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US 2021/0198549 A1Published application
Working fluid for heat cycle, composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system
AssigneeAGC Inc.
InventorMasato FUKUSHIMA
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Abstract
A working fluid for heat cycle, a composition for a heat cycle system containing the working fluid, and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains trifluoroethylene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and optionally a hydrofluoroolefin other than trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the entire amount of the working fluid is from 70 to 100 mass %.
Claims20
1-15. (canceled)
16:
- A working fluid for heat cycle, comprising:
- trifluoroethylene,
- 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and
- optionally a hydrofluoroolefin other than trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene,
- wherein a total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on an entire amount of the working fluid is from 70 to 100 mass %, and
- wherein the working fluid is in the form of a liquid.
3 more elements
17:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, comprising the hydrofluoroolefin other than trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which is a hydrofluorocarbon containing a carbon-carbon double bond.
18:
- The working fluid according to claim 17, wherein the hydrofluorocarbon containing a carbon-carbon double bond is at least one selected from the group consisting of 1,2-difluoroethylene, 2-fluoropropene, 1,1,2-trifluoropropene, trans-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, cis-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene.
19:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, further comprising a saturated hydrofluorocarbon.
20:
- The working fluid according to claim 19, wherein the saturated hydrofluorocarbon is at least one selected from the group consisting of difluoromethane, 1,1-difluoroethane, 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and pentafluoroethane.
21:
- A composition for a heat cycle system, comprising:
- the working fluid according to claim 16 and
- a lubricating oil.
22:
- A heat cycle system, comprising
- the composition according to claim 21.
23:
- The heat cycle system according to claim 22, which is a refrigerating apparatus, an air-conditioning apparatus, a power generation system, a heat transport apparatus or a secondary cooling machine.
24:
- The heat cycle system according to claim 22, which is a room air-conditioner, a store package air-conditioner, a building package air-conditioner, a plant package air-conditioner, a gas engine heat pump, a train air-conditioning system, an automobile air-conditioning system, a built-in showcase, a separate showcase, an industrial fridge freezer, an ice making machine or a vending machine.
25:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein the working fluid has a temperature gradient of at most 8.4° C.
26:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein the working fluid has a temperature gradient of at most 7.2° C.
27:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein the working fluid has a temperature gradient of at most 3.9° C.
28:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein a total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on an entire amount of the working fluid is from 80 to 100 mass %.
29:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein a total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on an entire amount of the working fluid is from 90 to 100 mass %.
30:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, consisting essentially of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
31:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, consisting essentially of hydrofluoroolefins.
32:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, having a temperature gradient of at most 5.6° C. and a refrigerating capacity of at least 0.875.
33:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein the working fluid has an initiation temperature of evaporation and a completion temperature of evaporation that differ from each other.
34:
- The working fluid according to claim 16, wherein the working fluid has a temperature gradient of at most 9.5° C. and a refrigerating capacity relative to R410A of 0.66 or greater.