Production of shear-stable high viscosity PAO

摘要

The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of high viscosity lubricant base stocks by contacting alphaolefin feedstocks with single-site metallocene catalysts in a mixed flow or continuous stirred tank reactors.

主权项

1. A process for preparing a high viscosity PAO base stock, comprising contacting a catalyst system comprising a single-site metallocene and a non-coordinating anion (NCA) with a feedstock consisting of linear alpha-olefins and optionally water at a concentration of less than 10 ppm by weight in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) operation to obtain a PAO crude product, wherein said feedstock is selected from the group consisting of:
(i) a mixed feedstock consisting essentially of C10 and C12 alpha-olefins comprising from about 1 wt % to 90 wt % of 1-decene; (ii) a mixed feedstock consisting essentially of C12 to C14 alpha-olefins; (iii) a mixed feedstock consisting essentially of C6, C10, and C14 alpha-olefins comprising from about 1 wt % to 90 wt % of 1-decene; and (iv) a mixed feedstock consisting essentially of C6, C10, C12, and C14 alpha-olefins comprising from about 1 wt % to 90 wt % of 1-decene, and obtaining a high viscosity PAO base stock from the PAO crude product; wherein the high viscosity PAO base stock is characterized by a KV100 of greater than 10 to about 10,000 cSt, and a MWD of 1.76 or less, where KV100 is kinematic viscosity measured at 100° C. in cSt.