Refrigerator oil and composition for refrigerators
AssigneeIdemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoya Matsumoto
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a refrigerator oil for a mixed refrigerant containing less than 40% by mass of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound (HFO) on a basis of the whole amount of the mixed refrigerant, the refrigerator oil containing a base oil (P) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl ether (PVE), a polyalkylene glycol (PAG), a copolymer (ECP) of a poly(oxy)alkylene glycol or a monoether thereof and a polyvinyl ether, and a polyol ester (POE), with a hydroxy value of the base oil (P) being 15 mgKOH/g or less; and a refrigerator oil composition containing the foregoing refrigerator oil and a specified refrigerant.
Claims2
A refrigerator oil composition consisting of a mixed refrigerant and a refrigerator oil,
- wherein the mixed refrigerant consists of from 20% to 37% by mass of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound (HFO) based on a total amount of the mixed refrigerant, more than 40% to less than 60% by mass of at least one selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoroethane (R125) and 1,1,1,2-tetmfluoroethane (R134a) on based on the total amount of the mixed refrigerant, and more than 20% to less than 40% by mass of difluoromethane (R32) based on the total amount of the mixed refrigerant,
- wherein the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound (HFO) is at least one selected from the group consisting of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234yf) and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze),
- the refrigerator oil consists of a base oil (P) consisting of at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl ether (PVE) and a polyol ester (POE), wherein a hydroxy value of the base oil (P) is 15 mgKOH/g or less,
- wherein the two-layer separation temperature at the high-temperature side of the refrigerator oil is 50° C. or higher, and the two-layer separation temperature at the low-temperature side of the refrigerator oil is −20° C. or lower, and
- wherein a volume resistivity of the refrigerator oil composition is 2.0×108Ω·m or more.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.