IP Library Granted Patent US 10,167,438
Granted Patent B2
US 10,167,438 · App. 15/539,171 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning, and refrigeration and air conditioning device

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Patent No.
US 10,167,438
App. No.
15/539,171
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning and a refrigeration and air conditioning device capable of achieving both favorable environmental performance and favorable refrigeration cycle efficiency. In the compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning, a refrigerator oil containing a polyol ester and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane are enclosed. The polyol ester has two or more repetitions of poly[2,2-di(alkanoyloxymethyl)oxytrimethylene] as a structural unit. Further, the polyol ester is composed of only one or both of a cyclic polyol ester, which is obtained by cyclically polymerizing a molecular chain having the structural unit, and a crosslinked polyol ester, which is obtained by crosslinking molecular chains having the structural unit with each other through a crosslinkable structural unit polymerized with the structural unit.

Claims (15)

1. A compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning, characterized in that a refrigerator oil containing a polyol ester having a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1):

(wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group; and n represents an integer of 2 or more), and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane are enclosed, and

the polyol ester is composed of only one or both of a cyclic polyol ester, which is obtained by cyclically polymerizing a molecular chain having the structural unit, and a crosslinked polyol ester, which is obtained by crosslinking molecular chains having the structural unit with each other through a crosslinkable structural unit polymerized with the structural unit, and in which n in the structural unit is 3 or more.

2. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that

the cyclic polyol ester is represented by the following general formula (2):

(wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group; and n represents an integer of 2 or more), and

the crosslinked polyol ester has each of the structural units represented by the following general formulae (3), (4), and (5):

(wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group; * represents a binding position to **, a binding position of a hydrogen atom, a binding position of a linear or branched alkyl group, or a binding position of a linear or branched alkanoyl group; ** represents a binding position to * or ***, a binding position of a hydroxy group, a binding position of a linear or branched alkoxy group, or a binding position of a linear or branched alkanoyloxy group, X represents a linear or branched alkanediyl group, or a double bond; *** represents a binding position to **; and n represents an integer of 3 or more).

3. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that the alkyl group is an alkyl group having 1 or more and 5 or less carbon atoms.

4. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that the alkyl group is an alkyl group having 3 or more and 5 or less carbon atoms.

5. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that the alkyl group is a branched alkyl group.

6. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that the crosslinked polyol ester has a linear or branched alkyl group at an end of the molecular chain.

7. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that the polyol ester is composed of only one of the cyclic polyol ester and the crosslinked polyol ester.

8. The compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 , characterized in that the refrigerant is composed of only difluoromethane.

9. A refrigeration and air conditioning device, characterized by comprising the compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2018
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS-HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
To: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
Reel/Frame 045299/0676 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2017
From: MATSUMOTO, SHIGENORI
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS-HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042793/0143 →
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