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US 12,371,639 · App. 18/516,685 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Hard surface cleaning compositions comprising phosphinosuccinic acid adducts and methods of use

Inventors: Carter M. Silvernail (Saint Paul, MN); Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, MN); Michel M. Lawrence (Saint Paul, MN); Richard D. Johnson (Saint Paul, MN); Steven J. Lange (Saint Paul, MN)
Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
C11D3/365C11D3/044C11D3/08
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Patent No.
US 12,371,639
App. No.
18/516,685
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods employing detergent compositions effective for reducing hard water scale and accumulation on hard surfaces, namely within food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications are disclosed. The detergent compositions employ phosphinosuccinic acid adducts in combination with an alkalinity source and optionally polymers, surfactants and/or oxidizers, providing alkaline compositions having a pH between about 10 and 13.5.

Claims (27)

1. A detergent composition comprising:

a phosphinosuccinic acid adduct comprising a phosphinosuccinic acid and mono-, bis- and oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid adducts;

an alkalinity source comprising an alkali metal hydroxide, metasilicate, and/or silicate; and

an oxidizing agent comprising a chlorine, a hypochlorite and/or a chloramine, wherein a use solution of the detergent composition comprises about 1 ppm to about 2,000 ppm of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct and from about 100 ppm to about 20,000 ppm of the alkalinity source and has a pH between about 10 and 13.5.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct comprises at least 10 mol % of an adduct comprising a ratio of succinic acid to phosphorus from about 1:1 to 20:1.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid (I) and mono-(II), bis-(III) and oligomeric (IV) phosphinosuccinic acid adducts have the follow following formulas:

where M is selected from the group consisting of H + , Na + , K + , NH 4 + , and mixtures thereof, wherein m plus n is greater than 2.

4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula I constitutes between about 1-40 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct, the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula II constitutes between about 1-25 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct, the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula III constitutes between about 10-60 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct, the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula IV constitutes between about 20-70 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct.

5. The composition of claim 1 , where the use solution comprises from about 100-10,000 ppm of an alkalinity source and from about 1-1,000 ppm phosphinosuccinic acid adduct.

6. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a nonionic surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, water, an exidizer, and/or combinations thereof.

7. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic acid and hydrophobically modified polycarboxylic acid.

8. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct constitutes between about 0.1-40 wt-% of the detergent composition, and the alkalinity source constitutes between about 1-90 wt-% by weight of the detergent composition.

9. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct constitutes between about 0.1-20 wt-% of the detergent composition, and the alkalinity source constitutes between about 1-50 wt-% by weight of the detergent composition.

10. A method of reducing or preventing hardness accumulation on a hard surface in a food, beverage and/or pharmaceutical cleaning application comprising:

contacting a hard surface within the application with an alkaline detergent composition comprising: a phosphinosuccinic acid adduct comprising a phosphinosuccinic acid and mono-, bis- and oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid adducts; an alkalinity source comprising an alkali metal hydroxide, metasilicate, and/or silicate; and an oxidizing agent comprising a chlorine, a hypochlorite and/or a chloramine, wherein a use solution of the detergent composition comprises about 1 ppm to about 2,000 ppm of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct and from about 100 ppm to about 20,000 ppm of the alkalinity source and has a pH between about 10 and 13.5; and

reducing and/or preventing hardness build up on the treated hard surface.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct comprises the following formulas of phosphinosuccinic acid adducts:

wherein M is selected from the group consisting of H + , Na + , K + , NH 4 + , and mixtures thereof, wherein m plus n is greater than 2.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula I constitutes between about 1-40 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct, the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula II constitutes between about 1-25 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct, the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula III constitutes between about 10-60 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct, the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct of formula IV constitutes between about 20-70 wt-% of the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the alkaline detergent composition further comprises an anionic surfactant and/or a polycarboxylic acid polymer and/or hydrophobically modified polycarboxylic acid polymer.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the use solution of the detergent composition comprises from about 1 ppm to about 1,000 ppm of anionic surfactant and/or a polycarboxylic acid polymer and/or hydrophobically modified polycarboxylic acid polymer.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the use solution of the detergent composition comprises from about 1 ppm to about 500 ppm of anionic surfactant and/or a polycarboxylic acid polymer and/or hydrophobically modified polycarboxylic acid polymer.

16. The method of claim 10 , comprising the additional step of combining a sodium hydroxide source with the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct and/or additional alkalinity sources to form the use solution of the detergent composition having the pH between about 10 and 13.5.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the use solution of the detergent composition comprises from about 100 ppm to about 10,000 ppm of the alkalinity source, and from about 1 ppm to about 1,000 ppm of the phosphinosuccinic acid adducts.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the use solution of the detergent composition comprises from about 500 ppm to about 10,000 ppm of the alkalinity source, from about 1 ppm to about 500 ppm of the phosphinosuccinic acid adducts.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct constitutes between about 0.1-40 wt-% of the detergent composition, the alkalinity source constitutes between about 1-90 wt-% by weight of the detergent composition.

20. The method of claim 10 , wherein the phosphinosuccinic acid adduct constitutes between about 0.1-20 wt-% of the detergent composition, and the alkalinity source constitutes between about 1-50 wt-% by weight of the detergent composition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2023
From: SILVERNAIL, CARTER M.; OLSON, ERIK C.; LAWRENCE, MICHEL M.; JOHNSON, RICHARD D.; LANGE, STEVEN J.
To: ECOLAB USA INC.
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Continuity (6)
Continuation 17303682 · Jun 4, 2021
Continuation 15974130 · May 8, 2018
Continuation 14260901 · Apr 24, 2014
Continuation In Part 13965339 · Aug 13, 2013
Continuation In Part 13614020 · Sep 13, 2012
Related Publication 20240150676A1 · May 9, 2024
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