Heat exchange fluids comprising amine carboxylates
View Patent ↗Carboxylate salts of amines are used as components of heat exchange fluids. The amines may have a ratio of N to C of 1:0 to 1:12 and the carboxylate anion may be derived from an acid of the formula H(CH 2 ) 0-3 COOH. A preferred monoamine heat exchange fluid utilizes triethanolamine formate. Lower carboxylate salts of diamines and triamines having the formula R 2 [N[(CH 2 ) m NR] 1-2 ]R where each R is independently selected from moieties of the formula —C n H 2n+1 and moieties of the formula H[O(CH 2 ) 1-4 ]—, each m is independently a number from 1 to 6, and each n is a number from 1 to 4, are disclosed as compounds.
1. An aqueous heat exchange fluid comprising:
an amine carboxylate of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) m NR 2 where each R is independently selected moieties of the formula C n H 2n+1 and moieties of the formula H[O(CH 2 ) 1-4] − , where m is a number from 1-6 and n is an integer from 0 to 4; and
a potassium formate.
2. Heat exchange fluid of claim 1 wherein said potassium formate and said amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 4:1 to 1:4.
3. Heat exchange fluid of claim 1 wherein the amine portion of said amine carboxylate is derived from amine heads.
4. Heat exchange fluid of claim 1 wherein the amine portion of said amine carboxylate is further alkoxylated.
5. An aqueous heat exchange fluid of claim 1 , wherein the aqueous heat exchange fluid transfers heat energy from a first location to a second location.
6. The aqueous heat exchange fluid of claim 5 , wherein the fluid absorbs heat energy from its first location and desorbs heat energy at the second location.
7. The heat exchange fluid of claim 1 , wherein the amine portion, of said amine caroxylate is further alkoxylated.
8. An aqueous heat exchange fluid, comprising:
an amine carboxylate having an amine portion that satisfies the formula R 2 [N[(CH 2 ) m NR] 2 ]R, where each R is independently selected from moieties of the formula C n H 2n+1 and moieties of the formula H[O(CH 2 ) 1-4 ]—, where n is an integer from 0 to 3 and each m is independently a number from 1-6; and
a potassium formate.
9. The heat exchange fluid of claim 1 , wherein the amine carboxylate comprises a reaction product of an amine of the formula R 2 [N[(CH 2 ) m NR] 1-2 ]R and an acid of the formula H(CH 2 ) 0-3 COOH.
10. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 , wherein the amine is further alkoxylated.
11. The heat exchange fluid of claim 10 , wherein the amine carboxylate comprises a formate of a diamine of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) 2 NR 2 .
12. The heat exchange fluid of claim 10 , wherein the amine carboxylate comprises a formate of an amine of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) 6 NR 2 .
13. The heat exchange fluid of claim 10 wherein the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 4:1 to 1:4.
14. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 wherein the amine is a diamine and at least one R is a moiety of the formula H[O(CH 2 ) 1-4 ] — .
15. The heat exchange fluid of claim 14 , wherein the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 4:1 to 1:4.
16. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 , wherein the amine carboxylate comprises a formate of a diamine of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) 2 NR 2 .
17. The heat exchange fluid of claim 16 , wherein the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 1:10 to 10:1.
18. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 , wherein the amine carboxylate comprises a formate of an amine of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) 6 NR 2 .
19. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 wherein the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 1:10 to 10:1.
20. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 , wherein the amine is a diamine and at least one R is a moiety of the formula —C n H 2n+1 .
21. The heat exchange fluid of claim 20 , wherein the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 4:1 to 1:4.
22. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 , wherein the amine is a triamine and at least one R is a moiety of the formula H[O(CH 2 ) 1-4 ] − .
23. The heat exchange fluid of claim 22 , wherein the potassium formate and the carboxylate present weight ratio of 4:1 to 1:4.
24. The heat exchange fluid of claim 22 , wherein the triamine is of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) 6 NR(CH 2 ) 6 NR 2 .
25. The heat exchange fluid of claim 24 , wherein the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 1:10 to 10:1.
26. The heat exchange fluid of claim 22 , wherein the triamine is of the formula R 2 N(CH 2 ) 2 NR(CH 2 ) 2 NR 2 .
27. The heat exchange fluid of claim 9 , wherein the amine is a triamine and at least one R is a moiety of the formula —C n H 2n+1 .
28. The heat exchange fluid of claim 27 , where in the potassium formate and the amine carboxylate are present in a weight ratio of 4:1 to 1:4.
29. The heat exchange fluid of claim 8 , wherein the amine portion of said amine carboxylate is further alkoxlated.