Compositions – Vaporization – or expansion – refrigeration or heat or energy... – With lubricants – or warning – stabilizing or anti-corrosion...
Patent
1990-05-29
1992-10-27
Willis, Jr., Prince
Compositions
Vaporization, or expansion, refrigeration or heat or energy...
With lubricants, or warning, stabilizing or anti-corrosion...
252 47, 252 475, 252 67, C09K 504, C10M10552
Patent
active
051586983
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to liquid compositions comprising a major amount of at least one fluorine-containing hydrocarbon, and a minor amount of at least one lubricant. More particularly, the invention relates to liquid compositions useful as refrigeration liquids.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Chlorofluorocarbons, generally referred to in the industry as CFCs, have been widely used as propellants in aerosols. The use in aerosols has been diminishing in recent years as a result of demands of environmentalists for the reduction if not a complete ban on the use of CFCs. CFCs have a detrimental effect on the stratosphere's ozone layer. CFCs also have been used because of their unique combination of properties as refrigerants, foam-blowing agents, and specialty solvents within the electronics and aerospace industries. Examples of CFCs which have been utilized for these purposes include CFC-11 which is chlorotriflouromethane, CFC-12 which is dichlorodifluoromethane, and CFC-113 which is 1,2,2-trifluoro-1,1,2-trichloroethane.
Since 1976, when the aerosol industry began to feel the pressure to reduce if not eliminate the use of CFCs, the aerosol industry has progressively moved toward the substitution of hydrocarbon propellants for CFC propellants. The hydrocarbons, such as butane, are readily available and inexpensive, and the quality of the final product generally has been unaffected by the substitution of propellants. However, the problem of finding a safe replacement for CFC refrigerants and foam-blowing agents has been more difficult to solve. Several replacement candidates have been suggested as alternatives to the fully halogenated hydrocarbons, and these include halogenated hydrocarbons containing at least some hydrogen atoms such as HCFC-22 which is difluorochloromethane, HCFC-123 which is 1,1-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane, HFC-134a which is 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and HCFC-141b which is 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane.
The ozone depletion potential of these proposed substitutes is significantly less than the ozone depletion potential of the previously used CFCs. The ozone depletion potential is a relative measure of the capability of the material to destroy the ozone layer in the atmosphere. It is a combination of the percentage by weight of chlorine (the atom that attacks the ozone molecule) and the lifetime in the atmosphere. HCFC-22 and HFC-134a generally are recommended as being candidates in refrigerant applications, and HFC-134a is particularly attractive because its ozone depletion potential has been reported as being zero.
In order for any of the replacement materials to be useful as refrigerants, the materials must be compatible with the lubricant utilized in the compressor. The presently used refrigerants such as CFC-12 are readily compatible with mineral lubricating oils which are utilized as the lubricant in air-conditioner compressors. The above-described refrigerant candidates, however, have different solubility characteristics than the refrigerants presently in use. For example, mineral lubricating oil is incompatible (i.e., insoluble) with HFC-134a. Such incompatibility results in unacceptable compressor life in compression-type refrigeration equipment including refrigerators and air-conditioners including auto, home and industrial air-conditioners. The problem is particularly evident in automotive air-conditioning systems since the compressors are not separately lubricated, and a mixture of refrigerant and lubricant circulates throughout the entire system.
In order to perform as a satisfactory refrigeration liquid, the mixture of refrigerant and lubricant must be compatible and stable over a wide temperature range such as from about 0.degree. C. and above 80.degree. C. It is generally desirable for the lubricants to be soluble in the refrigerant at concentrations of about 5 to 15% over a temperature range of from -40.degree. C. to 80.degree. C. These temperatures generally correspond to the working temperatures of an automobile air-conditioning compressor. In addit
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patent: 4755316 (1988-07-01), Magid et al.
Butke Betsy J.
Jolley Scott T.
Cairns James A.
Collins Forrest
Hunter Frederick D.
McNally John F.
The Lubrizol Corporation
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