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Process of making aircraft deicing/anti-icing fluids thickened by associative polymers
Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Technology LLC
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Filing: 1997-09-26
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Granted: 1999-01-26
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Expires: 2017-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A glycol- and/or glycerin-based "universal" aircraft fluid (i.e., usable as any of Type I, II, III, or IV fluids), and having good resistance to degradation of viscosity and other critical properties caused by exposure to heat and/or shear, is disclosed. The fluid may optionally be prepared as a concentrate, and thereafter significantly diluted in the field for diverse uses. The improved performance is achieved by neutralizing a latex of a hydrophobe-containing, polymeric thickener with a base, preferably an alkali metal hydroxide, and preferably in combination with a weak base, such as a salt of a weak acid, and a surfactant which associates with the thickener.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles Hobert Carder
- 👤 Daniel Christopher Garska
- 👤 Richard Duane Jenkins
- 👤 Mark Joseph McGuiness
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 14:02
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F246/00; C08F8/00; C08F8/44; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C09K3/18; C09K3/185; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/04; C08K5/05; C08K5/053
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
301 words
A method of preparing a deicing/anti-icing composition for treatment of aircraft which comprises an aqueous glycol and/or glycerin solution thickened with a polymeric thickener, and/or its salt after neutralization, in an amount sufficient to thicken the fluid to permit its adherence to aircraft surfaces when applied to a stationary aircraft but also permit its windshear-induced removal during takeoff, said polymeric thickener comprising units of, by weight of said thickener, (A) about 1 to about 99.9% of one or more alpha, beta-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids; (B) 0 to about 98.9% of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers; (C) about 0.1 to about 99% of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers containing at least one pendant hydrophobe moiety; and (D) 0 to about 20% of one or more polyethylenically unsaturated monomers, said composition comprising, by weight of the total composition, (1) at least about 40% of one or more glycols or glycerin or mixture thereof, (2) at least about 0.05% of said thickener, (3) a neutralizing agent comprising an alkali metal hydroxide in an amount sufficient to provide a pH of at least about 7.1, (4) a surfactant which associates with the thickener, in sufficient amount to increase the thickening effect of the thickener, (5) optionally an effective amount of a corrosion inhibitor, (6) optionally one or more dyes, and (7) the remainder being water, said method comprising (a) preparing a concentrate of said composition by adding, with agitation, to about 1 to about 20% by weight of the total desired amount of glycol (and/or glycerin)/water solvent, the surfactant and thickener; (b) adding, with agitation, the concentrate of (a) to the remainder of the solvent and agitating sufficiently to create a homogeneous slurry; (c) adding, with agitation, the neutralizing agent to the slurry of (b) and agitating sufficiently to create a homogeneous solution.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
301 words
A method of preparing a deicing/anti-icing composition for treatment of aircraft which comprises an aqueous glycol and/or glycerin solution thickened with a polymeric thickener, and/or its salt after neutralization, in an amount sufficient to thicken the fluid to permit its adherence to aircraft surfaces when applied to a stationary aircraft but also permit its windshear-induced removal during takeoff, said polymeric thickener comprising units of, by weight of said thickener, (A) about 1 to about 99.9% of one or more alpha, beta-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids; (B) 0 to about 98.9% of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers; (C) about 0.1 to about 99% of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers containing at least one pendant hydrophobe moiety; and (D) 0 to about 20% of one or more polyethylenically unsaturated monomers, said composition comprising, by weight of the total composition, (1) at least about 40% of one or more glycols or glycerin or mixture thereof, (2) at least about 0.05% of said thickener, (3) a neutralizing agent comprising an alkali metal hydroxide in an amount sufficient to provide a pH of at least about 7.1, (4) a surfactant which associates with the thickener, in sufficient amount to increase the thickening effect of the thickener, (5) optionally an effective amount of a corrosion inhibitor, (6) optionally one or more dyes, and (7) the remainder being water, said method comprising (a) preparing a concentrate of said composition by adding, with agitation, to about 1 to about 20% by weight of the total desired amount of glycol (and/or glycerin)/water solvent, the surfactant and thickener; (b) adding, with agitation, the concentrate of (a) to the remainder of the solvent and agitating sufficiently to create a homogeneous slurry; (c) adding, with agitation, the neutralizing agent to the slurry of (b) and agitating sufficiently to create a homogeneous solution.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
9 words
A composition prepared by the method of claim 1.
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