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EP1203071B1
EP1203071B1 EP00953784A EP00953784A EP1203071B1 EP 1203071 B1 EP1203071 B1 EP 1203071B1 EP 00953784 A EP00953784 A EP 00953784A EP 00953784 A EP00953784 A EP 00953784A EP 1203071 B1 EP1203071 B1 EP 1203071B1
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  • the present invention relates to processes for making non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent products which contain an organic anhydrous solvent, an anionic sulfonated surfactant a chelant as well as other conventional detergent composition adjuvants and which are in the form of a Newtonian liquid, as well as the drying of (removing water from) detergent ingredients, especially polymers, surfactants and/or solvents, more especially polymers and surfactants for use in detergent compositions.
  • Liquid laundry detergent products offer a number of advantages over dry, powdered or particulate laundry detergent products.
  • Liquid laundry detergent products are readily measurable, speedily dissolved in wash water, non-dusting, are capable of being easily applied in concentrated solutions or dispersions to soiled areas on garments to be laundered and usually occupy less storage space than granular products.
  • liquid laundry detergents may have incorporated into their formulations materials which would deteriorate in the drying operations employed in the manufacture of particulate or granular laundry detergent products. Because liquid laundry detergents are usually considered to be more convenient to use than granular laundry detergents, they have found substantial favor with consumers.
  • liquid laundry detergents have a number of advantages over granular laundry detergent products, there are also disadvantages entailed in using them as well.
  • laundry detergent composition components which may be compatible with each other in granular products may tend to interact or react with each other in a liquid, and especially in an aqueous liquid environment.
  • Components such as surfactants, perfumes, brighteners and non-aqueous solvents can be especially difficult to incorporate into liquid laundry detergent products with an acceptable degree of compositional stability. Poor compositional stability may cause the detergent composition to be prematurely reacted into the wash liquor as well as create an ineffective, heterogeneous detergent composition during storage.
  • Non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions have been disclosed in Hepworth et al., U.S. Patent 4,615,820, Issued October 17, 1986; Schultz et al., U.S. Patent 4,929,380, Issued May 29, 1990; Schultz et al., U.S.
  • non-aqueous liquid laundry detergents come with their own set of disadvantages and problems.
  • the desirable advantage of having excellent compositional stability may mean simultaneously that the non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent will have poor solubility and dispersion properties m the wash liquor inside an automatic clothes washer.
  • non-aqueous liquids typically have awkward rheological properties, displaying a tendency known as "shear thickening", where the viscosity of the paste or liquid increases with an increasing shear rate making the paste difficult to pump, store and transport.
  • non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions are difficult and expensive to manufacture.
  • a drying step requiring prolonged heating and stirring is necessary to eliminate the water, but not only is it difficult to consistently achieve the proper heating and stirring conditions in a manufacturing setting, but such drying operations may also have the effect of decomposing or evaporating individual components of the detergent composition.
  • the resulting difficulty and expense involved with working with such fluids has greatly reduced their utilization as laundry detergent compositions.
  • An additional benefit of the present invention is to provide a process for preparing non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent products which have excellent chemical and compositional stability as well as outstanding fabric laundering performance characteristics.
  • the processes produce non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent products that are readily soluble in a wash liquor.
  • a further benefit is to provide a process for combining aqueous solutions of detergent components and then drying them together to produce a liquid mixture with a water level lower than what could be achieved by combining non-aqueous solutions of the components.
  • a process for making and/or drying surfactants or combinations of surfactants and/or other detergent adjunct ingredients such as chelants, builders, buffers, and rheology modifiers.
  • Such a process comprises preparing a mixture of surfactants and/or other detergent adjuncts in an aqueous medium or a combination of aqueous and solvent media.
  • This preparation step may be achieved by mixing these materials in their neutralized aqueous and/or powder form or by co-neutralizing them in the presence or absence of a solvent batchwise or continuously in a dominant bath neutralization loop such as a Chemithon, Ballestra or Manro unit.
  • the drying step comprises feeding the prepared mixture into a drying device or equipment which is a batch or continuous drying equipment.
  • An example of batch drying equipment is a combination tank, preferably agitated, which can be heated under vacuum. The tank is operated at suitable vacuum and temperature such that water is stripped from the mixture.
  • An example of a continuous drying equipment is an Agitated Thin Film Evaporator (ATFE).
  • a suitable ATFE is commercially available from LCI Corporation. This process is also suitable for expanding hollow microspheres, such as EXPANCEL® microspheres. As the hollow microspheres pass through the drying equipment (ATFE) the microspheres expand because the temperature of the ATFE is above the expansion temperature of the microspheres.
  • compositions produced according to the processes disclosed herein the above benefits which are novel non-aqueous compositions and yet these process produce compositions that are typical of a non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition, viz. a high surfactant activity and excellent additive stability.
  • the present invention relates to a process for preparing a solvent-based surfactant paste comprising the steps of :
  • the aqueous surfactant mixture further comprises from 0.001 % to 40% of other additives selected from the group comprising bleach, bleach activator, buffers, builders, enzymes, whiteners, rheology modifiers, polymers and copolymers, wherein the other additives are provided in the form of an aqueous solution.
  • other additives selected from the group comprising bleach, bleach activator, buffers, builders, enzymes, whiteners, rheology modifiers, polymers and copolymers, wherein the other additives are provided in the form of an aqueous solution.
  • the aqueous surfactant mixture is dried in an evaporative column.
  • the step of forming an aqueous surfactant mixture includes blending from 0.001 % to 40% of an ethoxylated hexamethylene diamine quaternary ammonium compound.
  • the step of forming an aqueous surfactant mixture includes blending from 0.001 % to 40% of other additives selected from the group comprising bleach, bleach activator, builder, enzymes, nonionic surfactants, whiteners and polymers.
  • the organic solvent is selected from a group consisting of alkylene glycols, diethyl- and dipropylene glycol monobutyl ethers, glycol monobutyl ether, monoethylethers, monomethylethers, monopropylethers and monobutylethers of propoxy propanol, polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight of at least 150, methyl acetate, methyl propionate, methyl octanoate, methyl dodecanoate and mixtures thereof.
  • the chelant is selected from a group consisting of amino carboxylates, phosphonates, amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures thereof.
  • the present invention relates to a process for preparing a solvent-based surfactant paste comprising the steps of :
  • the neutralized mixture further comprises other additives selected from the group comprising bleach, bleach activator, buffers, builders, enzymes, nonionic surfactants, whiteners, rheology modifiers, polymers and copolymers, wherein the other additives are provided in the form of an aqueous solution which has a water content of from 5% to 50% by weight of the neutralized mixture.
  • other additives selected from the group comprising bleach, bleach activator, buffers, builders, enzymes, nonionic surfactants, whiteners, rheology modifiers, polymers and copolymers, wherein the other additives are provided in the form of an aqueous solution which has a water content of from 5% to 50% by weight of the neutralized mixture.
  • the second portion of the neutralized mixture is dried in an evaporative column.
  • an anionic surfactant is selected from a group consisting of linear alkyl benzene sulphonic acid, alkyl ethoxy sulphonic acid, alkyl polyalkoxylate sulphonic acid, tallow alkyl sulphonic acid and alkyl sulphonic acid.
  • the organic solvent is selected from a group consisting of alkylene glycols, diethyl- and dipropylene glycol monobutyl ethers, glycol monobutyl ether, monoethyl-, monomethyl-, monopropyl- and monobutylethers of propoxy propanol and mixtures thereof polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight of at least 150, methyl acetate, methyl propionate, methyl octanoate and methyl dodecanoate.
  • the chelant is selected from a group consisting of amino carboxylates, phosphonates, amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures thereof.
  • step C additional organic solvent is added to the neutralized mixture, so that after the addition of the additional organic solvent the neutralized mixture has a water content of from 5% to 50% by weight of the neutralized mixture.
  • step C additional chelant is added to the neutralized mixture, so that after the addition of the additional chelant the neutralized mixture has a water content of from 5% to 50% by weight of the neutralized mixture.
  • a “Newtonian fluid” is a fluid that within a range of specified shear rates at a specified temperature the viscosity of the fluid has a substantially constant value.
  • a “non-Newtonian fluid” refers to a fluid which cannot be characterized as a “Newtonian fluid.”
  • non-aqueous or “anhydrous” are used synonymously and both describe a fluid m which the water content is less than about 5%.
  • the present invention describes a process for preparing non-aqueous liquid laundry detergents with additives by forming an aqueous surfactant mixture and then drying the mixture under a vacuum to form a non-aqueous solvent-based surfactant paste.
  • the process of preparing non-aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions with additives has many important parameters and incorporates many different ingredients and additives as well as numerous other preferable and optional process subparts which are described hereafter.
  • the formation step consists of adding several different ingredients 10, 12, 14 and 16 to a mixer 20 with an impeller stirrer 18 to form an aqueous surfactant mixture by mixing the formation step ingredients (described below) in the mixer. It is preferable that each of the ingredients be added in the form of a neutralized aqueous solution which is comprised of about 20% water, by weight.
  • a modified process in accordance to the present invention comprises processing individual ingredients instead of a mixture of ingredients.
  • the first ingredient 10 in the formation step is an aqueous surfactant mixture.
  • the final aqueous surfactant mixture will include, by weight, from 5% to 85%, more preferably from 25% to 75%, most preferably from 40% to 60% of an anionic sulfonated surfactant. Suitable anionic sulfonated surfactants are discussed in greater detail below.
  • the second ingredient 12 in the formation step is an organic solvent.
  • the final aqueous surfactant mixture will include, by weight, from 15% to 95%, more preferably from 30% to 70% , most preferably from 40% to 60% of an organic solvent. Suitable organic solvents are discussed in greater detail below.
  • the third ingredient 14 in the formation step is a chelant.
  • the final aqueous surfactant mixture will include, by weight, from 0.001% to 40%, more preferably from 0.01% to 4%, most preferably from 0.1 % to 2% of a chelant. Suitable chelants are discussed in greater detail below.
  • the fourth ingredient 16 in the formation step is composed of optional detergent additives such as bleach, bleach activator, buffers, builders, enzymes, nonionic surfactants, whiteners, rheology modifiers, polymers and copolymers. These are discussed in greater detail below.
  • the aqueous surfactant mixture in the formation step contains, by weight, at least about 15%, more preferably from 18% to 50% of water.
  • the aqueous surfactant mixture in Step A may also contain other conventional detergent ingredients such as buffers, builders, nonionic surfactants, whiteners, rheology modifiers, polymers and copolymers and other additives, some of which are discussed in greater detail below.
  • the aqueous surfactant mixture is formed by mixing together all of the ingredients in step A (in any order) mto a substantially uniform mixture, at a temperature of between 25°C and 80°C, preferably at a temperature of between 35°C and 70°C and most preferably at a temperature of between 45°C and 60°C. Temperature control is important because if the temperature is too low, it will be difficult to process the mixture and if the temperature is too high there may be degradation of the solvent and/or the chelant component of the mixture.
  • the mixer 20 in the formation step is most preferably carried out in a standard mixer or crutcher.
  • the speed of the mixer and the duration of the mixing step varies depending on the type of mixer and ingredients used. Mixing should be done at a speed and for a time sufficient to achieve a homogenous aqueous surfactant mixture.
  • the aqueous surfactant mixture 22 is then by the action of a pump 24 pumped into a drying device 26 where the drying step takes place.
  • the drying step of the process is drying the aqueous surfactant mixture under vacuum to form a solvent-based surfactant paste containing less than about one percent, by weight, of water.
  • This drying may be accomplished in any conventional evaporator, provided that the drying is performed under vacuum. Suitable evaporators are illustrated in Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, 7th. Ed., 1997, McGraw-Hill, ppg. 11-108 to 11-111, "Evaporator Types and Applications".
  • a preferred evaporator is an agitated thin-film evaporator.
  • the drying step produces a solvent-based surfactant paste 30 which is a Newtonian fluid having a substantially constant viscosity within the range of 100 cp to 100000 cp when measured at a temperature of 25°C and within the shear rate range of from 1 s -1 to 1000 s -1 .
  • the drying step also produces a combination of water vapor and other volatiles 28 which are subsequently condensed and the volatiles reclaimed.
  • a neutralized mixture 58 is formed by a continuous neutralization loop.
  • Four components are continuously added to the neutralization loop: an acid form of an anionic sulfonated surfactant 40, a base 42, an organic solvent 44, and a chelant 46.
  • a mixture of the components is formed as the components and mixture are circulated through a mixer 50, a pump 52 and a heat circulator 54.
  • Neutralization takes place as the base reacts with the acid form of the surfactant to produce a surfactant salt.
  • the resulting neutralized mixture has a water content of at least about 15% by weight of the neutralized mixture and is a non-Newtonian fluid.
  • a first portion of the neutralized mixture 56 is recirculated m the continuous neutralization loop while a second portion 58 is removed from the continuous neutralization loop by the action of a pump 60.
  • additional organic solvent 62 or chelant 62 may be added to and mixed with the second portion of the neutralized mixture in a static mixer 66 with the resulting mixture 68 having a water content of from 5% to 50%, by weight.
  • the resulting mixture is then further mixed in a static mixer 66.
  • additional chelant 72 or organic solvent 72 may again be added to the second portion of the neutralized mixture and mixed in a static mixer 76 or a conventional mixer such as a crutcher 84.
  • the molar ratio of the acid form of the anionic surfactant to the base is from 1: 1 to 9:1. It is preferable that these ingredients be added in the form of an aqueous solution.
  • the aqueous solution of the various components which are added to the continuous neutralization loop (40, 42, 44, 46) will preferably comprise the following amounts of water: acid form of sulfonated surfactant from 0.0% to 10.0% base from 30% to 90% organic solvent from 0.0% to 50% chelant from 40% to 95%
  • the second portion of the neutralized mixture is then dried under vacuum to form a solvent-based surfactant paste having a water content of from 0.2% to 10% and which is in the form of a Newtonian fluid having a substantially constant viscosity within the range of 100 cp to 100000 cp when measured at a temperature of 25°C and within the shear rate range of from I s -1 to 1000 s -1 .
  • the drying operation is similar to that described above and may use the same equipment and process variables.
  • the processes described above offer the advantage of preparing a surfactant paste with only a trace amount of water yet incorporating many of the ingredients desirable for use in a laundry detergent composition such as builders, whiteners and other additives.
  • a surfactant paste By minimizing the amount of water in the surfactant pastes, one may maximize the activity of the surfactant paste.
  • the present invention allows the manufacture of a high-active surfactant paste in the form of a Newtonian Fluid that has a low viscosity and so is capable of being transported, stored and handled with ease.
  • the solvent-based surfactant pastes described above comprise the following ingredients hereafter described in seritam .
  • Anionic sulfonated surfactants are added to the processes described herein in the form of aqueous liquids.
  • Suitable anionic sulfonated surfactants mclude the water-soluble salts, preferably the alkali metal, ammonium and alkylolammonium salts, of organic sulfuric reaction products having in their molecular structure an alkyl group containing from 10 to 20 carbon atoms and a sulfonic acid or sulfuric acid ester group.
  • alkyl is the alkyl portion of acyl groups.
  • alkyl is the alkyl portion of acyl groups.
  • these group of synthetic surfactants are the sodium and potassium alkyl benzene sulfonates in which the alkyl group contains from 9 to 15 carbon atoms, in straight or branched chain configuration, e.g., those of the type described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,220,099 and 2,477,383.
  • Especially valuable are linear straight chain alkyl benzene sulfonates in which the average number of carbon atoms in the alkyl group is from 11 to 13, abbreviated as C 11 -C 13 LAS.
  • anionic surfactants herein are the sodium alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonates, especially those ethers of higher alcohols derived from tallow and coconut oil; sodium coconut oil fatty acid monoglyceride sulfonates.
  • Other useful anionic surfactants herein include the water-soluble salts of esters of alpha-sulfonated fatty acids containing from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the fatty acid group and from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the ester group; water-soluble salts of 2-acyloxy-alkane-1-sulfonic acids containing from 2 to 9 carbon atoms m the acyl group and from 9 to 23 carbon atoms in the alkane moiety; water-soluble salts of-olefin sulfonates containing from 12 to 24 carbon atoms; and beta-alkyloxy alkane sulfonates containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and from 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkane moiety.
  • the acid salts are typically discussed and used, the acid neutralization can be performed as part of the fine dispersion mixing step.
  • Particularly preferred surfactants herein include linear alkylbenzene sulfonates containing from 11 to 14 carbon atoms in the alkyl group; tallow alkyl sulfates; coconutalkyl glyceryl ether sulfonates; olefin or paraffin sulfonates containing from 14 to 16 carbon atoms; alkyldimethylamine oxides wherein the alkyl group contains from 11 to 16 carbon atoms; alkyldimethylammonio propane sulfonates and alkyldimethylammonio hydroxy propane sulfonates wherein the alkyl group contains from 14 to 18 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof.
  • Specific preferred surfactants for use herein include: triethanolammonium C 11 -C 13 alkylbenzene sulfonate; sodium coconut alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate; sodium coconut alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate; the condensation product of a C 12 -C 13 fatty alcohol with 3 moles of ethylene oxide; 3-(N,N-dimethyl-N-coconutalkylammonio)-2-hydroxypropane-1-sulfonate; 3-(N,N-dimethyl-N-coconutalkylammonio)-propane-1-sulfonate; and mixtures thereof.
  • the liquid phase of the detergent compositions herein may also comprise one or more non-surfactant, non-aqueous organic solvents.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention will contain from 15% to 95%, more preferably from 30% to 70%, most preferably from 40% to 60% of an organic solvent.
  • Such non-surfactant non-aqueous liquids are preferably those of low polarity.
  • "low-polarity" liquids are those which have little, if any, tendency to dissolve one of the preferred types of particulate material used in the compositions herein, i.e., the peroxygen bleaching agents, sodium perborate or sodium percarbonate.
  • relatively polar solvents such as ethanol are preferably not utilized.
  • Suitable types of low-polarity solvents useful in the non-aqueous liquid detergent compositions herein do include non-vicinal C 4 -C 8 alkylene glycols, alkylene glycol mono lower alkyl ethers, lower molecular weight polyethylene glycols, lower molecular weight methyl esters and amides.
  • a preferred type of non-aqueous, low-polarity solvent for use in the compositions herein comprises the non-vicinal C 4 -C 8 branched or straight chain alkylene glycols.
  • Materials of this type include hexylene glycol (4-methyl-2,4-pentanediol), 1,6-hexanediol, 1,3-butylene glycol and 1,4-butylene glycol. Hexylene glycol is the most preferred.
  • non-aqueous, low-polarity solvent for use herein comprises the mono-, di-, tri-, or tetra- C 2 -C 3 alkylene glycol mono C 2 -C 6 alkyl ethers.
  • the specific examples of such compounds include diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, tetraethylene glycol monobutyl ether, dipropylene glycol monoethyl ether, and dipropylene glycol monobutyl ether.
  • Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, dipropylene glycol monobutyl ether and butoxy-propoxy-propanol (BPP) are especially preferred.
  • Compounds of this type have been commercially marketed under the tradenames Dowanol, Carbitol, and Cellosolve.
  • non-aqueous, low-polarity organic solvent useful herein comprises the lower molecular weight polyethylene glycols (PEGs).
  • PEGs polyethylene glycols
  • Such materials are those having molecular weights of at least about 150.
  • PEGs of molecular weight ranging from about 200 to 600 are most preferred.
  • non-polar, non-aqueous solvent comprises lower molecular weight methyl esters.
  • Such materials are those of the genera! formula: R 1 -C(O)-OCH 3 wherein R 1 ranges from 1 to 18.
  • suitable lower molecular weight methyl esters include methyl acetate, methyl propionate, methyl octanoate, and methyl dodecanoate.
  • non-aqueous, generally low-polarity, non-surfactant organic solvent(s) employed should, of course, be compatible and non-reactive with other composition components, e.g., bleach and/or activators, used in the liquid detergent compositions herein.
  • a solvent component is preferably utilized in an amount of from 1% to 70% by weight of the liquid phase.
  • a non-aqueous, low-polanty, non-surfactant solvent will comprise from 10% to 60% by weight of a structured liquid phase, most preferably from 20% to 50% by weight, of a structured liquid phase of the composition.
  • Utilization of non-surfactant solvent in these concentrations in the liquid phase corresponds to a non-surfactant solvent concentration in the total composition of from 1% to 50% by weight, more preferably from 5% to 40% by weight, and most preferably from 10% to 30% by weight, of the composition.
  • the detergent compositions herein also contain a chelating agent which serves to chelate metal ions, e.g., iron and/or manganese, within the non-aqueous detergent compositions herein.
  • the detergent compositions will contain from 0.1% to 10%, more preferably from 0.5% to 5%, most preferably from 1% to 3% of a chelant.
  • Such chelating agents thus serve to form complexes with metal impurities in the composition which would otherwise tend to deactivate composition components such as the peroxygen bleaching agent.
  • Useful chelating agents can include amino carboxylates, phosphonates, amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures thereof.
  • Other suitable chelants are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,712,242, issued January 27, 1998, to Aouad et al..
  • Amino carboxylates useful as optional chelating agents include ethylenediaminetetraacetates, N-hydroxyethyl-ethylenediaminetriacetates, nitrilotriacetates, ethylene-diamine tetraproprionates, triethylenetetraaminehexacetates, diethylenetriaminepentaacetates, ethylenediaminedisuccinates and ethanol diglycines.
  • the alkali metal salts of these materials are preferred.
  • Amino phosphonates are also suitable for use as chelating agents in the compositions of this invention when at least low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in detergent compositions, and include ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylene-phosphonates) as DEQUEST.
  • these amino phosphonates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than 6 carbon atoms.
  • Preferred chelating agents include hydroxy-ethyldiphosphonic acid (HEDP), diethylene tnamine penta acetic acid (DTPA), ethylenediamine disuccinic acid (EDDS) and dipicolinic acid (DPA) and salts thereof.
  • the chelating agent may, of course, also act as a detergent builder during use of the compositions herein for fabric laundering/bleaching.
  • the chelating agent if employed, can comprise from 0.1% to 4% by weight of the compositions herein. More preferably, the chelating agent will comprise from 0.2% to 2% by weight of the detergent compositions herein.
  • the acid form of a surfactant reacts with a neutralization base.
  • a neutralization base Any base which adequately neutralizes the acid form of the surfactant is suitable.
  • Preferred neutralization bases include the alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal hydroxides and alkali metal phosphates, e.g., sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, sodium polyphosphate.
  • the present detergent compositions can, and preferably will, contain various other optional components.
  • Such optional components are added to the detergent compositions in the form of dilute aqueous solutions.
  • Another possible type of additional particulate material which can be suspended in the non-aqueous liquid detergent compositions herein comprises an organic detergent builder material which serves to counteract the effects of calcium, or other ion, water hardness encountered during laundering/bleaching use of the compositions herein.
  • organic detergent builder material which serves to counteract the effects of calcium, or other ion, water hardness encountered during laundering/bleaching use of the compositions herein.
  • examples of such materials include the alkali metal, citrates, succinates, malonates, fatty acids, carboxymethyl succinates, carboxylates, polycarboxylates and polyacetyl carboxylates.
  • Specific examples include sodium, potassium and lithium salts of oxydisuccinic acid, mellitic acid, benzene polycarboxylic acids and citric acid.
  • organic phosphonate type sequestering agents such as those which have been sold by Monsanto under the Dequest tradename and alkanehydroxy phosphonates. Citrate salts are highly
  • suitable organic builders include the higher molecular weight polymers and copolymers known to have builder properties.
  • such materials include appropriate polyacrylic acid, polymaleic acid, and polyacrylic/polymaleic acid copolymers and their salts, such as those sold by BASF under the SOKALANTM which have molecular weight ranging from about 5,000 to 100,000.
  • Another suitable type of organic builder comprises the water-soluble salts of higher fatty acids, i.e., "soaps".
  • these include alkali metal soaps such as the sodium, potassium, ammonium, and alkylolammonium salts of higher fatty acids containing from 8 to 24 carbon atoms, and preferably from 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • Soaps can be made by direct saponification of fats and oils or by the neutralization of free fatty acids.
  • Particularly useful are the sodium and potassium salts of the mixtures of fatty acids derived from coconut oil and tallow, i.e., sodium or potassium tallow and coconut soap.
  • insoluble organic detergent builders can generally comprise from 2% to 20% by weight of the compositions herein. More preferably, such builder material can comprise from 4% to 10% by weight of the composition.
  • the detergent compositions herein may also optionally contain one or more types of inorganic detergent builders beyond those listed hereinbefore that also function as alkalinity sources.
  • optional inorganic builders can include, for example, aluminosilicates such as zeolites. Aluminosilicate zeolites, and their use as detergent builders are more fully discussed in Corkill et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,605,509; Issued August 12, 1986. Also crystalline layered silicates, such as those discussed in this '509 U.S. patent, are also suitable for use m the detergent compositions herein. If utilized, optional inorganic detergent builders can comprise from 2% to 15% by weight of the compositions herein.
  • the polymers and copolymers of the present invention may be chosen from a wide range of organic polymers, some of which also may function as builders to improve detergency. Included among such polymers may be mentioned sodium carboxy-lower alkyl celluloses, sodium lower alkyl celluloses and sodium hydroxy-lower alkyl celluloses, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium methyl cellulose and sodium hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohols (which often also include some polyvinyl acetate), polyacrylamides, polyacrylates, polyaspartates, polyvinylpyrrolidones and various copolymers, such as those of maleic and acrylic acids. Molecular weights for such polymers vary widely but most are within the range of 2,000 to 100,000.
  • Polymeric polycarboxyate builders are set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 3,308,067, Diehl, issued Mar. 7, 1967. Such materials include the water-soluble salts of homo-and copolymers of aliphatic carboxylic acids such as maleic acid, itaconic acid, mesaconic acid, fumaric acid, aconitic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • copolymers of maleic and acrylic acid having a molecular weight of from 2000 to 100000, carboxymethyl cellulose and mixtures thereof.
  • concentration of the aqueous solutions of the polymer or copolymer is not critical in the present invention. However, it is convenient to use solutions which are readily available commercially.
  • anhydrous liquid polymers preferably cationic anhydrous liquid polymers.
  • anhydrous liquid polymers are known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • Aqueous solutions having a concentration of from 5% to 60% of the polymer or copolymer are suitable.
  • the detergent compositions herein may also optionally contain conventional brighteners, suds suppressors, bleach catalysts, dyes and/or perfume materials.
  • Such brighteners, suds suppressors, silicone oils, bleach catalysts, dyes and perfumes must, of course, be compatible and non-reactive with the other composition components in a non-aqueous environment. If present, brighteners suds suppressors, dyes and/or perfumes will typically comprise from 0.0001% to 2% by weight of the compositions herein.
  • Suitable bleach catalysts include the manganese based complexes disclosed in US 5,246,621, US 5,244,594, US 5,114,606 and US 5,114,611.
  • This process is comprised of two key steps.
  • raw materials in form of aqueous solutions are combined at a typical batch size of 1090 kg (2400 lb).
  • the water is removed from the aqueous feed stock.
  • BPP n-butoxy propoxy propanol
  • LAS linear alkyl benzene sulfonate
  • a 36.25% active aqueous solution of [S, S] - ethylenediamino - N - N' - disuccinic acid (EDDS) chelant is added, and the resulting solution is mixed until it appears homogeneous.
  • the EDDS chelant is added to the other two components at room temperature, and contains a minimum of 99% S,S isomer of the total EDDS isomers and a minimum of 95% S,S isomer of the total amino acid species.
  • the formula details for the resulting aqueous solution are summarized below.
  • composition of Aqueous Solutions Component LAS Solution BPP EDDS Solution Activity of Aqueous Solution (%) 50 100 36.25 Amount in Aqueous Solution Added kg (lb) 740 (1631) 247 (545) 103 (225) Amount on Dry Basis (%) 56.6 37.7 5.7
  • the water is removed from the aqueous mixture in a 0.5 m 2 (5.4 ft 2 ) steam-jacketed agitated thin film evaporator.
  • the aqueous solution is pumped at a rate of 115 kg/hr to the evaporator, operating at a temperature of 160°C and a pressure of 100 mm Hg.
  • the product exits the evaporator at a temperature of 120°C with a moisture content of 0.6%.
  • the product is then cooled in a plate and frame heat exchanger to 35°C. About 14% of the BPP evaporates with the water in the ATFE.
  • the remaining dried product composition is shown in Table 2. The table indicates that LAB and Na 2 SO 4 are present in the dried product.
  • LAB linear alkyl benzene (LAB) alcohol, it is left over from the sulphonation reaction which produces HLAS.
  • Na 2 SO 4 is a by-product of the reaction between HLAS and NaOH which produces NaLAS.
  • Composition of Dried Product Component NaLAS BPP EDDS Na 2 SO 4 LAB Water Amount (%) 58.7 33.3 5.9 0.92 0.59 0.6
  • fatty alcohol was sulfated to make a C11-C13 fatty acid of linear alkylbenze sulfonate ("HLAS") having a completeness and acid value of 97 and 172.14 respectively.
  • HLAS linear alkylbenze sulfonate
  • the acid was neutralized in a continuous neutralization system such as a neutralization loop available from the Chemithon Corporation, Seattle. Wash, USA in the presence of an organic solvent/carrier as well as a chelant. Drying of the mixture exiting the loop was then dried in an agitated thin film evaporator ("ATFE”) such as the one supplied by LCI Corporation, Charlotte, N.C., USA.
  • ATFE agitated thin film evaporator
  • the resulting detergent compositions produced were then analyzed as follows: in all examples, Karl Fischer analysis was used to determine amount of residual water.
  • a rotational rheometer, Cari-med, supplied by TA Instruments, Delaware, USA was used to measure rheology.
  • Example 2 The HLAS was neutralized with 50% solution of NaOH while co-adding an organic solvent n-butoxy propoxy propanol ("n-BPP") produced by the Dow Chemical of Midland, Michigan and a 37% solution of the sodium salt of [S,S] - ethylenediamino - N - N' - disuccinic acid ("NaEDDS"). After neutralization the resulting mixture comprised, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 46.8 BPP 31.44 NaEDDS 4.5 Water 16 Miscellaneous Minors Balance
  • the combined flow rate of all components into the neutralization loop at room temperature was 1.0134kg/min.
  • the temperature of neutralization was 37°C (99°F) while the temperature of the mixture exiting the loop was 35°C (95°F).
  • the mixture exiting the loop was non-Newtonian.
  • the mixture is then fed continuously at a rate of 120kg/hr into a 0.28m 2 (3ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 160°C and 95mmHg.
  • the resulting dry material contained 0.45% water and behaved as a Newtonian fluid having a viscosity of 15,000 cP at room temperature as measured by a rotational rheomether.
  • Example 3 HLAS was neutralized with 50% solution of NaOH while co-adding BPP. After neutralization the resulting mixture comprised, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 53.4 BPP 35.6 Water 10 Miscellaneous Minors Balance
  • the combined flow rate of all components into the neutralization loop at room temperature was 0.906kg/min.
  • the temperature of neutralization was 37°C (99F) while the temperature of the mixture exiting the loop was 35°C (95°F).
  • the mixture exiting the loop was non-Newtonian.
  • the material was further mixed in a tank with a solution of NaEDDS to give a composition similar to that in the above example.
  • the resulting rheology was also non-Newtonian.
  • the mixture was then fed continuously at a rate of 137kg/hr into a 0.28m 2 (3ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 160°C and 95mmHg.
  • the resulting dry material contained 0.77% water and behaved as a Newtonian fluid having a viscosity of 12,000 cP at room temperature as measured by a rotational rheometer.
  • Example 4 HLAS was neutralized with 50% solution of NaOH while co-adding BPP. After neutralization the resulting mixture comprised, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 53.4 BPP 35.6 Water 10 Miscellaneous Minors Balance
  • the combined flow rate of all components into the neutralization loop at room temperature was 0.906kg/min.
  • the temperature of neutralization was 37°C (99°F) while the temperature of the mixture exiting the loop was 35°C (95°F).
  • the mixture exiting the loop was non-Newtonian.
  • the mixture is then fed continuously at a rate of 170kg/hr into a 0.28m 2 (3ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 160°C and 95mmHg.
  • the resulting dry material contained 0.7% water and behaved as a Newtonian fluid having a viscosity of 10,000cP at room temperature as measured by a rotational rheometer.
  • Example 5 A mixture was prepared comprising on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 32.7 BPP 50.8 NaDTPA 3.4 Water 11.2 Miscellaneous Minors Balance The mixture was then fed continuously at a rate of 156kg/hr into a 0.28m 2 (3ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 156°C and atmospheric pressure. The resulting dry material contained 2.3% water.
  • Example 6 A mixture was prepared comprising, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 34.8 BPP 54.2 NaEDDS 1.16 Water 7.8 Miscellaneous Minors Balance 153 kg of this material was charged into a stirred tank where it was dried batch-wise at 100°C and 28mmHg. The resulting dry material contained 0.25% water.
  • BPP At room temperature, BPP, at a minimum purity of 99% is added to and mixed with a 50 % active aqueous solution of the sodium salt of C11-C13 fatty acid of NaLAS (CALSOFTTM L-50, from Pilot Chemical Co., Middletown, Ohio) ("LAS"). The solution is mixed until it appears homogeneous. Next, an active aqueous solution of EDDS chelant is added to the aqueous mixture, and the resulting solution is mixed until it appears homogeneous. The EDDS chelant is added to the other two components at room temperature, and contains a minimum of 99% S,S isomer of the total EDDS isomers and a minimum of 95% S,S isomer of the total amino acid species.
  • LAS active aqueous solution of the sodium salt of C11-C13 fatty acid of NaLAS
  • the water is removed from the aqueous mixture in a 0.5m 2 (5.4 ft 2 ) steam-jacketed agitated thin film evaporator such as the one supplied by LCI Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • the aqueous solution is pumped at a rate of 115 kg/hr to the evaporator, operating at a temperature of 160°C and a pressure of 100 mm Hg.
  • the product exits the evaporator at a temperature of 120°C with a moisture content of 0.6%.
  • the product is then cooled in a plate and frame heat exchanger to 35°C. About 14% of the BPP evaporates with the water in the ATFE.
  • the remaining dried product composition comprises, on a weight basis:
  • Example 7 A mixture was prepared comprising, on a weight basis: ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 42 BPP 28 Water 29 Miscellaneous Minors Balance The mixture was then fed continuously at a rate of 217kg/hr into a 0.5m 2 (5.5ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 160°C and 102mmHg. The resulting dry material contained 0.47% water and had a Newtonian viscosity of 4600cP.
  • Example 8 A mixture was prepared comprising, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 36.23 BPP 24.15 NaEDDS 1.93 Water 34.3 Miscellaneous Minors Balance The mixture was then fed continuously at a rate of 130kg/hr into a 0.5m 2 (5.5ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 150°C and 100mmHg. The resulting dry material contained 0.7% water and had a Newtonian viscosity of 10,000cP.
  • Example 9 A 78% high active paste of the sodium salt of C 11 -C 3 fatty acid of linear alkylbenze sulfonate (NaLAS) was mixed with an organic solvent/carrier as well as a chelant to form the following mixture, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 44.7 BPP 29.8 NaEDDS 4.47 Water 19 Miscellaneous Minors Balance The mixture was then fed continuously at a rate of 56.7kg/hr into a 0.5m 2 (5.5ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 120°C and 34mmHg. The resulting dry material contained 0.31% water and had a Newtonian viscosity of 6400cP.
  • NaLAS linear alkylbenze sulfonate
  • Example 10 A 78% high active paste of the sodium salt of C 11 -C 13 fatty acid of linear alkylbenze sulfonate (NaLAS) was mixed with an organic solvent/carrier as well as a chelant to form the following mixture, on a weight basis: Ingredient Amount (%) NaLAS 41.6 BPP 32 NaEDDS 3.84 Water 20 Miscellaneous Minors Balance The mixture was then fed continuously at a rate of 65kg/hr into a 0.5m 2 (5.5 ft 2 ) ATFE operating at 140°C and 55mmHg. The resulting dry material contained 0.69% water and had a Newtonian viscosity of 2400cP.
  • NaLAS linear alkylbenze sulfonate

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  1. Procédé de préparation d'une pâte tensio-active à base de solvant, comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    A) former un mélange tensioactif aqueux en mélangeant, en poids du mélange :
    (a) de 5 % à 85 % d'un tensioactif sulfoné anionique ;
    (b) de 15 % à 95 % d'un solvant organique ;
    (c) de 0,001 % à 40 % d'un chélate ;
    dans lequel le mélange tensioactif aqueux a une teneur en eau de 5 % à 80 % en poids du mélange tensioactif aqueux et le mélange tensioactif aqueux est un fluide non Newtonien ;
    B) sécher le mélange tensioactif aqueux sous vide afin de former la pâte tensio-active à base de solvant ayant une teneur en eau de moins de 1 % et se présentant sous la forme d'un fluide Newtonien ayant une viscosité sensiblement constante dans la plage de 100 cP à 100 000 cP lorsqu'on la mesure à une température de 25° C et dans une plage de vitesse de cisaillement de 1 s-1 à 1 000 s-1.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le mélange tensioactif aqueux peut comprendre, en outre, de 0,001 % à 40 % d'autres additifs choisis dans le groupe comprenant un agent de blanchiment, un activateur de blanchiment, des tampons, des adjuvants de détergence, des enzymes, des azurants, des agents modificateurs de rhéologie, des polymères et des copolymères, dans lequel les autres additifs sont apportés sous forme d'une solution aqueuse.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le mélange tensioactif aqueux est séché dans une colonne d'évaporation.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'étape de formation d'un mélange tensioactif aqueux comprend le mélange de 0,001 % à 40 % d'un composé d'ammonium quaternaire d'hexaméthylène diamine éthoxylé.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'étape de formation d'un mélange tensioactif aqueux comprend le mélange de 0,001 % à 40 % d'autres additifs choisis dans le groupe comprenant un agent de blanchiment, un activateur de blanchiment, un adjuvant de détergence, des enzymes, des tensioactifs non ioniques, des azurants et des polymères.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le solvant organique est choisi dans un groupe constitué par les alkylène glycols, les éthers monobutyliques de diéthyl- et dipropylène glycol, l'éther monobutylique de glycol, les éthers monoéthyliques, les éthers monométhyliques, les éthers monopropyliques et les éthers monobutyliques de propoxy propanol, les polyéthylène glycols ayant une masse moléculaire d'au moins 150, l'acétate de méthyle, le propionate de méthyle, l'octanoate de méthyle, le dodécanoate de méthyle et leurs mélanges.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le chélate est choisi dans un groupe constitué par les amino-carboxylates, les phosphonates, les amino-phosphonates, les agents de chélation aromatiques substitués de façon polyfonctionnelle et leurs mélanges.
  8. Procédé de préparation d'une pâte tensio-active à base de solvant, comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    A) former un mélange neutralisé par une boucle de neutralisation continue, le mélange neutralisé comprenant dans sa composition :
    (a) une forme acide d'un tensioactif sulfoné anionique et une base présente dans un rapport molaire de 1/1 à 9/1 ;
    (b) un solvant organique ; et
    (c) un chélate ;
    dans lequel le mélange neutralisé a une teneur en eau de 5 % à 50% en poids du mélange neutralisé et est un fluide non Newtonien.
    B) recycler une première partie du mélange neutralisé ;
    C) retirer de la boucle de neutralisation continue une seconde partie du mélange neutralisé ;
    D) sécher la seconde partie du mélange neutralisé sous vide afin de former la pâte tensio-active à base de solvant ayant une teneur en eau de 0,2 % à 10 % et se présentant sous la forme d'un fluide Newtonien ayant une viscosité sensiblement constante dans la plage de 100 cP à 100 000 cP lorsqu'on la mesure à une température de 25° C et dans une plage de vitesse de cisaillement de 1 s-1 à 1 000 s-1.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le mélange neutralisé comprend, en outre, d'autres additifs choisis dans le groupe comprenant un agent de blanchiment, un activateur de blanchiment, des tampons, des adjuvants de détergence, des enzymes, des tensioactifs non ioniques, des azurants, des agents modificateurs de rhéologie, des polymères et des copolymères, dans lequel les autres additifs sont apportés sous forme d'une solution aqueuse ayant une teneur en eau de 5 % à 50 % en poids du mélange neutralisé.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la seconde partie du mélange neutralisé est séchée dans une colonne d'évaporation.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la forme acide d'un tensioactif anionique est choisie dans un groupe constitué par l'acide alkyl benzène sulfonique linéaire, l'acide alkyl éthoxy sulfonique, l'acide alkyl polyalcoxylate sulfonique, l'acide alkyl(de suif) sulfonique et l'acide alkyl sulfonique.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le solvant organique est choisi dans un groupe constitué par les alkylène glycols, les éthers monobutyliques de diéthyl- et dipropylène glycol, l'éther monobutylique de glycol, les éthers monoéthyliques, monométhyliques, monopropyliques et monobutyliques de propoxy propanol et leurs mélanges, les polyéthylène glycols ayant une masse moléculaire d'au moins 150, l'acétate de méthyle, le propionate de méthyle, l'octanoate de méthyle et le dodécanoate de méthyle.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le chélate est choisi dans un groupe constitué par les amino-carboxylates, les phosphonates, les amino-phosphonates, les agents de chélation aromatiques substitués de façon polyfonctionnelle et leurs mélanges.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 8 dans lequel, après l'étape C, on ajoute du solvant organique supplémentaire au mélange neutralisé, de sorte qu'après l'ajout du solvant organique supplémentaire le mélange neutralisé présente une teneur en eau de 5 % à 50 % en poids du mélange neutralisé.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 8 dans lequel, après l'étape C, on ajoute du chélate supplémentaire au mélange neutralisé, de sorte qu'après l'ajout du chélate supplémentaire le mélange neutralisé présente une teneur en eau de 5 % à 50 % en poids du mélange neutralisé.
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