Lubricant for compression refrigerating machine and refrigerating apparatus using the same

The lubricating oil for a compression type refrigerator, comprising:

• a polyvinyl ether-based compound containing an alkylene glycol or polyoxyalkylene glycol unit and a vinyl ether unit in a molecule and having a molecular weight in a range of 300 to 3,000;
• an organic carboxylic acid alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid having 8 to 20 carbon atoms;
• and
• a dissolving assistant of said organic carboxylic acid alkali metal salt in an amount of 5 to 100 fold by mass based on an amount by mass of said organic carboxylic acid alkali metal salt, wherein the dissolving assistant comprises at least one member of the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,4-butylene glycol, 2,3-butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, octylene glycol, glycerin glycols and polyhydric alcohols;
• wherein the polyvinyl ether-based compound has a structure represented by the general formula (I):
• wherein R1, R2, and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, which may be identical to or different from one another;
• Rb represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms;
• Ra represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aromatic group which has 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may have a substituent, an acyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group having 2 to 50 carbon atoms;
• R4 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
• when plural Ras, Rbs, and R4s are present, they may be identical to or different from one another;
• m represents an average value of 2 to 50;
• k represents a number of 1 to 50;
• p represents a number of 2 to 25;
• and when plural ks and ps are present, units may be in block or in random form;
• and when plural RbOs are present, they may be identical to or different from one another, wherein the polyvinyl ether-based compound has a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 4.0 or less.