Additive for biodiesel and biofuel oils

US6409778B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• RohMax Additives GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Clemens Auschra · Glückstadt, DE
• Joachim Vetter · Offenbach, DE
• Uwe Boehmke · Darmstadt, DE
• Michael Neusius · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E50/10
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a copolymer consisting of the following monomer components: a) 48-98 wt. % of compounds of formula (I), b) 2-30 wt. % of one or several oxygen-containing methacrylates of formula (II) and c) 0-30 wt. % of a methacrylate of formula (III) of styrol, the quantities a)-c) totalling 100 wt. %. The inventive copolymer is suitable as a an additive for diesel fuels and biodiesel.