Corrosion inhibitor compositions for alcohol base fuels

Patent · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6394382

Weidig, C F

Liquid fuels having anti-corrosion properties for use in internal combustion engines comprising (i) a major fraction of a monohydroxy alkanol having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms, and (ii) a corrosion inhibiting amount of a mixture of (a) from about 5 to 95 parts of an alkyl or alkenyl succinic acid and an ester formed from that acid, or from a related alkyl or alkenyl succinic acid, and a glycol of 2 to 4 carbon atoms wherein the alkyl or alkenyl groups in the acid and in the ester each contain about 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and (b) from about 95 to 5 parts of at least one polymerized unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having about 16 to 18 carbon atoms per molecule.

• Assignee: Ethyl Corporation
• Patent Number(s): US 4448586
• OSTI ID: 6394382
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADDITIVES
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALCOHOLS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CORROSION INHIBITORS
CORROSION PROTECTION
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ENGINES
ESTERS
FUEL ADDITIVES
FUELS
GLYCOLS
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SUCCINIC ACID
SYNTHETIC FUELS