IP Library Granted Patent US 11,001,779
Granted Patent B2
US 11,001,779 · App. 16/327,444 · Granted May 11, 2021

Refrigerator oil and refrigerator working fluid composition

Inventors: Yohei Shono (Tokyo, JP); Kentaro Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Yuya Mizutani (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Okido (Tokyo, JP); Hidetoshi Ogata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
C10M137/105C09K5/04C09K5/045C10M105/38C10M169/04C10M171/008C09K2205/126C10M2207/026C10M2207/042C10M2207/2805C10M2207/2835C10M2223/047C10N2020/101C10N2030/10C10N2040/30
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Patent No.
US 11,001,779
App. No.
16/327,444
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention, in one aspect, provides a refrigerating machine oil including a lubricating base oil and a compound represented by the following formula (A): wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and R 3 and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant including an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon.

Claims (33)

1. A refrigerating machine oil comprising:

a lubricating base oil comprising polyol esters; and

a compound represented by the following formula (A):

wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a chain alkyl group having 3 to 9 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, and R4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and

wherein a content of the compound represented by the formula (A) is 0.03% by mass or more based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil,

the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant comprising an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon.

2. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , comprising, as the lubricating base oil, an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid comprising 50 to 100% by mole of a branched fatty acid having 4 to 9 carbon atoms.

3. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant comprises 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene as the unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon.

4. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant further comprises a saturated hydrofluorocarbon.

5. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein

R1 and R2 each independently represent a branched alkyl group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and

R4 represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms.

6. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the formula (A) is compound represented by the following formula (A-1).

7. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the formula (A) is compound represented by the following formula (A-1):

8. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the compound represented by the formula (A) is 0.08% by mass or less based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

9. The refrigerating machine oil according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the formula (A) is compound represented by the following formula (A-1):

and wherein a content of the compound represented by the formula (A) is 0.03% by mass or more and 0.08% by mass or less, based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

10. A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising:

a refrigerant comprising an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon; and

a refrigerating machine oil comprising:

a lubricating base oil comprising polyol esters; and

a compound represented by the following formula (A):

wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a chain alkyl group having 3 to 9 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, and R4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,

wherein a content of the compound represented by the formula (A) is 0.03% by mass or more based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

11. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein the refrigerant comprises 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene as the unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon.

12. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein the refrigerant further comprises a saturated hydrofluorocarbon.

13. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein the refrigerating machine oil comprises, as the lubricating base oil, an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid comprising 50 to 100% by mole of a branched fatty acid having 4 to 9 carbon atoms.

14. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a branched alkyl group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, and R4 represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms.

15. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein the compound represented by the formula (A) is compound represented by the following formula (A-1).

16. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein the compound represented by the formula (A) is compound represented by the following formula (A-1):

17. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein a content of the compound represented by the formula (A) is 0.08% by mass or less based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

18. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 10 , wherein the compound represented by the formula (A) is compound represented by the following formula (A-1):

and wherein a content of the compound represented by the formula (A) is 0.03% by mass or more and 0.08% by mass or less, based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2021
From: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
To: ENEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055228/0335 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
To: ENEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055223/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2019
From: SHONO, YOHEI; YAMAGUCHI, KENTARO; MIZUTANI, YUYA; OKIDO, TAKESHI; OGATA, HIDETOSHI
To: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048407/0707 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-180575 · Sep 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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