Influence of aceto acetic esters and di-carboxylic acid esters on diesel fuel lubricity

This paper presents the impact of acetoacetic esters and di-carboxylic acid esters on the lubrication properties of automotive diesel. Three alkyl acetoacetates and seven di-carboxylic esters were used as lubricating additives on two low sulfur diesel fuels, at seven different concentrations of 50, 100, 500, 750, 1000, 1500 and 2000 ppm. Tribological experiments carried out on the high frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) showed that only two of the three acetoacetic esters used, provide satisfactory mean wear scar diameter (WS 1.4) of less than 460 μm, at the concentration level of 750 ppm. In the case of di-carboxylic acid esters, the effective concentration was 500 ppm or higher.