Methods for producing oil formulations by means of certain carbodiimides

1. A method for preparing stabilized oil formulations, the method comprising combining bis-o-tolylcarbodiimide with at least one oil at a temperature of 10-30° C.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oil is at least one of an oil based on naphthenic mineral oil and an oil based on esters.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oil is an oil based on esters and comprises at least one of triglycerides, trimethylolpropane esters (TMP) and a pentaerythritol ester.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the oil based on esters is rapeseed oil methyl ester.

5. The method according claim 1 , wherein the method comprises combining 0.1% to 5% of the carbodiimide with the oil.

6. A method of using the stabilized oil formulation according to claim 1 , the method comprising using the oil as at least one of process oils, fuels, heat transfer oils, motor oils, fats, metalworking fluids, turbine and transformer oils.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oil Is trimethylolpropane ester (TMP) of the general formula (II)

wherein R 3 , R 4 and R 5 may each be the same or different and are a linear or branched alkyl group having 5 to 22 carbon atoms.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the oil is trimethylolpropane trioleate.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method comprises combining 0.2 to 0.5 wt % of the carbodiimide with the oil at a temperature of 15 to 30° C.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising combining at least one of 0.005 to 1.0% by weight of an antioxidant and 0.01 to 2.0% by weight of a metal deactivator with the oil, based on the weight of the oil.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising combining at least one of 0.1-0.2% by weight of an antioxidant and 0.1 to 0.2% by weight of a metal deactivator with the oil, based on the weight of the oil, wherein the antioxidant is at least one of bishydroxytoluene, hydroquinone, 4-tert-butylcatechol, naphthol, phenylnaphthylamines, diphenylamines, phenolic thioethers, tocopherols and mixtures thereof, and the metal deactivator is selected from the group consisting of triazoles, tolyltriazoles, dimercaptothiadiazoles and mixtures thereof.