Abstract:
A CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR SULFURIZING POLYBUTENES FOR USE IN METAL WORKING LUBRICANTS, AND A REACTOR FOR USE IN CARRYING OUT THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS, INCLUDING INTRODUCING MOLTEN SULFUR AND POLYBUTENES INTO AND ENCLOSED CHAMBER WHERE FLOW THERETHROUGH IS INTERCEPTED TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF REACTION ZONES, MIXING TO PROVIDE INTIMATE CONTACT IN AT LEAST EACH ZONE SITUATED IN THE INITIAL ONE THIRD OF THE CHAMBER VOLUME, RECYCLING SULFUR COLLECTING ON THE BOTTOM OF AT LEAST THE ZONES IN THE INITIAL ONE THIRD OF THE VOLUME, ALLOWING FLOW FROM ONE ZONE TO ANOTHER, MAINTAINING THE CHAMBER AT FROM 300*F. TO 400*F. AND COORDINATING THE VARIOUS FLOW RATES AND THE CHAMBER VOLUME WITH THE REACTION TEMPERATURE TO PROVIDE A PREDETERMINED CHAMBER RESIDENCE TIME.
Abstract:
PETROLEUM BASED HYDRAULIC FLUIDS, WHEN CONTAIMINATED WITH SEA WATER FORM TIGHT SEA WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS AND PROTECT HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS CONSISTS OF PETROLEUM LUBRICATING OIL HAVING A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 60-920 SSU AT 100*F. AND CONTAIN IN COMBINATION (A) ABOUT 4-8 VOLUME PERCENT OF A MINERAL OIL SOLUTION OF ABOUT 35-45 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT (I) 1 MOLE OF A MONOALKYLPHENOL WHEREIN THE ALKYL GROUP HAS ABOUT 90-120 CARBON ATOMS, (II) 1 MOLE OF TETRAETHYLENEPENTAAMINE, AND (III) 2 MOLES OF FORMALDEHYDE, SAID SOLUTION CONTAINING ABOUT 1.0-1.5 PERCENT NITROGEN; (B) ZERO TO ABOUT 0.5 VOLUME PERCENT OF POLYOXYETHYLENE LAURYL ALCOHOL HAVING ABOUT FOUR OXYETHYLENE GROUPS; (C) ABOUT 1.5-1.7 VOLUME PERCENT OF A MINERAL OIL SOLUTION OF ABOUT 40-50 WEIGHT PERCENT CALCIUM SULFONATE, SAID SOLUTION HAVING A TOTAL BASE NUMBER OF ABOUT 15-30; (D) ABOUT 0.25-0.35 VOLUME PERCENT OF 2.6-DI-(T-BUTYL)-PARACRESOL; (E) ABOUT 0.0350.045 VOLUME PERCENT OF BIS-(OCTYLDITHIO)-ETHIAZIAZOLE; (F) ZERO TO ABOUT 0.7 VOLUME PERCENT OF PARAFFIN WAX-NAPHTHALENE CONDENSATION PRODUCT; (G) ABOUT 0.1-0.4 VOLUME PERCENT OF A METHYLNAPHTHALENE SOLUTION OF ABOUT 4.8 WEIGHT PERCENT OF N,N''-DIMETHYLDITHIOOXAMIDE; AND (H) ABOUT 3-5 PARTS PER MILLION OF SILICONE OIL FOAM DEPRESSANT HAVING A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 1000 CS. AT 25*C., SUCH FLUIDS HAVE A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 12-220 CS. AT 100*F.
Abstract:
IN A PROCESS FOR FORMING SULFURIZED POLYBUTENES FOR USE IN METAL WORKING OILS INCLUDING REACTING MOLTEN SULFUR WITH LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYBUTENES, STRIPPING TO REMOVE LIGHT UNDERIRABLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS HYDROGEN SULFIDE, VARIOUS MERCAPTANS AND UNREACTED POLYBUTENES, REMOVING ENTRAINED SULFUR AND COOLING TO AMBIENT CONDITIONS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES ENHANCING THE RETENTION OF CHEMICALLY COMBINED SULFUR IN SUCH POLYBUTENES BY MAINTAINING THE PH IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 2.0 TO 5.5 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY STABILIZE THE CHEMICALLY COMBINED SULFUR CONTENT OF THE SULFURIZED POLYBUTENES. SUITABLY, THE PH IS MAINTAINED WITHIN THE RANGE SET FORTH FROM AFTER THE STRIPPING STEP UNTIL AT LEAST THE AMBIENT CONDITIONS ARE REACHED. CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF THE PH DURING STORAGE IS ALSO DESIRABLE.