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US4845178A
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Polymerization process
Assignee: Pony Industries Inc
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Filing: 1987-07-13
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Granted: 1989-07-04
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Expires: 2007-07-13
Abstract
Abstract The hydrocarbon fluid friction reducing properties of homopolymers of alpha-monoolefins having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or copolymers of two or more alpha-monoolefins having 2 to about 30 carbon atoms is improved by polymerizing the monomers in the liquid state by means of a titanium halide catalyst and a two-component activator system comprised of a dialkylaluminum halide compound and a dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald E. Hostetler
- 👤 Robert J. Kostelnik
- 👤 Zung-Jung Shanti In
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:56
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10L; C10L10/00; C10L10/08; C08; C08F; C08F10/00; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C10L1/00; C10L1/10; C10L1/14; C10L1/16; C10L1/1625; C10L1/1633; C10L1/1641
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
An improved process for preparing a hydrocarbon fluid friction reducing composition comprising homopolymerizing an alpha-monoolefin having 6 to about 30 carbon atoms or copolymerizing two or more alpha-monoolefins having 6 to about 30 carbon atoms in a diluent or an solvent in the presence of a titanium trichloride catalyst and an organo metal catalyst activator comprised of about 5 to 99 moles of at least one dialkylaluminum halide compound, each alkyl group of which has 1 to 10 carbon atoms and about 95 to 1 mole of at least one dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound, each alkyl group and the alkoxide group of which has 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, the mole ratio of activator to catalyst in the reaction mixture being in the range of about 0.001:1 to 50:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
An improved process for preparing a hydrocarbon fluid friction reducing composition comprising homopolymerizing an alpha-monoolefin having 6 to about 30 carbon atoms or copolymerizing two or more alpha-monoolefins having 6 to about 30 carbon atoms in a diluent or an solvent in the presence of a titanium trichloride catalyst and an organo metal catalyst activator comprised of about 5 to 99 moles of at least one dialkylaluminum halide compound, each alkyl group of which has 1 to 10 carbon atoms and about 95 to 1 mole of at least one dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound, each alkyl group and the alkoxide group of which has 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, the mole ratio of activator to catalyst in the reaction mixture being in the range of about 0.001:1 to 50:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improved process of claim 1 wherein a homopolymer is prepared from an alpha-monoolefin having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improved process of claim 2 wherein said alpha-monoolefin has 6 to 16 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The improved process of claim 1 wherein a copolymer is prepared from two or more alpha-monoolefins having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The improved process of either of claims 2 or 4 wherein said organic solvent is selected from kerosene, naphtha, petroleum distillate, alkanes having 6 to 10 carbon atoms and mixtures of these.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improved process of either of claims 2 or 4 wherein said catalyst is selected from titanium tetrachloride, titanium trichloride and mixtures of these.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
84 words
The improved process of either of claims 2 or 4 wherein the ratio of activator to catalyst is in the range of about 0.01 to 25 moles of activator per mole of catalyst, and the mole ratio of total dialkylaluminum halide compound to total dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound is in the range of about 20:80 to 80:20, and each alkyl group in the dialkylaluminum halide compound and each alkyl group and the alkoxide group in the dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound have 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The improved process of claim 7 wherein said dialkylaluminum halide compound is diethylaluminum chloride and said dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound is diethylaluminum ethoxide.
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