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WO2016089991A1
WO2016089991A1 PCT/US2015/063418 US2015063418W WO2016089991A1 WO 2016089991 A1 WO2016089991 A1 WO 2016089991A1 US 2015063418 W US2015063418 W US 2015063418W WO 2016089991 A1 WO2016089991 A1 WO 2016089991A1
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Carrie S. BRIGGS
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  • the disclosed technology relates to a lubricant composition containing a polyalkylene glycol in which greater than 50% of the repeating units in the poly- alkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising a C 4 or greater alkyl group.
  • the lubricant compositions are particularly useful in compressors, such as a reciprocating rotary vane, scroll, or rotary screw air compressor.
  • Lubricating oils have been used in the past to lubricate the bearings of positive displacement compressors, to seal the rotors, and to cool the compressed gases.
  • Lubricating oils typically used in the industry comprise a mineral oil or synthetic oil as a base oil, and various additives for a particular purpose. Oxidation stability and varnish and deposit control are some of the important properties desira- ble in a lubricant for maximizing the life of the lubricant, and hence, the life of the equipment, especially under the high temperature and pressure conditions that can be created when operating a positive displacement compressor, for example.
  • US Patent No. 6, 127,324 to Tolfa et al., issued Oct. 3, 2000 provides a lubricating basestock or lubricant composition for use in a positive displacement compressor, where the basestock or lubricant contains a blend of a polyalkylene glycol and an alkyl aromatic.
  • the '324 patent does not teach the prevention of fires or explosions in compressors or any direction on preparing a composition for preventing fires or explosions in compressors.
  • WO2001/90232A2 to Union Carbide Chemicals published 29 November 2001 , provides a method for improving the fire resistance of fluids.
  • the fire resistance is directed to the fluid itself as measured by a spray flammability test.
  • the WO '232 publication teaches a fire resistant fluid, it does not teach how to prevent fires or explosions in compressors in the first instance, or any direction on preparing a composition to preventing fires or explosions in compressors.
  • the inventors have found that the ignition of fires and/or explosions in compressors may be due to electrical charge buildup in the fluid used in the compressor. Without being bound by theory, it is believed one way to solve this problem may be to increase the electrical conductivity of the fluid to help dissipate the electrical charge building up in the compressor.
  • known antistatic additives do not work in compressors. For example, most commercial anti-static additives lose conductivity properties when subjected to the heating that occurs in such compressors.
  • the disclosed technology therefore provides, in one aspect, a lubricant com- position containing (a) at least one oil of lubricating viscosity, and (b) at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol. Greater than 50% of the repeating units in the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising a C 4 or greater alkyl.
  • less than 50% of the repeating units in the at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising at least one Ci, C 2 , C 3 alkyl group or combinations thereof.
  • the at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol of component (b) is soluble in the oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • the at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol of component (b) can be present in the lubricant composition at about 5 percent by weight or greater, such as, for example, from about 5 to about 15 percent by weight.
  • the lubricant composition can further include at least one Ci to C 3 polyalkylene glycol. Greater than 50% of the repeat units in the at least one Ci to C 3 polyalkylene glycol can contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety having at least one of a Ci, C 2 , or C 3 alkyl group or combination thereof. [0014] In some embodiments, the ratio of the at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol to the at least one Ci to C3 polyalkylene glycol can be from about 1 : 1 to about 10: 1 by weight.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity in the lubricant composition can be a mineral oil. In the same, or different embodiments, the oil of lubricating viscosity in the lubricant composition can be an ester.
  • the lubricant composition can, in some embodiments, contain (d) other additives.
  • the other additives can be any of those commonly employed in compressor lubricants.
  • Another aspect of the present technology is a method of operating an air compressor.
  • the method can include lubricating the air compressor with a lubricant composition containing (a) at least one oil of lubricating viscosity, and (b) at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol, wherein greater than 50% of the repeating units in the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising a C 4 or greater alkyl.
  • a polyalkylene glycol in a lubricant for an air compressor, wherein greater than 50% of the repeating units in the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising a C 4 or greater alkyl.
  • the disclosed technology provides a lubricant composition containing (a) at least one oil of lubricating viscosity, and (b) at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol.
  • Polyalkylene glycols have the general formula HO-(Ri-0) n -H, where Ri is an alkyl group, Ri-0 represents an alkylene oxide derived moiety, and (Ri-0) n rep- resents a repeating unit.
  • the lubricant composition comprises at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol.
  • C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol it is meant that greater than 50% of the repeating units in the polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety having a C 4 or greater alkyl group.
  • more than 60%, or 70%>, or even 80%> or 90%> of the repeating units in the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety having a C 4 or greater alkyl group. In an embodiment, 100% of the repeating units in the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety having a C 4 or greater alkyl group.
  • C 4 or greater alkyl group it is meant the alkyl group has at least 4 carbon atoms, for example, from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, or from 4 to 7 carbon atoms, or 4, 5 or 6 carbon atoms.
  • the C 4 or greater alkyl group in the alkylene oxide derived moiety may be straight chain or branched, and is preferably straight chain.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be a single polyalkylene glycol, or a mixture of polyalkylene glycols.
  • the percentage of repeating units containing an alkylene oxide derived moiety having a C 4 or greater alkyl group can be calculated based on a single polyalkylene glycol, or a mixture of polyalkylene gly- cols.
  • a mixture of polyalkylene glycols may contain polyalkylene glycols in which less than 50% of the repeating units therein contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety having a C 4 or greater alkyl group and the mixture can still be considered a C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol so long as the total number of repeating units from all polyalkylene glycols in the mixture containing an alkylene oxide derived moiety hav- ing a C 4 or greater alkyl group is greater than 50%.
  • less than 50% of the repeating units in the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety having at least one of a Ci, C 2 , or C3 alkyl group or combinations thereof, or less than 40%>, or less than 30 or 20%, or even less than 10%.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol is completely free of alkylene oxide derived moieties having any Ci, C 2 , or C3 alkyl groups.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can include units derived from butylene oxide to units derived from propylene oxide from about 3 : 1 to about 1 : 1 , such as, for example, 3 : 1 , 2.7: 1 , 2.5 : 1 , 2.3 : 1 , 2.1 : 1 , 1.9: 1 , 1.7: 1 , 1.5 : 1 , 1.3 : 1 , 1.1 : 1 or 1 : 1.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can have a carbon to oxygen ratio of at least 3.5 : 1 , or of at least 4: 1 , or in the alternative of at least 5 : 1 , or of at least 6: 1.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can have an unsaturation level of less than about 0.05 meq/g, or less than 0.04 meq/g, or in the alternative less than 0.03 meq/g.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol has a number average molecular weight of about 200 to about 8000, preferably about 500 to 5000.
  • the ratio and range limits may be combined.
  • the polyaklyene glycol can have a kinematic viscosity at 40°C of about 15 to about 500 cSt, preferably of about 22 to about 500 cSt, more preferably of about 22 to about 370 cSt, and most preferably of about 22 to about 220 cSt.
  • polyaklyene glycol can have a kinematic viscosity at 40°C of less than 100 cSt, or from about 5 to about 95 or 100, and in some instances from about 10 to about 80 or 90.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol may be represented by the following formula:
  • Z is a residue of a non-amine initiator having from 1-8 active hydro- gens
  • Ri is a Ci to C 12 alkyl or aromatic, such as, for example, a phenol or alkylated phenol, or a Ci to Cio alkyl or aromatic, or even a Ci to C 6 or C 8 alkyl or aromatic, but preferably a Ci, C 2 or C3 alkyl.
  • the integer n has a value from 8 to 25, preferably from 10 to 20.
  • the number average molecular weight of the polyalkylene glycol is from about 200 to about 8,000, preferably from about 500 to about 5000.
  • R 2 is H, an alkyl having from about 1 about 30 carbons, preferably from about 1 to about 24 carbons, more preferably from about 1 to about 12 carbons, and most preferably from about 1 to about 6 carbons, or an acyl having from about 1 to about 30 carbons, preferably from about 1 to about 24 carbons, more preferably from about 1 to about 12, and most preferably from about 1 to about 6 carbons, and m is from 1 to 8.
  • C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be prepared in a number of ways, suitable examples of the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol are polyalkylene glycols prepared with initiators containing from 1-8 active hydrogens prepared from alkylene oxides having from 2 to about 12 carbons, including ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or butylene oxide. The oxides may be polymerized alone (homopolymers) or as mixtures (co- or tri- polymers).
  • Another suitable polyalkylene glycol is prepared from a non-amine initiator having 1 -4 active hydrogens, and having a kinematic viscosity at 40°C of about 22 to about 220 cSt.
  • Commercially available examples of polyalkylene glycols used for component (A) are WI 165 ® and WI 285 ® , available at BASF.
  • non-amine initiator is explained as follows.
  • Polyalkylene glycols are polymeric products where the monomers are epoxides of low carbon number olefins (ethylene, propylene, and butylene oxides are the typical ones used).
  • An initiator must be used to start the polymerization reaction which is used to prepare the polyalkylene glycol products.
  • the initiators are typically described as chemicals having active hydrogens. This means chemicals which have hydrogens which can be relatively easily removed with base. Active hydrogens are ones which are bonded to heteroatoms (e.g. oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorous).
  • non-amine initiators oxygen initiators
  • nitrogen initiators referred to as amine initiators
  • amine initiators alkyl amines, aryl amines, diamines, and polyamines
  • Sulfur and phosphorous initiators are not typically used to make polyalkylene glycols.
  • U.S. 4,302,343 sets forth oxidation stability data showing that amine initiated polyalkylene glycols are not oxidatively stable even when typical antioxidant packages are present.
  • the present technology employs non-amine initiators.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be combined with one or more oils of lubricating viscosity, including natural and synthetic lubricating oils, and mixtures thereof, with or without additives.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be combined with both oils of lubricating viscosity and additives.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be used in an amount sufficient to achieve the desired electrical conductivity in the lubricating composition, such as, for example from about 1 wt.% or greater of the total weight of the lubricating composition, that is, from about 1 wt.% to about 100 wt.%.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be employed in the lubricating composition from about 0.01 to about 10 wt%, or from about 0.1 to about 8 or 9 wt.%, or from about 0.5 or 1 to about 6 or 7 wt.%. In an embodiment, the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be employed in the lubricating composition from about 5 wt.% to about 25 wt.%, or from about 6 wt.% to about 20 wt.%, or alternatively from about 7 to about 15 wt.%.
  • One of ordinary skill in the art can readily formulate the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol into a lubricating composition to balancing the desired conductivity with the costs.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity refers to an oil that provides lubrication to moving parts.
  • the lubricant will be an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic oil with less than 10, more desirably less than 5 and preferably less than 1 weight percent of aryl and alkaryl molecules.
  • Aryl and alkaryl molecules will be defined to be compounds having one or more aromatic rings, either as individual rings or as fused rings such as benzene, substituted benzenes, naphthalene, substituted naphthalenes, anthracene etc.
  • these lubricants would have less than 10, more desirably less than 5 mole percent, and preferably less than 1 mole percent of compounds with unsaturated carbon to carbon double bonds, i.e. they would be relatively free of unsatura- tion.
  • They can specifically include mineral oils with less than the specified amounts of aryl and alkaryl compounds, hydrotreated mineral oils with less than the specified amounts of aryl and alkaryls, hydrocracked mineral oils, and polyalphaolefins.
  • these aliphatic or cycloaliphatic lubricants would have viscosities at 40 °C of from about 5 or 20 to about 200 cSt and preferably from about 5 or 20 to about 100 or 150 cSt.
  • These aliphatic oils have better thermal and chemical stability than oils having higher concentrations of unsaturation and/or aryl groups.
  • Suitable mineral oils that can be used in conjunction with the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol include those having a viscosity range from about 20 to about 100 cSt at 40°C, preferably from about 30 cSt to about 80 cSt at 40°C. Such oils are refined from crude oil of any source. Standard refinery operations may be used in processing the mineral oil.
  • mineral oils useful in the compositions of this invention are solvent neutrals, bright stocks, cylinder stocks, residual oils, hydrocracked basestocks, and paraffin oils including pale oils. Such oils and blends of them are produced by a number of conventional techniques which are widely known by those skilled in the art.
  • Suitable synthetic lubricating oils include hydrocarbon oils and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins [e.g., hy- drogenated polybutylenes, hydrogenated polypropylenes, hydrogenated propylene- isobutylene copolymers, chlorinated hydrogenated polybutylenes, hydrogenated poly(l -hexenes), hydrogenated poly(l-octenes), hydrogenated poly(l -decenes)]; al- kylbenzenes [e.g., dodecylbenzenes, tetradecylbenzenes, dinonylbenzenes, di(2- ethylhexyl) benzenes]; polyphenyls (e.g., biphenyls, terphenyls, alkylated polyphen- yls); and alkylated diphenyl ethers and alkylated di
  • polyalphaolefins is used to define the polymers derived from polymerizing alpha olefin monomers and these polymers are conventionally used as oils of lubricating viscosity and lubricant additives.
  • the polyalphaolefin has similar saturated chains with good thermal stability to the aliphatic mineral oils low in unsaturation.
  • These polyolefins are polymers from olefins having unsaturation be- tween their alpha and beta carbon atoms before the polymerization reaction. The polymerization and any subsequent treatments (hydrogenation) convert the unsaturated carbons to saturated carbons.
  • Polyalkylene glycols other than the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol, that are useful as oils of lubricating viscosity include alkylene oxide polymers and inter- polymers and derivatives thereof where the terminal hydroxyl groups have been mod- ified by esterification, etherification. These constitute another class of known synthetic lubricating oils.
  • polyoxyalkylene polymers prepared by polymerization of ethylene oxide (POE) or propylene oxide (PPO), the alkyl and aryl ethers of these polyoxyalkylene polymers (e.g., methyl-polyisopropylene glycol ether having an average molecular weight of 1000, diphenyl ether of polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 500-1000, diethyl ether of polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 1000- 1500); and mono- and polycarboxylic esters thereof, for example, the acetic acid esters, mixed C3 - C 8 fatty acid esters and C 13 Oxo acid diester of tetraethylene glycol.
  • POE ethylene oxide
  • PPO propylene oxide
  • alkyl and aryl ethers of these polyoxyalkylene polymers e.g., methyl-polyisopropylene glycol ether having an average molecular weight of 1000, diphenyl ether of poly
  • Another suitable class of synthetic lubricating oils comprises the esters of di- carboxylic acids (e.g., phthalic acid, succinic acid, alkyl succinic acids and hydrogenated alkenyl succinic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic acid dimer, malonic acid, alkylmalonic acids) with a variety of alcohols (e.g., butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoether, propylene glycol).
  • di- carboxylic acids e.g., phthalic acid, succinic acid, alkyl succinic acids and hydrogenated alkenyl succinic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic acid dimer
  • esters include dibutyl adipate, di(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate, di-n-hexyl fumarate, dioctyl sebacate, diisooctyl azelate, diisodecyl azelate, dioctyl phthalate, didecyl phthalate, dieicosyl seba- cate, the 2-ethylhexyl diester of linoleic acid dimer, and the complex ester formed by reacting one mole of sebacic acid with two moles of tetraethylene glycol and two moles of 2-ethylhexanoic acid.
  • Esters useful as synthetic oils also include those made from C5 to C 12 mon- ocarboxylic acids and polyols and polyol ethers such as neopentyl glycol, trime- thylolpropane, pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol and tripentaerythritol.
  • Silicon-based oils such as the polyalkyl-, polyaryl-, polyalkoxy-, or poly- aryloxysiloxane oils and silicate oils comprise another useful class of synthetic lubricants; they include tetraethyl silicate, tetraisopropyl silicate, tetra-(2-ethylhexyl) silicate, tetra-(4-methyl-2-ethylhexyl) silicate, tetra-(p-tert-butylphenyl) silicate, hexa-(4-methyl-2-pentoxy)disiloxane, poly(methyl)siloxanes and poly(methyl-phe- nyl) siloxanes.
  • Other synthetic lubricating oils include liquid esters of phosphorus- containing acids (e.g., tricresyl phosphate, trioctyl phosphate, diethyl ester of decylphosphonic acid) and polymeric tetrahydrofurans.
  • liquid esters of phosphorus- containing acids e.g., tricresyl phosphate, trioctyl phosphate, diethyl ester of decylphosphonic acid
  • polymeric tetrahydrofurans e.g., tricresyl phosphate, trioctyl phosphate, diethyl ester of decylphosphonic acid
  • Typical vegetable oils that may be used as base oils or as components of the base oils include castor oil, olive oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, corn oil, sesame oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, hemp oil, linseed oil, tung oil, oiticica oil, jojoba oil, meadowfoam oil, and the like. Such oils may be partially or fully hydrogenated, if desired.
  • the base oils used in the lubricant compositions may be composed of (i) one or more mineral oils, (ii) one or more synthetic oils, (iii) one or more vegetable oils, or (iv) a blend of (i) and (ii), or (i) and (iii), or (ii) and (iii), or (i), (ii) and (iii) does not mean that these various types of oils are necessarily equivalents of each other.
  • Certain types of base oils may be used in certain compositions for the specific properties they possess such as biodegradability, high temperature stability, non-flammability or lack of corrosivity towards specific metals (e.g. silver or cad- mium).
  • Effective amounts of additives that can be employed in and with the lubricant compositions can include, for example, antioxidants, rust and corrosion inhibitors, metal deactivators, lubricity additives, antiwear additives, or such additives as may be required.
  • antiwear additives are additives such as tricresyl phosphate (TCP) available at Syn-O-Add, 8484 ® available at Akzo-Nobel, or triphenyl phosphorothionate (TPPT) available at Ciba Geigy.
  • TCP tricresyl phosphate
  • 8484 ® available at Akzo-Nobel
  • TPPT triphenyl phosphorothionate
  • the lubricant composition will contain the additive components in minor amounts sufficient to improve the performance characteristics and properties of the oil of lubricating viscosity or basestock blend, or to both the base oil and basestock blend.
  • the amounts of the respective components may vary in accordance with such factors as the type and characteristics of the base oil or basestock blend employed, the type and severity of the service conditions for which the finished product is intended, for example, for use in a positive displacement compressor, such as a rotary screw compressor, a reciprocating rotary vane, or scroll, and the specific performance properties desired in the finished product.
  • the lubricating composition does not contain naphthol.
  • additives used for their known purpose can comprise from about 10% to about 0.01 % by weight of the total weight of the lubricant composition, and preferably from about 5% to about .001% by weight based on the total weight of the lubricating composition.
  • antioxidants examples include phenyl naphthyl amines (alpha and/or beta), diphenyl amines, including alkylated diphenyl amines.
  • commercially available examples of such antioxidants are Irganox L-57® available at Ciba Geigy, and Vanlube 81® available at Vanderbilt Chemical.
  • Suitable antioxidants are also exemplified by phenolic antioxidants, aromatic amine antioxidants, sulfurized phe- nolic antioxidants, and organic phosphites, among others.
  • phenolic antioxidants examples include 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, liquid mixtures of tertiary butylated phenols, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 4,4'-methylenebis(2,6-di-tert-butylphe- nol), 2,2'-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-tert-butyl-phenol), mixed methylene -bridged polyalkyl phenols, and 4,4'-thiobis(2-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol).
  • N,N'-Di-see-butyl- p-phenylenediamine, 4-isopropylaminodiphenyl amine, phenyl-alpha-naphthyl mine, phenyl-beta-naphthyl amine, and ring-alkylated diphenylamines serve as examples of aromatic amine antioxidants.
  • Commercially available antioxidants useful for the present invention also include Ethanox ® 702 available at the Ethyl Corporation, Irganox ® L-135 and Irganox ® L-l 18, Irganox L-06 ® available at Ciba Geigy, and RC- 7130 ® available at Rhein Chemie.
  • Suitable rust and corrosion inhibitors are neutral metal sulfonates such as calcium sulfonate, magnesium sulfonate, sodium sulfonate, barium dinonylnaphthalene sulfonate, and calcium petroleum sulfonate.
  • Other types of rust or corrosion inhibitors which may be used comprise monocarboxylic acids and poly- carboxylic acids.
  • suitable monocarboxylic acids are oleic acids, octanoic acid, decanoic acid and dodecanoic acid.
  • Suitable polycarboxylic acids include dimer and trimer acids such as are produced from such acids as tall oil fatty acids, oleic acid, and linoleic acid.
  • carboxylic acid based, metal free materials such as hydroxy alkyl carboxylic esters.
  • Another useful type of rust inhibitor for use in the practice of this invention is comprised of the alkenyl succinic acid and alkenyl succinic anhydride corrosion inhibitors such as, for example, tetrapropenylsuccinic acid, tetrapropenylsuccinic anhydride, tetradecenylsuccinic acid, tetradecenylsuc- cinic anhydride, hexadecenylsuccinic acid, hexadecenylsuccinic anhydride, and the like.
  • rust or corrosion inhibitors include ether amines; acid phosphates; amines; polyethoxylated compounds such as ethoxylated amines, ethoxylated phenols, and ethoxylated alcohols; imidazolines; and aminosuccinic acids or derivatives thereof. Mixtures of such rust or corrosion inhibitors can be used.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,773,393 is incorporated in its entirety herein for its disclosure regarding rust and corrosion inhibitor additives.
  • a commercially available example of a corrosion inhibitor is L- 859 ® available at the Lubrizol Corporation.
  • suitable metal deactivators are complex organic nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur-containing compounds.
  • copper compounds such as substituted benzotriazole, alkyl or acyl substituted 5,5'-methylene-bis-benzotriazole, alkyl or acyl substituted 2,5-dimercaptothiazole, salts of salicylaminoguanidine, and quini- zarin are useful.
  • Propylgallate is an example of a metal deactivator for magnesium
  • sebacic acid is an example of a deactivator for lead.
  • a commercially available example of a triazole metal deactivator is Irgamet 39 ® available at Ciba Geigy.
  • An effective amount of the foregoing additives is generally in the range from about 0.005% to about 5% by weight of the total weight of the lubricant composition for the antioxidants, from about 0.005% to about 0.5% percent by weight based on the total weight of the lubricant composition for the corrosion inhibitors, and from about 0.001 % to about 0.5% percent by weight of the total weight of the lubricant composition for the metal deactivators. It is to be understood that more or less of the additives may be used depending upon the circumstances for which the lubricant compositions are to be used.
  • the lubricating composition comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of a blend of (A) at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol, as described above, and (B) at least one Ci to C3 polyalkylene glycol, wherein greater than 50%, or greater than 60% or 70%, or even greater than 80% or 90%, and in some instances 100% of the repeat units in said at least one Ci to C3 polyalkylene glycol contains an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising at least one of a Ci, C 2 , or C3 alkyl group or combination thereof.
  • the ratio of the at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol to the at least one Ci to C3 polyalkylene glycol can be from about 1 : 1 to about 10: 1 by weight. In some embodiments the ratio can be 1.5 : 1 to about 8: 1 , or from about 2: 1 to 6: 1 , and in some embodiments from about 2.5 : 1 to about 4: 1.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol along with polymerized and/or interpolymerized olefin base oils, such as, for example, a poly alphaolefin ("PAO").
  • PAO poly alphaolefin
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol along with an ester base oil, such as, for example, esters of dicarboxylic acids, esters made from C5 to C12 monocarboxylic acids and polyols and polyol ethers, and/or vegetable oil esters.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene gly- col along with a mineral oil base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 0.01 to about 10 wt.%, from about 0.005 to about 5 wt.% of an antioxidant, and the balance of a base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 5 to about 25 wt.%, from about 0.005 to about 5 wt.% of an antioxidant, and the balance of a base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 0.01 to about 10 wt.%, from about 0.005 to about 0.5 wt.% of a corrosion inhibitor, and the balance of a base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 5 to about 25 wt.%, from about 0.005 to about 0.5 wt.% of a corrosion inhibitor, and the balance of a base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 0.01 to about 10 wt.%, from about 0.001 to about 0.5 wt.% of a metal deactivator, and the balance of a base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 5 to about 25 wt.%, from about 0.001 to about 0.5 wt.% of a a metal deactivator, and the balance of a base oil.
  • the lubricating composition can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol from about 0.01 to about 10 wt.%, or from about 5 to about 25 wt.%; along with an additive package comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of from about 0.005 to about 5 wt.% of an antioxidant, from about 0.005 to about 0.5 wt.% of a corrosion inhibitor, and from about 0.001 to about 0.5 wt.% of a metal deactivators; and a base oil to the balance of the lubricating composition.
  • the lubricating compositions when used in a positive displacement compressor, such as a reciprocating rotary vane, a scroll, or a rotary screw air compressor, are selected so as to have a viscosity in the range of about 10 to about 150 centistokes at 40°C, preferably from about 22 to about 100 centistokes at 40°C, and most preferably of about 32 to about 68 centistokes at 40°C, and a pour point in the range of about -10°C to about -100°C , and preferably from about -20 °C to about -70°C, and in some embodiments from about -10 °C to about -40 °C or -60 °C.
  • a viscosity in the range of about 10 to about 150 centistokes at 40°C, preferably from about 22 to about 100 centistokes at 40°C, and most preferably of about 32 to about 68 centistokes at 40°C, and a pour point in the range of about -10°C to about
  • the technology also is directed to a process of lubricating a piece of equip- ment, for example, a positive displacement compressor such as a reciprocating rotary vane, a scroll, or a rotary screw air compressor.
  • a positive displacement compressor such as a reciprocating rotary vane, a scroll, or a rotary screw air compressor.
  • the technology additionally includes a method of operating a piece of equipment, for example, a positive displacement compressor such as a reciprocating rotary vane, a scroll, or a rotary screw air compressor.
  • the method can include lu- bricating the piece of equipment with a lubricant composition as herein disclosed, and operating the piece of equipment.
  • a compressor operated with the lubricant composition herein disclosed will have a lower electro-static charge build-up during operation than a compressor operating without the lubricant composition.
  • the lubricant compositions are useful as thermally and oxidatively stable compressor lubricants that can maintain the conductivity of the lubricant when heated, particularly when heated for extended periods, such as, for example, for about 8 hours or more.
  • the lubricant compositions can increase the conductivity to greater than 50 Ps/m at room temperature (i.e., 25 °C).
  • the lubricant compositions are also useful to reduce or prevent the buildup of static charge in a compressor, such as a reciprocating rotary vane, scroll, rotary screw air, centrifugal, or axial compressor.
  • a compressor such as a reciprocating rotary vane, scroll, rotary screw air, centrifugal, or axial compressor.
  • the lubricants can be used alone as a lubricant, or they can be combined with effective amounts of additives useful in compressors.
  • the C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol can be employed to prevent electrostatically ignited fires in a compressor lubricant, wherein greater than 50% of the repeating units in said at least one C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol contain a C 4 or greater alkylene oxide moiety.
  • a compressor operated according to the present invention runs at a discharge operating temperature range of from about 150°F to about 250°F or 300°F (about 65°C to about 120°C or 150°C).
  • the compressor can run as much as 24 hrs/day, seven days/wk, for many years. In the most extreme case, shutdown will occur only for maintenance.
  • the lubricant compositions are useful in compressor oils.
  • each chemical component described is presented exclusive of any solvent or diluent oil, which may be customarily present in the commercial material, that is, on an active chemical basis, unless otherwise indicated.
  • each chemical or composition referred to herein should be interpreted as being a commercial grade material which may contain the isomers, by-products, derivatives, and other such materials which are normally understood to be present in the commercial grade.
  • the pre- sent invention encompasses the composition prepared by admixing the components described above.
  • the invention herein is useful, inter alia, for reducing the electro -static charge build-up in a positive displacement compressor, which may be better understood with reference to the following examples.
  • Anti-stat#l is a mixture of kerosene, o-xylene, dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid, heavy aromatic naptha, and other chemicals, available from InnospecTM under the trade name STADISTM 425.
  • Anti- stat#2 is a mixture of polyalkylene glycols containing C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycols, available from DowTM as OSP-46TM.
  • Results show the raising of electrical conductivity as desired with the use of both additives in various base oil types and combinations.
  • results show that operating an air compressor on the lubricant composition disclosed herein containing a C 4 or greater polyalkylene glycol will increase the electrical conductivity of the lubricant, thereby reducing the electro -static build-up of charge within the air compressor and reducing the risk of fire hazards in a working compressor.
  • results also show that known anti-stat additives lose their efficacy as the fluid is used and heated in a working compressor.
  • the transitional term "comprising,” which is synonymous with “including,” “containing,” or “characterized by,” is inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, un-recited elements or method steps.
  • the term also encompass, as alternative embodiments, the phrases “consisting essentially of and “consisting of,” where “consisting of excludes any element or step not specified and “consisting essentially of permits the inclusion of additional un-recited elements or steps that do not materi- ally affect the essential or basic and novel characteristics of the composition or method under consideration.

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La technologie ci-décrite concerne une composition de lubrifiant contenant un polyalkylène glycol dont plus de 50 % des motifs à répétition contiennent un fragment dérivé d'oxyde d'alkylène comprenant un groupe alkyle C4 ou supérieur. Les compositions lubrifiantes selon l'invention sont particulièrement utiles dans les compresseurs, tels qu'un compresseur d'air à pistons, rotatif à palettes, de type spiro-orbital dit "Scroll", ou rotatif à vis.
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