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Water-glycol fluids made from polyoxyalkylene thickeners
Assignee: Texaco Inc
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Filing: 1985-01-30
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Granted: 1986-08-19
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Expires: 2005-01-30
Abstract
Abstract Water soluble thickeners made by alkoxylating monohydric alcohol hydrophobes are described. The monohydric alcohol should have at least 18 carbon atoms to be properly hydrophobic. In addition, a large proportion of ethylene oxide must be added, such that the molar ratio of ethylene oxide to monohydric alcohol hydrophobe is at least 40:1. Improved results are obtained if 8-15 moles of propylene oxide are added as a block to the single mole of hydrophobe first. The alkoxylations are necessary to provide the desired viscosities and hydrophilic nature. These thickeners are particularly useful in the glycol-water based fluids of this invention.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward E. McEntire
- 👤 Edward C. Y. Nieh
- 👤 Robert A. Grigsby, Jr.
- 👤 David R. McCoy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 19:42
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M173/00; C10M173/02; C08; C08G; C08G65/00; C08G65/02; C08G65/26; C08G65/2603; C08G65/2606; C08G65/2612; C10M2201/00; C10M2201/02; C10M2207/00; C10M2207/02; C10M2207/021; C10M2207/022; C10M2207/023; C10M2207/026; C10M2209/00; C10M2209/10; C10M2209/103; C10M2209/104; C10M2209/107; C10M2209/108; C10N; C10N2050/00; C10N2050/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
A glycol-water based fluid comprising a. a glycol component b. water and c. an effective amount of a water soluble thickener prepared by the process consisting essentially of reacting (1) ethylene oxide with (2) a dinonylphenyl hydrophobe, such that the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 40:1 to 500:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
A glycol-water based fluid comprising a. a glycol component b. water and c. an effective amount of a water soluble thickener prepared by the process consisting essentially of reacting (1) ethylene oxide with (2) a dinonylphenyl hydrophobe, such that the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 40:1 to 500:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 1 in which the glycol component is an alkylene glycol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 1 in which the weight ratio of glycol component to water ranges from 2:1 to 0.5:1 and the proportion of water soluble thickener ranges from 5 to 20 wt.% based on the combined glycol-water proportion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
104 words
A glycol-water based fluid comprising a. a glycol component b. water and c. an effective amount of a water soluble thickener prepared by the process consisting essentially of reacting (1) ethylene oxide with (2) a dinonylphenyl hydrophobe, such that the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 40:1 to 500:1 to give an intermediate thickener and (3) capping the intermediate thickener with at least one alkylene oxide component selected from the group consisting of propylene oxide, mixed propylene oxide and ethylene oxide, propylene oxide followed by ethylene oxide, and mixed propylene oxide and ethylene oxide followed by propylene oxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
104 words
A glycol-water based fluid comprising a. a glycol component b. water and c. an effective amount of a water soluble thickener prepared by the process consisting essentially of reacting (1) ethylene oxide with (2) a dinonylphenyl hydrophobe, such that the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 40:1 to 500:1 to give an intermediate thickener and (3) capping the intermediate thickener with at least one alkylene oxide component selected from the group consisting of propylene oxide, mixed propylene oxide and ethylene oxide, propylene oxide followed by ethylene oxide, and mixed propylene oxide and ethylene oxide followed by propylene oxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 4 in which the glycol component is an alkylene glycol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 4 in which the weight ratio of glycol component to water ranges from 2:1 to 0.5:1 and the proportion of water soluble thickener ranges from 5 to 20 wt.% based on the combined glycol-water proportion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
84 words
A glycol-water based fluid comprising a. a glycol component b. water and c. an effective amount of a water soluble thickeners prepared by the process consisting essentially of reacting (1) propylene oxide with a dinonylphenyl hydrophobe, such that the mole ratio of propylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range of 8:1 to 15:1, to give an intermediate and (2) reacting ethylene oxide with the intermediate, such that the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to intermediate is in the range of 40:1 to 500:1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
84 words
A glycol-water based fluid comprising a. a glycol component b. water and c. an effective amount of a water soluble thickeners prepared by the process consisting essentially of reacting (1) propylene oxide with a dinonylphenyl hydrophobe, such that the mole ratio of propylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range of 8:1 to 15:1, to give an intermediate and (2) reacting ethylene oxide with the intermediate, such that the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to intermediate is in the range of 40:1 to 500:1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 7 in which the water soluble thickener is capped with at least one alkylene oxide component selected from the group consisting of propylene oxide, mixed propylene oxide/ethylene oxide, mixed propylene oxide/ethylene oxide followed by ethylene oxide, and mixed propylene oxide/ethylene oxide followed by propylene oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 7 in which the glycol component is an alkylene glycol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 7 in which the weight ratio of glycol component to water ranged from 2:1 to 0.5:1 and the proportion of water soluble thickener ranges from 5 to 20 wt.% based on the combined glycol-water proportion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 1 in which the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 50:1 to 400:1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 4 in which the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 50:1 to 400:1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 7 in which the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range from 50:1 to 400:1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The glycol-water based fluid of claim 7 in which the mole ratio of propylene oxide to hydrophobe is in the range of 8:1 to 12:1.
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