953 results about "Alkoxylation" patented technology

The present invention provides polyurethane foams and elastomers made with an alkoxylated vegetable oil hydroxylate replacing at least a portion of the typically used petroleum-based polyol(s). Also provided are processes for making the inventive foams and elastomers and for making alkoxylated vegetable oil hydroxylates. The alkoxylated vegetable oil hydroxylates are environ mentally-friendly, bio-based polyols which advantageously also offer the potential of improved hydrophobicity in polyurethane foams and elastomers. The inventive polyurethane foams and elastomers may find use in a wide variety of products such as automobile interior parts, polyurethane structural foams, floor coatings and athletic running tracks.

Laundry detergents and cleaning compositions which provide improved cleaning benefits that comprise a novel polymer system. The polymer system comprises one or more amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers, and either a clay soil cleaning polymer; or a soil suspending polymer.

There is provided an alcohol composition obtained by dimerizing an olefin feed comprising C6-C10 linear olefins to obtain C12-C20 olefins, followed by conversion to alcohols, such as by hydroformylation. The composition has an average number of branches ranging from 0.9 to 2.0 per molecule. The linear olefin feed preferably comprises at least 85% of C6-C8-olefins. The primary alcohol compositions are then converted to anionic or nonionic surfactants, preferably sulfated or oxyalkylated or both. The sulfated compositions are biodegradable and possess good cold water detergency. The process for making the dimerized primary alcohol comprises dimerizing, in the presence of a homogeneous dimerization catalyst under dimerization conditions, an olefin feed comprising C6-C10 olefins and preferably at least 85 weight % of linear olefins based on the weight of the olefin feed, to obtain a C12-C20; optionally double bond isomerizing said C12-C20 olefins; and converting the C12-C20 olefins to alcohols, preferably through hydroformylation. The process is preferably a one-step dimerization. The homogenous catalyst comprises a mixture of a nickel carboxylate or a nickel chelate, with an alkyl aluminum halide or an alkyl aluminum alkoxide.

The present invention generally relates to a method and a composition useful in restoring the permeability of a porous underground petroleum containing formation. Restoring permeability to the formation enhances the injectivity thereby accelerating petroleum recovery. The method of the invention comprises treating said formation with a composition which comprises a combination of at least one nonionic compound, preferably an alkoxylated alcohol, with at least one cationic compound, preferably a quaternary ammonium compound, in an amount effective to improve the permeability of the formation. The composition may also optionally contain an alkyl glycoside.

The present invention describes the method of making anionic ether sulfate surfactants by alkoxylation of a GA using PO and / or EO followed by a sulfation reaction. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of a linear alcohol. The ether sulfate surfactants of the present invention find uses in EOR applications where it is used for solubilization and mobilization of oil and for environmental cleanup.

An environmentally-friendly cleaning composition for industrial and consumer applications comprising (a) a blend of dibasic esters, (b) one or more surfactants (c) and, optionally, (d) water or a solvent. The dibasic esters are be derived from a blend of adipic, glutaric, and succinic diacids, and, in one particular embodiment, the blend comprises dialkyl adipate, dialkyl methylglutarate and dialkyl ethylsuccinate, wherein the alkyl groups individually comprise a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group. The one or more surfactants are typically chosen from alcohol alkoxylate, an alkyl phenol ethoxylate, a terpene, a terpene alkoxylate or any derivates thereof. Optionally, additional components or additives including delaminates such as pinene and d-limonene, fragrances, whiteners, stabilizers, thickeners and the like can be added to the composition. The industrial or consumer application selected from the group consisting of a graffiti cleaner, a painted-substrate cleaner, an ink cleaner, a metal substrate cleaner, a plastic substrate cleaner, an environmentally friendly cleaner, a stain-spot cleaner, an industrial hand cleaner, a resin cleaner, a tar resin cleaner, a textile cleaner, a paint stripper and any combination thereof.

This invention is of a drilling fluid composition containing a liquid thixotrope, which thixotrope is free of solvents or any other diluent, and is in easily usable, liquid form, pourable at ambient temperatures, and which provides effective and efficient rheological properties when used at low levels in such compositions. In a specific aspect, the invention provides an oil or oil invert emulsion drilling fluid composition containing one or more organoclays, and in addition contains a additive which comprises the reaction product of an alkoxylated nitrogen containing compound or a diamine, and one or more polycarboxylic acids in a specified equivalent ratio.

A method of recovering crude oil from a subterranean hydrocarbon containing formation which comprises (a) injecting into said formation an aqueous solution containing an effective amount alkali metal, alkaline-earth or ammonium salts of alcohol ether sulfonates derived from unsaturated alcohol ethers, and (b) displacing said solution into one or more injection wells and recovering the oil from one or more production wells. The unsaturated alkoxylated alcohol contain various amounts of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and butylene oxides elected to optimize their interfacial properties with different types of crude oil with different brines.

New anionic surfactants and methods of preparation which are derived from aromatic or substituted aromatic molecules and alkenesulfonic acid. Wherein the aryl compound is alkylated and sulfonated in one-step with an alkene sulfonic acid prior to sulfonic acid neutralization. The methods allow the functional sulfonate group to be attached to the end of the alkyl chain rather than to the aromatic ring thus allowing for selective substituted groups, either branched, linear or alkoxylated or combinations thereof to be placed on the aryl compound prior to sulfonation and alkylation. The invention uses the alkene sulfonic acid produced from thin-film sulfonation of an alpha-olefin to alkylate benzene, mono-substituted aromatic, poly-substituted aromatic, alkylbenzene, alkoxylated benzene, polycyclic aromatic, mono-substituted polycyclic aromatic, poly-substituted polycyclic aromatic, naphthalene, alkylnaphthalene, phenol, alkylphenol, alkoxylated phenol, and alkoxylated alkylphenolalkyl substituted or polysubstituted cyclic or polycyclic compounds to produce the corresponding sulfonic acid having an additional alkyl group derived from the alpha-olefin used during the thin-film sulfonation which is either linear or branched.

The present invention relates to antimicrobial compositions including carboxylic acids, such as fatty acid antimicrobial agents, and alkoxylated amines, and to methods using these compositions.

The present invention relates to specific compositions made by the sulfation of alkoxylated crude guerbet alcohol mixtures that contain between 15% and 50% lower molecular weight alkoxylated alcohols. The lower molecular weight alcohols are the raw material alcohols used to make the guerbet. Sulfated compositions made from this specific bi-modal distribution have unique emulsification properties and experience minimal chromatographic separation when used in downhole applications.

The invention relates to block-copolymeric polyalkylene oxides containing styrene oxide, obtained by alkoxylation, and their use as low-foam pigment wetting agents in aqueous pigment pastes with or without cosolvent and in aqueous and low-solvent coating materials and printing inks.

The invention provides an improved, non- or minimized streaking / filming antimicrobial formulation, the cleaner containing: a. an akoxylated quaternary ammonium surfactant, present in a cleaning-effective amount; b. an alkoxylated short chain nonionic surfactant, also present in a cleaning-effective amount; c. alkanolamine as an alkalinity source, present in an amount effective to enhance soil removal in said cleaner; d. a quaternary ammonium compound in an amount present for antimicrobial efficacy; e. at least one water-soluble or dispersible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25° C., said at least one organic solvent present in a solubilizing-or dispersion-effective amount; and f. the remainder, water.

The invention relates to a process and to an apparatus for preparing polyether alcohols by alkoxylating alcohols, and also long-chain polyether alcohols having a narrow product distribution. The process is preferably carried out continuously in the liquid phase in a microstructured reactor. An alkylene oxide or different alkylene oxides are metered at one or more points into the channels of the microreactor. The channels are cooled with the aid of a cooling medium or heated with the aid of a heating medium.

An environmentally-friendly cleaning composition for oil cleaning comprising (a) a blend of dibasic esters, (b) one or more surfactants (c) and, optionally, (d) water or a solvent. The dibasic esters are be derived from a blend of adipic, glutaric, and succinic diacids, and, in one particular embodiment, the blend comprises dialkyl adipate, dialkyl methylglutarate and dialkyl ethylsuccinate, wherein the alkyl groups individually comprise a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group. The one or more surfactants are typically chosen from alcohol alkoxylate, an alkyl phenol ethoxylate, a terpene, a terpene alkoxylate or any derivates thereof. Optionally, additional components or additives including delaminates such as pinene and d-limonene, fragrances, whiteners, stabilizers, thickeners and the like can be added to the composition.

Provided herein are polyurethane foams which may be prepared by spray techniques. The foams of the invention are prepared using conventional isocyanates and a novel Mannich condensate polyol having a hydroxy number in the range of 250-340 and a viscosity of 3500 cps or less, and wherein the Mannich condensate polyol is derived from nonylphenol, formaldehyde, an alkanolamine, and propylene oxide as the sole alkoxylating agent. Polyurethane foams prepared according to the invention possess superior physical properties over sprayed polyurethane foams prepared using Mannich condensate polyols which are made using mixtures of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide.

Demulsifiers containing an anionic surfactant selected from alkylsulfosuccinates, alkylphosphonic acids, and their salts; a nonionic surfactant selected from ethylene oxide / propylene oxide copolymers, ethoxylated fatty acids of polyethylene glycol, terpene alkoxylates, and modified alkanolamides; and solvent bases comprising blends of dibasic esters. Methods for breaking emulsions using such demulsifiers and solvent bases are also disclosed.

This invention relates to novel polyether polyols which are prepared by alkoxylation of renewable resource materials, and particularly cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL), and to a process for the preparation of these novel polyether polyols. This invention also relates to flexible polyurethane foams prepared from these long chain polyether polyols, and to a process for the production of these flexible polyurethane foams.

Rinse-aid composition comprising a polyalkoxylated trisiloxane surfactant and a non-ionic solubilising system having a cloud point above room temperature and an acidifying agent wherein the rinse-aid composition has a pH of from about 1 to about 4.5.

The present invention pertains to the preparation of organopolysiloxanes containing organyloxy groups by reacting organopolysiloxane(s) bearing terminal hydroxyl groups with an alkoxysilane having at least two alkoxy groups and a radical which contains at least one secondary or tertiary amino group bonded to silicon by a divalent C1-2 hydrocarbon radical, the reaction being catalyzed by an acidic ester of phosphoric acid having the formulaWhere R7 is an oxyalkylated active hydrogen component, preferably an oxyalkylated fatty alcohol. RTV-1 compositions containing the reaction product exhibit extended storage life.

This invention relates to a pouched liquid composition which comprises an alkoxylated amine, imine, amide or imide compound, small amount of water and specific levels high ionic strength chelating agents.

This invention provides a disperse system having fine powder-typed inorganic metal oxide dispersed in water and preparing method for the same and more particularly, it provides a method for preparing a disperse system having fine powder-typed inorganic metal oxide dispersed in water characterized in that a) a hydrophobically treated fine powder-typed inorganic metal oxide; b) a sulfosuccinate or sulfosuccinamate or an alkoxylated alcohol dispersant; and c) water are mixed and dispersed by a high-speed bead mill and a disperse system having fine powder-typed inorganic metal oxide dispersed in water prepared by the same.The disperse system having fine powder-typed inorganic metal oxide dispersed in water of the present invention has excellent characteristics in that it has high transparency in the visible ray spectrum, it has excellent UV protection ability when applied to cosmetics, it provides better feelings than oil dispersions, and it has better water-proof property than existing water dispersions.

This invention relates to a pouched liquid composition which comprises an alkoxylated amine, imine, amide or imide compound, small amount of water and specific levels high ionic strength chelating agents.

The invention discloses a de-emulsifying agent and a method for preparing the same. The de-emulsifying agent is a polyether compound prepared by alkoxylation reaction of poly (amidoamine) (PAMAM) and epoxy compounds. The invention adopts the PAMAM with a dendritic multi-branch structure as an initiator for synthesis the de-emulsifying agent. The obtained de-emulsifying agent has the characteristics of a plurality of branched and large molecular weight. The de-emulsifying agent has good interfacial activity, infiltrability, good crude oil emulsion de-emulsifying performance, and wide applications in crude oil exploration, oil refining and other fields.

The present invention provides flexible polyurethane foams made from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one vegetable oil alkoxylated in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, optionally at least one non-vegetable oil-based polyol, optionally in the presence of at least one of blowing agents, surfactants, pigments, flame retardants, catalysts and fillers. The alkoxylated vegetable oils are environmentally-friendly, bio-based polyols which can be used to increase the “green” content of polyurethane foams without having detrimental effects on foam properties.

A high-activity catalyst for both esterification and polycondensation contains anti-hydrolytic high-activity glycol titanium, the acetate, carbonate or oxalate of (1-4)-valence metal ions, and at least one of alkoxyl compound, organic acid and phosphorous compound. Its advantages are high activity, short reaction period, and no environmental pollution. Its resultant polyester has high photochemical performance and whiteness.

Provided are alkoxylates of the formula I:wherein AO, EO, m, n, R, R1 and R2 are as defined below. Also provided are processes for making alkoxylates of formula I. The processes provide alkoxylates that exhibit narrow molecular weight distribution and low amounts of residual unreacted alcohol. The alkoxylates have utility in a variety of applications, such as use as surfactants.

The present invention provides a process for the production of a polyether involving establishing oxyalkylation conditions in an oxyalkylation reactor in the presence of from about 5 ppm to about 1,000 ppm, based on the final polyether weight, of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, continuously introducing into the reactor at least one alkylene oxide and a low molecular weight starter having a number average molecular weight of less than about 300 Daltons (Da) containing from about 200 ppm to about 5,000 ppm water and acidified with from about 10 ppm to about 2,000 ppm of at least one of an inorganic protic mineral acid and an organic acid, and recovering a polyether product having a number average molecular weight of from about 200 Da to about 4,000 Da, wherein the ppm (parts per million) of water and acid are based on the weight of the low molecular weight starter. The inventive process may allow for the use of low molecular weight starters containing higher levels of water at lower DMC catalyst levels than current processes.

Surfactant compositions that include one or more nonionic surfactants derived from seed oils and having a mixture of at least 8, 10 and 12 carbon atom linear alkyl moieties find use in a number of end use applications as substitutes for petroleum derived surfactants.