Air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle and air-conditioner working fluid composition for electric vehicle
There are provided an air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle providing sufficient cycle performance in practical use in an electric vehicle, in particular, sufficient cycle performance also in the heating time, while suppressing influence on global warming, and usable without greatly changing an air-conditioner device for a conventional working fluid, for example, HFC-134a or HFO-1234yf, and an air-conditioner working fluid composition for electric vehicle containing the same. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein a percentage of a total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with respect to a total amount of the working fluid is more than 90 mass % and 100 mass % or less.
1. An air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle, the working fluid comprising
trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene,
wherein
a percentage of a total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with respect to a total amount of the working fluid is more than 90 mass % and less than 100 mass %, and
a percentage of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with respect to the total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is 40 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less.
2. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a percentage of trifluoroethylene is more than 0 mass % and 50 mass % or less, and a percentage of difluoromethane is more than 0 mass % and 40 mass % or less, with respect to the total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
3. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a percentage of trifluoroethylene is more than 0 mass % and 20 mass % or less, a percentage of difluoromethane is more than 0 mass % and 20 mass % or less, and the percentage of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is 65 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less, with respect to the total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
4. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the working fluid has a global warming potential (100 years) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report of less than 400.
5. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the working fluid has a global warming potential of less than 300.
6. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the working fluid has a global warming potential of less than 200.
7. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene contains 60 mass % or more of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
8. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 , the working fluid consisting of
trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
9. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air-conditioner for electric vehicle performs cooling and heating by a heat pump.
10. An air-conditioner working fluid composition for electric vehicle, the working fluid composition comprising
the air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle according to claim 1 and
a lubricating oil.