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 1,2-difluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil such as an oxygen-containing synthetic oil (such as an ester refrigerant oil or an ether 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 containing 1,2-difluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil.
2 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein 1,2-difluoroethylene is trans-1,2-difluoroethylene, cis-1,2-difluoroethylene or a mixture thereof.
3 . 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 and a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil.
4 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the kinematic viscosity of the refrigerant oil at 40° C. is from 1 to 750 mm 2 /s.
5 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion (carbon/oxygen molar ratio) of carbon atoms to 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 working fluid for heat cycle further contains at least one member selected from a saturated hydrofluorocarbon.
7 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 6 , wherein the saturated hydrofluorocarbon is at least one member selected from difluoromethane, 1,1-difluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and pentafluoroethane.
8 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid for heat cycle further contains at least one member selected from a hydrofluorocarbon having a carbon-carbon double bond other than 1,2-difluoroethylene.
9 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 8 , wherein the hydrofluorocarbon having a carbon-carbon double bond is at least one member selected from 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
10 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of 1,2-difluoroethylene is at least 20 mass % based on the working fluid for heat cycle.
11 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of 1,2-difluoroethylene is from 20 to 80 mass % based on the working fluid for heat cycle.
12 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid for heat cycle further contains difluoromethane, and the proportion of difluoromethane is at least 20 mass % based on the working fluid for heat cycle.
13 . The composition for a heat cycle system according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid for heat cycle further contains difluoromethane, and the proportion of difluoromethane is from 20 to 80 mass % based on the working fluid for heat cycle.
14 . A heat cycle system, which employs the composition for a heat cycle system as defined in claim 1 .
15 . The heat cycle system according to claim 14 , which is a refrigerating apparatus, an air-conditioning apparatus, a power generation system, a heat transport apparatus or a secondary cooling machine.