Lubricating oil compositions comprising a biodiesel fuel and a Mannich condensation product
AssigneesChevron Oronite Technology B.V., Chevron Oronite Company LLC
InventorsMenno Anton Stefan Moniz, Walter Alexander Hartgers, Richard Hogendoorn, Moussa Echankouki, Peter Kleijwegt, Alexander B. Boffa, John Robert Miller
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Abstract
This invention encompasses lubricating oil compositions comprising a base oil, a biodiesel fuel and a Mannich condensation product. A method for inhibiting viscosity increase in a diesel engine fueled at least in part with a biodiesel fuel is also described.
Claims16
A lubricating oil composition contaminated with at least about 0.3 wt % of a biodiesel fuel or a decomposition product thereof, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, wherein the lubricating oil composition comprises:
- a. a major amount of base oil of lubricating viscosity;
- and
- b. from 0.55 to 4.95 wt. % on an actives basis of a Mannich condensation product, wherein the Mannich condensation product is of the formula 7
- wherein each R is independently —CHR′—, wherein R′ is branched or linear alkyl having one to about 10 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from about 3 carbon atoms to about 10 carbon atoms, aryl having from about 6 carbon atoms to about 10 carbon atoms, alkaryl having from about 7 carbon atoms to about 20 carbon atoms, or aralkyl having from about 7 carbon atoms to about 20 carbon atoms, R1 is a polyisobutyl group derived from polyisobutene containing at least about 70 wt. % methylvinylidene isomer and having a number average molecular weight in the range of about 400 to about 2,500;
- X is hydrogen, an alkali metal ion, or alkyl having one carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms;
- W is [CHR″]—m, wherein each R″ is independently H, alkyl having one carbon atom to about 15 carbon atoms, or a substituted-alkyl having one carbon atom to about 10 carbon atoms and one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of amino, amido, benzyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, hydroxyphenyl, imidazolyl, imino, phenyl, sulfide, or thiol;
- and m is an integer from one to 4;
- Y is hydrogen, alkyl having one carbon atom to about 10 carbon atoms, —CHR′OH, wherein R′ is as defined above,
- or of formula 8:
- wherein Y′ is —CHR′OH, wherein R′ is as defined above;
- and R, X, and W are as defined above;
- Z is hydroxyl, a hydroxyphenyl group of the formula 9:
- or of formula 10:
- wherein R, R1, Y′, X, and W are as defined above,
- and n is an integer from 0 to 20, with the proviso that when n=0, Z must be of formula 10 as defined above, and
- c. optionally at least one dispersant present at from 0.85 to 5.13 wt. % on an actives basis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.