Microcrystalline wax

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11891580-B2
Application number	US-202017629228-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2020
Priority date	Aug 8, 2019
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

The present invention provides a microcrystalline wax having a needle penetration according to ASTM D-1321 at 25° C. of more than 1, a crystallinity according to XRD between 5 and 70%, an initial boiling point of less than 500° C., a congealing point in the range of from 60 to 120° C., an oil content according to ASTM D-721 of more than 2 wt. %, wherein the microcrystalline wax has a fraction up to C40 having at least 5 wt % of multiple methyl-branched paraffins as determined with GC×GC.

First claim

We claim:

1. Microcrystalline wax having a needle penetration according to ASTM D-1321 at 25° C. of more than 1, a crystallinity according to XRD between 5 and 70%, an initial boiling point of less than 500° C., a congealing point in the range of from 60 to 120° C., an oil content according to ASTM D-721 of more than 2 wt. %, wherein the microcrystalline wax has a fraction up to C40 having at least 5 wt % of multiple methyl-branched paraffins as determined with GC×GC, and wherein the microcrystalline wax comprises molecules with carbon numbers above 120.

2. Microcrystalline wax according to claim 1 , having an initial boiling point of more than 100° C.

3. Microcrystalline wax according to claim 1 , having a proportion by weight of isoalkanes which is greater than that of n-alkanes.

4. Petroleum jelly comprising a microcrystalline wax according to claim 1 , further containing a Fischer-Tropsch derived wax and a Fischer-Tropsch derived waxy raffinate or Fischer-Tropsch derived base oil.

5. Petroleum jelly according to claim 4 , wherein the Fischer-Tropsch derived wax has a congealing point of 50° C.

6. Petroleum jelly according to claim 4 , wherein the amount of Fischer-Tropsch derived wax is up to 50 wt. %, and the amount of waxy raffinate or base oil is up to 50 . . . wt. % based on the total amount of microcrystalline paraffin, Fischer-Tropsch derived wax and waxy raffinate or base oil in the petroleum jelly.

7. A process for preparing a microcrystalline wax, the process at least comprising the following steps:
a. providing a FT wax having a carbon chain length distribution in the range of from 20 to above 120 and a crystallinity according to XRD of more than 75%, wherein at least 1 wt. % of the FT wax has a carbon chain length of more than 120;
b. subjecting the FT wax to an isomerization step at temperatures in the range of from 200 to 400° C. and a pressure between 1 to 25 M Pa, and a WHSV between 0.1 and 5 kg/I/h, using a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve with a pore size between 5 and 7 angstrom and a SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratio of at least 25and a group VIII metal to obtain a microcrystalline wax having a needle penetration according to ASTM D-1321 at 25° C. of more than 1, a crystallinity according to XRD between 5 and 70%, an initial boiling point of less than 500° C., a congealing point in the range of from 60 to 120° C., an oil content according to ASTM D-721 of more than 2 wt. %, wherein the microcrystalline wax has a fraction up to C40 having at least 5 wt % of multiple methyl-branched paraffins as determined with GC×GC, and wherein the microcrystalline wax comprises molecules with carbon numbers above 120.

Assignees

• Shell Oil Co
• Shell Usa Inc

Inventors

• Janssen Andries Hendrik
• Bezemer Gerrit Leendert
• Creyghton Edward Julius
• Verbist Guy Lode Magda Maria
• Lohmeijer Pim
• Christova-Zdravkova Christina Georgieva

Classifications

• C10G73/44 Primary

  in the presence of hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds · CPC title

• C10G45/64 Primary

  containing crystalline alumino-silicates, e.g. molecular sieves · CPC title

• C10G2300/1022

  Fischer-Tropsch products · CPC title

• C10G73/38 Primary

  Chemical modification of petroleum · CPC title

• C09G1/08

  based on wax · CPC title