Use of low temperature flow improvers in distillate oils

Abstract: As a flow improver in a crude oil or a liquid hydrocarbon fuel are used polymers containing more than one amide group, the amide being an amide of a secondary amine, and either the amide group or an ester group of the polymer containing a hydrogen- and carbon-containing group of at least 10 carbon atoms, provided that if the polymer is derived from the polymerisation of an aliphatic olefin and maleic anhydride, the polymer must have both an amide group and an ester group each of which contains a hydrogen- and carbon-containing group of at least 10 carbon atoms, for example, a diamide of a copolymer of an alkyl fumarate, vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride.

Description: This invention relates to middle distillate fuel oil compositions containing a flow improver. Wax separation in middle distillate fuels limits their flow at low temperatures. The usual method of overcoming these problems is to add wax crystal modifying compounds that cause the wax crystals to be smaller and/or to be smaller and to grow into more compact shapes. Another difficulty is that small wax crystals can stick together and form larger agglomerates and these agglomerates as well as the individual crystals can block the filter screens through which the individual crystals would pass and they will settle lore rapidly than do the individual, small crystals. We have now found that the wax crystals may be modified so as to improve filterability and reduce the pour point and the tendency of the wax crystals to agglomerate may be reduced by the addition of certain amides. EP-A-100248 discloses a pour point depressant comprising a terpolymer formed from alpha-olefins, unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and unsaturated esters which has been reacted with the reaction product of a cyclic anhydride and a primary amine under conditions producing imide groups. In one example secondary amine groups are also present in the amine reactant which under the reaction conditions disclosed would result in amide groups. EP-A-126363 discloses the use as a pour point depressant of copolymers of long chain esters of acrylic or methacrylic acids with substituted or unsubstituted amides of these acids. Only primary amides or amides derived from primary amines are disclosed. US-E-30238 discloses a pour point depressant comprising an N-acylaminoethyl ester of a carboxylic acid-containing polymer, derived from a tertiary amido-alcohol. The present invention provides for the use as a low temperature flow improver in a middle distillate fuel oil composition of a minor proportion by weight of a polymer containing more than one amide group directly attached to the backbone of the polymer, the amide being an amide of a secondary amine, and wherein either the amide group or an ester group of the polymer contains an alkyl group of at least 10 carbon atoms connected to the backbone of the polymer through the carboxyl group of the ester or attached to the nitrogen atom of the amide group, provided that: (i) either: (a) the amine does not contain any primary amine group, or (b) the reaction is conducted under conditions such as to produce a half amide, half amine salt with each anhydride group; and wherein the polymer is a copolymer of an unsaturated ester with an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride which has been reacted with a secondary amine to give the half amide/half amine salt due to reaction with the anhydride group. The polymers may be used as flow improvers in middle distillate fuel oils, e.g. a diesel fuel, aviation fuel, kerosene, fuel oil, jet fuel, heating oil etc. Generally, suitable distillate fuels are those boiling in the range of 120° to 500°C (ASTM D86), preferably those boiling in the range 150° to 400°C. A representative heating oil specification calls for a 10 percent distillation point no higher than about 226°C, a 50 percent point no higher than about 272°C and a 90 percent point of at least 282°C and no higher than about 338°C to 343°C, although some specifications set the 90 percent point as high as 357°C. Heating oils are preferably made of a blend of virgin distillate, e.g. gas oil, naphtha, etc. and cracked distillates, e.g. catalytic cycle stock. The polymer containing more than one amide group can be prepared in different ways. One way is to use a polymer having a plurality of carboxylic acid or anhydride groups and to react this polymer with a secondary amine to obtain the desired polymer containing amide groups. If the polymers obtained by this method do not contain alkyl groups of at least 10 carbon atoms in the amide group, then these polymers must have an ester group containing an alkyl group of at least 10 carbon atoms. Examples of these polymers are copolymers of an unsaturated ester (and optionally an olefin) with an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride. These copolymers, on reaction with a secondary amine, will give half amide/half amine salts due to reaction with the anhydride group. Specific examples are copolymers (a) of a dialkyl fumarate, maleate, citraconate or itaconate with maleic anhydride, or (b) of vinyl esters e.g. vinyl acetate or vinyl stearate, with maleic anhydride or (c) of a dialkyl fumarate, maleate, citraconate or itaconate with maleic anhydride and vinyl acetate. Particularly suitable examples of these polymers are copolymers of didodecyl fumarate, vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride; di-tetradecyl fumarate, vinyl acetate and naleic anhydride; di-hexadecyl fumarate, vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride; or the equivalent copolymers where, instead of the funarate, the itaconate is used. In the above-mentioned examples of suitable polymer the desired amide is obtained by reacting the polymer containing anhydride groups with a secondary amine (optionally also with an alcohol whence an ester-amide is formed). When reacting polymers containing an anhydride group, the resulting amino groups will be ammonium salts and amides. Such polymers can be used, provided that they contain at least two amide groups. It is essential that the polymer containing at least two amide groups contains at least one alkyl group of at least 10 carbon atoms. This long chain group which can be a straight chain or branched alkyl group can be present either attached through a carboxylate group to the backbone of the polymer in the case of an ester, or via the nitrogen atom of the amide group. Thus in the above examples of polymers the alkyl groups of the di-alkyl fumarate, maleate, citraconate or itaconate can contain at least 10 carbon atoms. Particularly suitable monomers are therefore didodecyl fumarate, ditetradecyl fumarate and dioctadecyl fumarate. As an alternative or in addition one can introduce the long chain group into the polymer by using a long chain sec-amine in forming the amide. The secondary amines can be represented by the formula R 1 R 2 NH and the polyamines R 1 NH[R 3 NH] x R 4 wherein R 1 and R 2 are alkyl groups, R 4 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, R 3 is a divalent hydrocarbyl group, preferably an alkylene or hydrocarbyl substituted alkylene group and x is an integer. Preferably, either or both of R 1 and R 2 contain at least 10 carbon atoms, for instance 10 to 20 carbon atoms, for example dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl or octadecyl. Examples of suitable secondary amines are dioctyl amine and those containing alkyl groups with at least 10 carbon atoms, for instance didecylamine, didodecylamine, di-coco amine (i.e. mixed C 12 to C 14 alkyl amines), dioctadecyl amine, hexadecyl, octadecyl amine, di(hydrogenated tallow) amine (approximately 4 wt % n C 14 alkyl, 30 wt % n C 16 alkyl, 60 wt % n C 18 alkyl, the remainder being unsaturated) (Armeen 2HT) n-coco-propyl diamine (C 12 /C 14 alkyl-propyl diamine-Duomeen C) n- tallow - propyl diamine (C 16 /C 18 alkyl, propyl diamine-Duomeen T). Examples of suitable polyamines are N-octadecyl propane diamine, N,N' di-octadecyl propane diamine, N- tetradecyl butane diamine and N,N' di hexadecyl hexane diamine. The amide-containing polymers usually have a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000, for example 10,000 to 100,000. Particularly suitable examples of amide group containing polymers for use in the present invention are: (1) The half-amine salt, half amide of di C 16 /C 18 alkyl amine (C 16 alkyl:C 18 alkyl being approximately 1:2) reacted with a copolymer of di-tetradecyl fumarate, vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride, the amount of maleic anhydride being 10 mole % in the copolymer. (2) As (1) but the dialkyl amine being R 2 NH (Armeen C) where R is 0.5 wt % C 6 alkyl, 8 wt % C 8 alkyl, 7 wt % C 10 alkyl, 50 wt % C 12 alkyl, 18 wt % C 14 alkyl, 8 wt % C 16 alkyl, 1.5 wt % C 18 alkyl and 7.0 wt % C 18 /C 19 unsaturated. (3) As (1) but the diamine being n- tallow (C 16 /C 18 alkyl) propyl diamine. (4) As (1) but only 5 mole % maleic anhydride in the copolymer. (5) As (3) but only 5 mole % maleic anhydride in the copolymer. Improved results are often achieved when the fuel compositions of this invention incorporate other additives known for improving the cold flow properties of distillate fuels generally. Examples of these other additives are the polyoxyalkylene esters, ethers, ester/ethers amide/esters and mixtures thereof, particularly those containing at least one, preferably at least two C 10 to C 30 linear saturated alkyl groups of a polyoxyalkylene glycol of molecular weight 100 to 5,000 preferably 200 to 5,000, the alkyl group in said polyoxyalkylene glycol containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. EP-A-0,061,895 describes some of these additives. The preferred esters, ethers or ester/ethers may be structurally depicted by the formula: R 5 -O-(A)-O-R 6 where R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and may be (i) n-alkyl (ii) (iii) (iv) the alkyl group being linear and saturated and containing 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and A represents the polyoxyalkylene segment of the glycol in which the alkylene group has 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as polyoxymethylene, polyoxyethylene or polyoxytrimethylene moiety which is substantially linear; some degree of branching with lower alkyl side chains (such as in polyoxypropylene glycol) may be tolerated but it is preferred the glycol should be substantially linear. Suitable glycols generally are the substantially linear polyethylene glycols (PEG) and polypropylene glycols (PPG) having a molecular weight of about 100 to 5,000, preferably about 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 and it is preferred to use a C 18 -C 24 fatty acid, especially behenic acids. The esters may also be prepared by esterifying polyethoxylated fatty acids or polyethoxylated alcohols. A particularly preferred additive of this type is polyethylene glycol dibehenate, the glycol portion having a molecular weight of about 600 and is often abbreviated as PEG 600 dibehenate. Other suitable additives for fuel composition of this invention are ethylene unsaturated ester copolymer flow improvers. The unsaturated monomers which may be copolymerised with ethylene include unsaturated mono and diesters of the general formula: wherein R 8 is hydrogen or methyl, R 7 is a -OOCR 10 group wherein R 10 is hydrogen or a C 1 to C 28 , more usually C 1 to C 17 , and preferably a C 1 to C 8 , straight or branched chain alkyl group; or R 7 is a -COOR 10 group wherein R 10 is as previously defined but is not hydrogen and R 9 is hydrogen or -COOR 10 as previously defined. The monomer, when R 7 and R 9 are hydrogen and R 8 is -OOCR 10 , includes vinyl alcohol esters of C 1 to C 29 , more usually C 1 to C 18 , monocarboxylic acid, and preferably C 2 to C 29 , more usually C 1 to C 18 , monocarboxylic acid, and preferably C 2 to C 5 monocarboxylic acid. Examples of vinyl esters which may be copolymerised with ethylene include vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate and vinyl butyrate or isobutyrate, vinyl acetate being preferred. It is preferred that the copolymers contain from 20 to 40 wt % of the vinyl ester, more preferably from 25 to 35 wt % vinyl ester. They may also be mixtures of two copolymers such as those described in US Patent 3,961,916. It is preferred that these copolymers have a number average molecular weight as measured by vapour phase osmometry of 1,000 to 6,000, preferably 1,000 to 3,000. Other suitable additives for fuel compositions of the present invention are polar compounds, either ionic or non-ionic, which have the capability in fuels of acting as wax crystal growth inhibitors. Polar nitrogen containing compounds have been found to be especially effective when used in combination with the glycol esters, ethers or ester/ethers. These polar compounds are generally amine salts and/or amides formed by reaction of at least one molar proportion of hydrocarbyl substituted amines with a molar proportion of hydrocarbyl acid having 1 to 4 carboxylic acid groups or their anhydrides; ester/amides may also be used containing 30 to 300, preferably 50 to 150 total carbon atoms. These nitrogen compounds are described in US Patent 4,211,534. Suitable amines are usually long chain C 12 -C 40 primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amines or mixtures thereof but shorter chain amines may be used provided the resulting nitrogen compound is oil soluble and therefore normally containing about 30 to 300 total carbon atoms. The nitrogen compound preferably contains at least one straight chain C 8 -C 40 , preferably C 14 to C 24 alkyl segment. Suitable amines include primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary, but preferably are secondary. Tertiary and quaternary amines can only form amine salts. Examples of amines include tetradecyl amine, cocoamine, hydrogenated tallow amine and the like. Examples of secondary amines include dioctadecyl amine, methyl-behenyl amine and the like. Amine mixtures are also suitable and many amines derived from natural materials are mixtures. The preferred amine is a secondary hydrogenated tallow amine of the formula HNR 1 R 2 wherein R 1 and R 2 are alkyl groups derived from hydrogenated tallow fat composed of approximately 4% C 14 , 31% C 16 , 59% C 18 . Examples of suitable carboxylic acids for preparing these nitrogen compounds (and their anhydrides) include cyclo-hexane, 1,2 dicarboxylic acid, cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, cyclopentane 1,2 dicarboxylic acid, naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and the like. Generally, these acids will have about 5-13 carbon atoms in the cyclic moiety. Preferred acids are benzene dicarboxylic acids such as phthalic acid, terephthalic acid, and iso-phthalic acid. Phthalic acid or its anhydride is 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 di-hydrogenated tallow amine. Another preferred compound is the diamide formed by dehydrating this amide-amine salt. The relative proportions of additives used in the mixtures are preferably from 0.05 to 20 parts by weight, more preferably from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of the amide-containing polymer to 1 part of the other additives such as the polyoxyalkylene esters, ether or ester/ether or amide-ester. The amount of amide-containing polymer added to the crude oil or liquid hydrocarbon fuel is preferably 0.0001 to 5.0 wt %, for example, 0.001 to 0.5 wt % especially 0.01 to 0.05 wt % (active matter) based on the weight of the liquid hydrocarbon fuel oil. The polymer may conveniently be dissolved in a suitable solvent to form a concentrate of from 20 to 90, e.g. 30 to 80 wt % of the polymer in the solvent. Suitable solvents include kerosene, aromatic naphthas, mineral lubricating oils etc. Example 1 In this Example various half amide, half amine salt polymers based on alkyl fumarate- vinyl acetate-maleic anhydride copolymers mixed with the polyethylene glycol dibehenate, the glycol portion having a MW of about 600 (PEG 600 dibehenate) were added to a distillate fuel oil F1 having the characteristics given below. Wax Content % WAT(°C) WAP(°C) ASTM D 86 Distillation IBP D20 D50 D90 FBP 4.9/9.8 10.3 7.5 204 262 295 346 362 The various polymers blended in each case with PEG 600 dibehenate in a weight ratio of 4 parts of polymer per part of PEG 600 dibehenate were as follows: PROGRAMMED COOLING TEST (PCT) This is a slow cooling test designed to correlate with the pumping of a stored heating oil. The cold flow properties of the described fuels containing the additives are determined by the PCT as follows. 300 ml of fuel are cooled linearly at 1°C/hour to the test temperature and the temperature then held constant. After 2 hours at the test temperature, approximately 20 ml of the surface layer is removed by suction to prevent the test being influenced by the abnormally large wax crystals which tend to form on the oil/air interface during cooling. Wax which has settled in the bottle is dispersed by gentle stirring, then a CFPPT filter assembly is inserted. The tap is opened to apply a vacuum of 500 mm of mercury, and closed when 200 ml of fuel have passed through the filter into the graduated receiver: a PASS is recorded if the 200 ml are collected within ten seconds through a given mesh size or A fail if the flow rate is too slow indicating that the filter has become blocked. The mesh number passed at the test temperature is recorded. THE COLD FILTER PLUGGING POINT TEST (CFPPT) The cold flow properties of the blend were determined by the Cold Filter Plugging Point Test (CFPPT). This test is carried out by the procedure described in detail in "Journal of the Institute of Petroleum", Vol. 52, No.510, June 1966 pp.173-185. In brief, a 40 ml. sample of the oil to be tested is cooled by a bath maintained at about -34°C. Periodically (at each one degree Centigrade drop in temperature starting from 2°C above the cloud point) the cooled oil is tested for its ability to flow through a fine screen in a time period. This cold property is tested with a device consisting of a pipette to whose lower end is attached an inverted funnel positioned below the surface of the oil to be tested. Stretched across the mouth of the funnel is a 350 mesh screen having an area of about 0.,45 square inch. The periodic tests are each initiated by applying a vacuum to the upper end of the pipette whereby oil is drawn through the screen up into the pipette to a mark indicating 20 ml. of oil. The test is repeated with each one degree drop in temperature until the oil fails to fill the pipette to a mark indicating 20 ml of oil. The test is repeated with each one degree drop in temperature until the oil fails to fill the pipette within 60 seconds. The results of the test are quoted as Δ CFPPT (°C) which is the difference between the fail temperature of the untreated fuel (CFPP o ) and the fuel treated with the flow improver (CFPP 1 ) i.e. Δ CFPP = CFPP o - CFPP 1 . Determinations by CFPPT were carried out on fuel oil F1 polymers A to E, M and X all blended with PEG 600 dibehenate in a weight ratio of 4:1 respectively. Copolymer X which is included for comparison purposes is a copolymer of vinyl acetate and ditetradecyl fumarate. The results are as follows: Polymer Δ CFPP 1500 ppm (active ingredient) 3000 ppm (active ingredient) A 1 4.5 B 1.5 2.5 C -2 5.5 D 0.5 3.5 E 0.5 3 M 0.5 3 X 1.5 3.5 The PCT (+2°C) was also carried out on fuel oil F1 containing polymers A, C, D, E, M and X all blended with PEG 600 dibehenate in a weight ratio of 4:1 respectively. The results obtained were as follows: Polymer PCT Mesh passed @ 2°C 1500 ppm ai 3000 ppm ai A 40 100 C 60 150 D 100 200 E 30 60 M 30 80 X 80 150 No polymer (Base fuel alone) < 20 The advantages of the blends containinq the polymer over the base fuel alone can be clearly seen. EXAMPLE 2 In this Example the amide-containing polymers C, D, E, and M used in Example 1 were added to a high boiling point distillate fuel F2 and the CFPP (F2 alone) and the Δ CFPP measured in each case. The ASTM D86 distillation details of F2 are as follows: IBP 172°C D20 228°C D50 276°C D90 362°C FBP 389°C The results are given below for each polymer added at 300 ppm and 500 ppm (active ingredient), i.e. 0.03 wt % and 0.05 wt %, to the base fuel oil, F2 and when compared with the untreated fuel oil. Amide-Containing Polymer Concentration ppm CFPP Δ CFPP C 300 -3 -3 8 C 500 -6 -5 9 D 300 -5 -2 10 D 500 -6 -6 7 E 300 +1 +2 2 E 500 -8 -5 10 M 300 +3 +4 0 M 500 -4 -5 8 Base fuel Oil alone +4 +3 It can be seen that in all cases there is considerable reduction in the flow point when the amide-containing polymers are added to the base fuel oil. The amide-containing polymers C, D, E, and M were also blended with a copolymer Y in a mole ratio of 1:4 respectively and then added to F2 at concentrations of 300 and 500 ppm (0.03 wt % and 0.05 wt %). Copolymer Y is a 3:1 weight mixture of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing 36 wt % vinyl acetate of molecular weight about 2000 and an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing 13 wt % vinyl acetate of molecular weight about 3000. As before the CFPP (treated fuel oil) and the Δ CFPP were measured in each case. The results are as follows: Concentration Amide-Containing Polymer Y (ppm) Polymer (ppm) CFPP Δ CFPP C 240 60 -14 -12 17 C 400 100 -17 -16 20 D 240 60 -15 -14 18 D 400 100 -14 -14 18 E 240 60 -12 -13 16 E 400 100 -16 -14 19 M 240 60 -14 -13 17 M 400 100 -15 -14 18 Base fuel oil alone + 4 + 3 It can be seen that in all cases there is considerable reduction in the flow point when the amide-containing polymers are added to the base fuel oil. Example 3 Various polymers either alone or in admixture with Polymer Y (see Example 2) were added to a distillate fuel oil F3 which had the following ASTM D86 distillation characteristics: IBP 188°C D20 236°C D50 278°C D90 348°C FBP 376°C The results of the CFPPT and the PCT were as follows: Polymer Conc (PPM) CFPP Δ CFPP PCT @ -9°C C 375 -3, -3 3 40 C 625 -4, -4 4 80 D 375 -3, -3 3 40 D 625 -4, -4 4 60 E 375 -3, -4 3 40 E 625 -5, -5 5 60 M 375 -5, -5 5 40 M 625 -5, -4 4 60 Concentration ppm Y Polymer CFPP CFPP PCT @ -9°C 300 75 C -16, -18 17 150 500 125 C -16, -18 17 200 300 75 D -14, -15 14 120 500 125 D -14, -15 14 200 300 75 E -17, -14 15 150 500 125 E -16, -19 17 200 300 75 M -14, -16 15 150 500 125 M -17, -16 16 200 EXAMPLE 4 In this Example another amide-containing polymer N was added to a distillate fuel F4 having the ASTM D86 distillation properties IBP 173°C D20 222°C D50 297°C D90 356°C FBP 371°C Polymer N is the half amide, half amine salt of the copolymer of di-tetradecyl fumarate-vinyl acetate - 10 mole % maleic anhydride, the amine being R 2 NH where R is C 16 /C 18 alkyl. This Polymer N was also blended in a 1:1 mole ratio with ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer mixture Y. (See Example 2). The polymer and mixture thereof in a mole ratio of 1:1 with Y were added to the fuel oil F4 at concentrations of 300 and 600 ppm (active ingredient) (0.03 and 0.06 wt %) and the resultant blends were subjected to the PCT and the CFPPT. The results are as follows: Amide-Containing Polymer Polymer Concentration (ppm) PCT @ -8°C CFPP N 300 40 +3 +3 N 600 80 +2 +3 N Y 300 40 -5 -8 N Y 600 80 -9 -8 EXAMPLE 5 In this Example amide-containing polymers A, B, (as used in Example 1) and N (as used in Example 4) were added to the distillate fuel oil F4 of Example 4. Each polymer was blended in a 1:1 mole ratio with the copolymer mixture Y as used in Example 2. Each polymer blended with copolymer mixture Y was added to the fuel oil F4 at two different concentrations, i.e. 300 and 600 ppm (0.03 wt % and 0.05 wt %) active ingredient and submitted to the PCT and CFPPT. The results obtained were as follows: Additive + Y (1:1) Concentration (ppm) PCT -8°C CFPP N 300 40 60 N 600 100 120 +2 +1 N 300 60 80 N 600 80 100 -7 -8 A 300 20 30 A 600 20 30 +2 +1 A 300 40 60 A 600 60 80 -9 -11 B 300 - 20 B 600 - 20 +2 +1 B 300 40 60 B 600 60 80 -9 -9 Base fuel oil 20 30 +3 +3 It can be seen that in general adding the amide-containing polymer improves the flow properties of the base fuel oil.

Claims: Use as a low temperature flow improver in a middle distillate fuel oil composition of a minor proportion by weight of a polymer containing more than one amide group directly attached to the backbone of the polymer, the amide being an amide of a secondary amine, and wherein either the amide group or an ester group of the polymer contains an alkyl group of at least 10 carbon atoms connected to the backbone of the polymer through the carboxyl group of the ester or attached to the nitrogen atom of the amide group, provided that; a. the amine does not contain any primary amine group, or b. the reaction is conducted under conditions such as to produce a half amide, half amine salt with each anhydride group; and wherein the polymer is a copolymer of an unsaturated ester with an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride which has been reacted with a secondary amine to give the half amide/half amine salt due to reaction with the anhydride group. The use according to claim 1 wherein amine from which the amide is derived has the formula R 1 R 2 NH where R 1 and R 2 are alkyl groups containing at least 10 carbon atoms. The use according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the composition also includes a polyoxyalkylene ester, ether, ester/ether or amide/ester, an ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer flow improver or a polar nitrogen-containing compound or a mixture thereof. The use according to claim 3 wherein the polyoxyalkylene ester, ether, ester/ether or amide/ether contains at least two C 10 to C 30 linear saturated alkyl groups of a polyoxyalkylene glycol of molecular weight 100 to 5000. The use according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the amount of amide-containing polymer is 0.001 to 5.0 wt % (active matter) based on the weight of middle distillate fuel oil.

Inventors: LEWTAS KENNETH, TACK ROBERT DRYDEN, LEWTAS, KENNETH, TACK, ROBERT DRYDEN
Applicants: EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC, EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC.
Application year: 1988
Main classification: C10L1
IPC codes: C10L1