Composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system
To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil (for example, an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil), and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
1. A composition for a heat cycle system, comprising a working fluid for heat cycle, and a refrigerant oil, wherein the kinematic viscosity of the refrigerant oil at 40° C. is from 1 to 750 mm 2 /s, and the working fluid for heat cycle comprises at least 95 mass % of trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), difluoromethane (HFC-32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) in amounts of:
10 mass %≤HFO-1123≤80 mass %;
10 mass %≤HFC-32≤75 mass %; and
5 mass %≤HFO-1234yf≤40 mass %.
2. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant oil is at least one member selected from an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil and a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil.
3. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 2 , wherein the refrigerant oil is at least one member selected from a dibasic acid ester, a polyol ester, a complex ester, a polyol carbonate ester, a polyvinyl ether, a polyalkylene glycol and an alkylbenzene.
4. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the kinematic viscosity of the refrigerant oil at 100° C. is from 1 to 100 mm 2 /s.
5. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio, which is a ratio of the number of carbon atoms to the number of oxygen atoms, of the refrigerant oil is from 2 to 7.5.
6. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the content of trifluoroethylene is from 20 to 80 mass % per 100 mass % of the working fluid for heat cycle.
7. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the content of difluoromethane is at least 20 mass % per 100 mass % of the working fluid for heat cycle.
8. A heat cycle system, comprising the composition for a heat cycle system as defined in claim 1 .
9. The heat cycle system according to claim 8 , 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.
10. The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid for heat cycle comprises trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), difluoromethane (HFC-32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) in amounts of:
10 mass %≤HFO-1123≤70 mass %;
30 mass %≤HFC-32≤75 mass %; and
5 mass %≤HFO-1234yf≤40 mass %.