Biodiesel cold flow improver

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8900333
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12316721

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The present invention is directed to the use of alkyl(meth)acrylate polymers or copolymers of the formula (I)

description='In-line Formulae' end='lead'In-Poly-(E)y  (I)description='In-line Formulae' end='tail'

as cold flow improvers in biodiesel fuel (or bio-fuel) and biodiesel compositions incorporating said polymers or copolymers, obtained by nitroxyl mediated controlled free radical polymerization,

    whereinIn is the initiator fragment starting the polymerization reaction;E is an end group bearing at least one stable free nitroxyl radical, which is bound via an oxygen atom to the polymer or copolymer; or a group which results from a substitution or elimination reaction of the attached stable free nitroxyl radical;Poly is any polymer or copolymer formed from ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s);andy is a number 1 or greater than 1 indicating the average number of end groups E attached to Poly.

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BASF SECARL BOSCH STR 38 LUDWIGSHAFEN 67056

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Auschra, Clemens Freiburg, DE 62 354
DeSantis, Kevin Valley Cottage, US 7 31
Möck, Andreas Rheinfelden, DE 3 17
Scanlon, Eugene Mamaroneck, US 18 103

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