Amine Oxide Cleaning Composition for Safety and Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning compositions lack efficacy and stability, requiring excessive effort for effective cleaning and posing safety risks, despite variations in surfactant mixtures.
Innovation Solution
A composition comprising amine oxide-based surfactants and glycerol ketal derivatives, which synergistically increase cleaning efficiency and safety by enhancing amine oxide concentration, allowing for high-concentration, dilutable solutions without safety impacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If high concentration of surfactants is used to improve cleaning efficacy, then cleaning performance increases, but product safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters by using amine oxide surfactants with specific molecular structures (varying alkyl chain lengths) and formulating at optimized concentrations (5-50% range) to achieve high cleaning efficacy while maintaining safety profiles. The specific parameter changes in surfactant structure and concentration resolve the contradiction between effectiveness and safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite surfactant systems combining multiple amine oxide compounds with different alkyl chain lengths (C12-C18) to create synergistic effects. This composite approach allows achieving superior cleaning performance through the combined action of different surfactant molecules while maintaining safe product characteristics through balanced formulation.
2Productivity
If stable suspension of solids in liquids is attempted, then cleaning capability improves, but formulation stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the concentration parameters of surfactants and co-surfactants within specific ranges (5-50% and 1-20% respectively) to achieve the critical micelle concentration needed for effective cleaning while preventing precipitation or phase separation. This parameter optimization resolves the contradiction between cleaning capability and formulation stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces co-surfactants as intermediary substances that mediate between the surfactant molecules and the aqueous phase. These co-surfactants enhance the solubility and stability of the surfactant system while maintaining effective cleaning action, thus resolving the stability-cleaning capability contradiction.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The synergistic effect of amine oxide and glycerol ketal derivatives results in a 17% higher cleaning performance and safer, more efficient cleaning products for both home and industrial use.
Implementation Method 1
The synergistic effect of amine oxide and glycerol ketal derivatives results in a 17% higher cleaning performance
Data Source
AI summary
Composition for multi-purpose cleaning wherein said composition comprises a product of: (a) one or more amine oxide-based surfactant; and (b) one or more glycerol ketal derivative. Process for preparing said product, wherein the process comprises the product of one or more amine oxide with one or more glycerol ketal derivative as solvent under stream of carbon dioxide and addition of peroxide oxide under semi-batch or batch reaction. Use of said composition, wherein the composition is used for preparing multi-purpose cleaning products, detergents, homecare or industrial cleaning products, washing products, as base preparations for homecare cleaning products and as base preparations for industrial cleaning products.