Working fluid for heat cycle, composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system
To provide a working fluid for heat cycle which has a small temperature glide, a sufficiently low discharge temperature, high durability and less influence over global warming, and with which a heat cycle system excellent in the system maintenance properties and the cycle performance (capacity) is achieved, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, wherein the proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid for heat cycle is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %, and the mass ratio represented by trifluoroethylene/difluoromethane in the working fluid for heat cycle is from 41/59 to 59/41, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.
1. A working fluid for heat cycle, the working fluid comprising trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, wherein the proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid for heat cycle is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %, and
the mass ratio represented by trifluoroethylene/difluoromethane in the working fluid for heat cycle-is from 45/55 to 59/41.
2. The working fluid for heat cycle according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio represented by trifluoroethylene/difluoromethane in the working fluid for heat cycle is from 45/55 to 55/45.
3. The working fluid for heat cycle according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid for heat cycle is higher than 97 mass % and at most 100 mass %.
4. The composition for a heat cycle system, comprising the working fluid for heat cycle as defined in claim 1 and a refrigerant oil.
5. A heat cycle system, comprising the composition for a heat cycle system as defined in claim 4 .
6. The heat cycle system according to claim 5 , wherein the heat cycle system is a refrigerating apparatus, an air-conditioning apparatus, a power generation system, a heat transport apparatus or a secondary cooling machine.
7. The heat cycle system according to claim 5 , wherein the heat cycle system is a room air-conditioner, a store package air-conditioner, a building package air-conditioner, a plant package air-conditioner, a gas engine heat pump, a train air-conditioning system, an automobile air-conditioning system, a built-in showcase, a separate showcase, an industrial fridge freezer, an ice making machine or a vending machine.
8. The working fluid for heat cycle according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid has no self-decomposition property under a pressure of 5.0 MPa.
9. The working fluid for heat cycle according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid has no self-decomposition property under a pressure of 7.0 MPa.
10. The working fluid for heat cycle according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid has a global warming potential (100 years) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth assessment report (2007) of at most 371.