Lubricant compositions having enhanced estolide content, methods of making, and uses thereof
OwnerDiana Berman, Kent Dean Chapman +5inventors
InventorsDiana Berman, Kent Dean Chapman, Trevor Bradley Romsdahl, Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Robert Earl Minto, Chunyu Zhang, Asghar Shirani
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Abstract
Various liquid and semisolid lubricant compositions are provided, in particular lubricant compositions are provided which have been chemically modified to increase a concentration of triacylglyceride estolide content. The estolides can be produced via esterification with one or more fatty acids such as palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, or a combination thereof. Both liquid and semisolid lubricant compositions are provided.
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A lubricant composition comprising a triacylglycerol (TAG) estolide, wherein the lubricant composition has been chemically modified to increase a concentration of the TAG estolide relative to a reference concentration of the TAG estolide in the otherwise same lubricant composition except without the chemical modification.
A method of making a lubricant composition comprising chemically modifying a base oil to increase a concentration of the TAG estolide relative to a reference concentration of the TAG estolide in the base oil without the chemical modification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.