Functional fluids for internal combustion engines

• Main Authors: KENDALL, DAVID ROY, BREWER, MARK LAWRENCE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.04.2012
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; CHEMISTRY; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS C10M RELATING TO LUBRICATINGCOMPOSITIONS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS; METALLURGY; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATINGINGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION

The present invention provides a functional fluid suitable for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising: (a) a major amount of a base fluid; (b) a minor amount of a polysubstituted alkanol amine derivative reaction product obtainable by reacting: (i) a carboxylate compound of formula (I) RCO...