# US 5,702,632 A · Non-CFC refrigerant mixture

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- Number: US 5,702,632 A
- Document ID: US5702632A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/697,477
- Filed: 1996-08-26
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1994-02-25
- Assignees: General Signal Corporation
- Inventors: Chuan Weng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702632A

## CPC

- C09K 5/045: {containing only fluorine as halogen}
- F25B 9/006: {the refrigerant containing more than one component (F25B9/004 takes precedence)}
- C09K 2205/122: Halogenated hydrocarbons
- C09K 2205/128: Perfluorinated hydrocarbons (C09K2205/124, C09K2205/126 take precedence)
- C09K 2205/13: Inert gases
- C09K: MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS

## Abstract

A refrigeration heat exchanger section useful in circulating a substantially non-CFC refrigerant mixture which comprises: a compressor means, an auxiliary condenser, a first condenser, a second condenser, a third condenser, a subcooler and a liquid/gas separator, wherein a subcooled refrigerant liquid mixture taken as bottoms from the liquid/gas separator is distributed and expanded by a first expansion means and a second expansion means to form first and second expanded streams, respectively, such that the first expanded stream is returned to the auxiliary condenser and compressor in order to avoid overheating of the compressor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A refrigerant mixture for use in a refrigeration system capable of providing temperatures as low as about -150.degree. C. consisting of:
1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane;
1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane;
a trifluoromethane;
a carbon tetrafluoride; and
argon.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The refrigerant mixture according to claim 1 wherein said chlorodifluoroethane is present in an amount of about 25.5 weight %, said 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane is present in an amount of about 23.2 weight %, said trifluoromethane is present in an amount of about 12.8 weight %, said carbon tetrafluoride is present in an amount of about 23.7 weight %, and said argon is present in an amount of about 14.8 weight %.