High viscosity fluids

Claim 2

Water soluble high viscosity fluids made by the process comprising a) reacting one or more monohydric or di-hydric alcohol initiators with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction with the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl equivalents to epoxy equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins consisting of diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formaldehyde novolac resin, hydrogenated diglycidyl ether of Bis-phenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinylcyclohexanediepoxide, halogenated diglycidyl ethers of Bis-phenol A and aromatic amine based epoxy resins to produce fluids having a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 3

The high viscosity fluids of claim 1 in which the alkylene oxides are taken from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide.

Claim 4

The high viscosity fluids of claim 1 in which the components are heated in the range of about 50 to 120°C during the process of making the high viscosity fluids.

Claim 5

Water soluble high viscosity fluids made by the process comprising a) reacting a diol initiator with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction with the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl equiva-lents to epoxy equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins consisting of diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formalde-hyde novolac resin, hydrogenated di-glycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, digly-cidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinylcyclohexanediepoxide, halogen-ated diglycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A, and aromatic amine based epoxy resins to produce fluids having a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 6

Water soluble high viscosity fluids made by the process comprising a) reacting a diol initiator with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction with the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl equiva-lents to epoxy equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins consisting of diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formalde-hyde novolac resin, hydrogenated di-glycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, digly-cidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinylcyclohexanediepoxide, halogen-ated diglycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A, and aromatic amine based epoxy resins to produce fluids having a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 7

A process for the preparation of water soluble, high viscosity fluids comprising a) reacting one or more monohydric or di-hydric alcohol initiators with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction by the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl to epoxy resin equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins con-sisting of diglycidyl ether of Bis-phenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formaldehyde novolac resin, hydrogen-ated diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, digly-cidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinyl-cyclohexanediepoxide, halogenated di-glycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A and aro-matic amine based epoxy resins where the resulting fluids have a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 8

A process for the preparation of water soluble, high viscosity fluids comprising a) reacting one or more monohydric or di-hydric alcohol initiators with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction by the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl to epoxy resin equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins con-sisting of diglycidyl ether of Bis-phenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formaldehyde novolac resin, hydrogen-ated diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, digly-cidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinyl-cyclohexanediepoxide, halogenated di-glycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A and aro-matic amine based epoxy resins where the resulting fluids have a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 9

The process of claim 5 in which the alkylene oxides are taken from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and butylene oxide.

Claim 10

The process of claim 5 in which the components are heated during the reaction of making the high viscosity fluids.

Claim 11

A process for the preparation of water sol-uble, high viscosity fluids comprising a) reacting a diol initiator with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction by the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl to epoxy resin equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins consist-ing of diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formalde-hyde novolac resin, hydrogenated digly-cidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butane-diol diglycidyl ether, diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinylcyclohexanedi-epoxide, halogenated diglycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A and aromatic amine based epoxy resins where the resulting fluids have a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 12

A process for the preparation of water sol-uble, high viscosity fluids comprising a) reacting a diol initiator with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction by the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl to epoxy resin equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins consist-ing of diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formalde-hyde novolac resin, hydrogenated digly-cidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butane-diol diglycidyl ether, diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinylcyclohexanedi-epoxide, halogenated diglycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A and aromatic amine based epoxy resins where the resulting fluids have a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 13

Aqueous solutions of high viscosity fluids comprising water and a water soluble, high viscosity fluid made by the process comprising a) reacting one or more monohydric or di-hydric alcohol initiators with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction by the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl to epoxy resin equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins con-sisting of diglycidyl ether of Bis-phenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formaldehyde novolac resin, hydrogen-ated diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, digly-cidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinyl-cyclohexanediepoxide, halogenated di-glycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A and aro-matic amine based epoxy resins where the resulting fluids have a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.

Claim 14

Aqueous solutions of high viscosity fluids comprising water and a water soluble, high viscosity fluid made by the process comprising a) reacting one or more monohydric or di-hydric alcohol initiators with one or more alkylene oxides to give an adduct having a molecular weight in the range of about 2,000 to 20,000, and b) terminating the reaction by the ad-dition of a quantity of epoxy resin such that the ratio of hydroxyl to epoxy resin equivalents is in the range of about 2 to 1 to about 5 to 1, where the epoxy resin is selected from the group of epoxy resins con-sisting of diglycidyl ether of Bis-phenol A, polyglycidyl ether of phenol formaldehyde novolac resin, hydrogen-ated diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, digly-cidyl ether of propylene glycol, vinyl-cyclohexanediepoxide, halogenated di-glycidyl ethers of Bisphenol A and aro-matic amine based epoxy resins where the resulting fluids have a viscosity in the range of about 200,000 to 400,000 SUS at 100°F.