Study on Dibehenyl Fumarate-Vinyl Acetate Copolymer for Lowering Cold Filter Plugging Point of Diese

In the practice of petroleum industry, adding cold flow improver (CFI) to lower the fuel's cold filter plugging point (CFPP) is an effective and economic way for improving the cold flow performance of diesel fuel. This paper described the synthesis and evaluation of the performance of dibehenyl fumarate-vinyl acetate (FV) copolymer for improving the cold flow performance of the tested diesel fuels. The carbon distribution in n-alkanes of the tested diesel samples were analyzed by gas phase chromatography. The structure of the copolymer was confirmed by the H NMR spectroscopy. The wax crystals morphologies with and without adding the FV additive were investigated by means of polarizing microscope. The test results indicated that the FV additive could depress CFPP of the tested diesel samples by 2℃and 4℃,respectively, when dosage of the additive was 0.08 m%. The additive can modify the size and shape of the wax crystals and inhibit the formation of larger wax crystal lattices.