IP Library Granted Patent US 7,504,043
Granted Patent B2
US 7,504,043 · App. 10/570,938 · Granted Mar 17, 2009

Hydrofluorocarbon-based composition and use thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,504,043
App. No.
10/570,938
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-based composition, to the use thereof in refrigeration and/or air conditioning and to a heat-transfer system containing same.

Claims (8)

1. A composition consisting essentially of 15 to 25% by weight of R-32, of 25 to 35% by weight of R-125, of 35 to 50% by weight of R-134a and of 10 to 15% by weight of R-143a.

2. A refrigerant, comprising a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

3. A heat transfer system, containing the refrigerant as claimed in claim 2 .

4. A process for the conversion of a heat transfer system suitable for R-22 to the use of a composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising removing R-22 from said heat transfer system, rinsing said heat transfer system with a rinsing composition comprising one or more propellant(s) A of nonflammable HFC type and one or more compound(s) B chosen from propane, butane, isobutane, propylene, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, ethyl chloride, dimethyl ether, methoxymethane and carbon dioxide or mixtures thereof prior to adding a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

5. The conversion process as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that said rinsing solution comprises from 80 to 99%, by weight of propellant(s) A and from 1 to 20%, by weight of compound(s) B.

6. The conversion process as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that said rinsing solution comprising from 12 to 94%, by weight of propellant(s) A, from 0.15% to 19%, by weight of compound(s) B and from 5 to 85%, by weight of POE or PAG oil.

7. The conversion process of claim 5 , characterized in that said rinsing solution comprised from 90 to 99% by weight of propellant(s) A and from 1 to 10% by weight of compound(s) B.

8. The conversion process of claim 6 , characterized in that said rinsing solution comprises from 54 to 79% by weight of propellant(s) A, from 0.6 to 8% by weigh of compound(s) B and from 20 to 40% by weight of POE or PAG oil.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2006
From: ARKEMA
To: ARKEMA FRANCE
Reel/Frame 017846/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2006
From: GUILPAIN, GERARD; CARON, LAURENT
To: ARKEMA
Reel/Frame 017361/0924 →