Sheng Ho, Che-Nan Lee, Wen-Jei Shiu, Wei-Shiun Ku
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Patent number: 6203584Abstract: A fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and a fuel consumption reducing amount of a fuel additive composition comprising: (a) at least one amine compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a fuel-soluble aliphatic hydrocarbyl-substituted amine having at least one basic nitrogen atom where the hydrocarbyl group has a number average molecular weight of about 700 to 3,000, and (2) a poly(oxyalkylene)amine having at least one basic nitrogen atom and a sufficient number of oxyalkylene units to render the poly(oxyalkylene)amine soluble in hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range; and (b) an ester of a carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, wherein the carboxylic acid has from one to about four carboxylic acid groups and from about 8 to about 50 carbon atoms and the polyhydric alcohol has from about 2 to about 50 carbon atoms and from about 2 to about 6 hydroxy groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLCInventors: Peter A. Fuentes-Afflick, Jeffrey A. Gething
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Patent number: 6102975Abstract: Fuel conditioner and improver compositions for (1) diesel fuel for medium speed diesel engines and (2) gasoline, diesel fuel, liquified petroleum gas (LPG), and liquified natural gas (LNG).Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Inventor: Wesley D. Marr
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Patent number: 5976202Abstract: Reaction products of polyolefins having predominantly a terminal double bond and a number average molecular weight of from 250 to 10,000, which possess an aliphatic hydrocarbon skeleton which is straight-chain or carries C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl side chains, with from 1 to 10 mol, per equivalent of double bond, of one or more vinyl esters I ##STR1## are obtainable by reacting the stated polyolefins with the vinyl esters I in the presence of a free radical initiator at from 80 to 200.degree. C., it being possible for these reaction products subsequently to have been hydrolyzed to the corresponding alcohols or converted into the corresponding amines by reductive amination with amines II ##STR2## .Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1995Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Peter Rath, Helmut Mach, Harald Schwahn, Hans-Joachim Muller, Wolfgang Reif, Thomas Ruhl
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Patent number: 5855630Abstract: Multiple amide polyether alcohol compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms and substituted hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms, substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms and polyoxyalkylene alcohol of 2 to 200 carbon atoms; R.sub.5 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and alkylene of 2 to 20 carbon atoms having at least one methylene group replaced by at least one oxygen atom or at least one acylated nitrogen atom; x and y are each from 1 to 50 and the weight average molecular weight of the additive compound is greater than about 600 when used as gasoline additives are found to decrease intake valve deposits.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1997Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Sarah Louise Weaver
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Patent number: 5855629Abstract: This invention provides alkoxy acetic acid derivatives of general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R is the residue of an amine, an aminoalcohol or a polyol linked to the or each --CHR'--CO-- moiety via an amide or ester linkage;R' is hydrogen or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group;R.sup.1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 300 carbon atoms;one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is independently selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the other of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being independently selected from optionally substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms;m is from 3 to 200;n is from 0 to 20, provided that m/n is at least 1; andp is from 1 to 5; a process for their preparation; and their incorporation in additive concentrates and fuel compositions for internal combustion engines.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1997Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Michael John Grundy, David Roy Kendall, Thomas Webster Naisby, Andrew Czeslaw Sutkowski
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Patent number: 5837016Abstract: A fuel additive which comprises an amide compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 hydrocarbon group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 hydrocarbon group and a group of formula (II), provided that at least one of R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 group of formula (II) R.sup.6 is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkylene group, R.sup.7 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene group, a is an integer of 1-100, b is an integer of 0-100, the sum of a and b being equal to 1-200, c is an integer of 1-3, d is an integer of 0-2, the sum of c and d being equal to 3, and X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 hydrocarbon group, a group of formula (III), and a group of formula (IV), wherein formulas (II), (III) and (IV) are defined in the disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Nippon Oil Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Ishida, Takashi Nakano, Masaki Nagao, Takashi Kaneko
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Patent number: 5833721Abstract: An antifoam additive for hydrocarbon oils and in particular fuel oils comprises the combination of an antifoam agent and an ashless dispersant.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents IncInventors: Richard Joseph Hart, Rinaldo Caprotti
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Patent number: 5814110Abstract: Distillate fuel is treated with additives whose structure match the crystal planes of the wax which crystallizes from the fuel to produce crystals below 4000 nanometres in size, suitable additive include novel sulpho-carboxylic materials particularly their esters and amine derivatives such as the amine salts and/or amides of ortho-sulpho benzoic acid.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1994Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Kenneth William Bartz, Jacqueline Dawn Bland, David Paul Gillingham, Richard Dix Kerwood, Edwin William Lehmann, Kenneth Lewtas, John Edward Maddox, Albert Rossi, Robert Dryden Tack