IP Library Granted Patent US 12,410,353
Granted Patent B2
US 12,410,353 · App. 18/806,700 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Mixed refrigerant composition and heat pump including the same

Inventors: Bong Ho Kang (Daejeon, KR); Hye Ri Kim (Daejeon, KR); Ji Seong Noh (Daejeon, KR); Sang Gu Woo (Daejeon, KR); Jae Min Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.; SK ENMOVE CO., LTD.
C09K5/045C09K2205/126
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Patent No.
US 12,410,353
App. No.
18/806,700
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mixed refrigerant composition includes carbon dioxide (R-744), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R-1234yf) and trifluoroiodomethane (R-13I1). A content of the carbon dioxide (R-744) ranges from 1 to 10 wt. % based on a total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition, and a sum of a content of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R-1234yf) and a content of the trifluoroiodomethane (R-13I1) ranges from 90 to 99 wt. % based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition. A boiling point at 1 atm of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from −76 to −35° C.

Claims (18)

1. A mixed refrigerant composition comprising:

carbon dioxide, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trifluoroiodomethane,

wherein a content of the carbon dioxide ranges from 1 to 10% by weight based on a total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition,

a sum of a content of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a content of the trifluoroiodomethane ranges from 90 to 99% by weight based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition,

the content of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition is greater than the content of the trifluoroiodomethane, and

a boiling point for the mixed refrigerant composition at 1 atm ranges from −76 to −35° C.

2. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein the mixed refrigerant composition consists of the carbon dioxide, the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and the trifluoroiodomethane.

3. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene ranges from 45 to 95% by weight based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition.

4. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the trifluoroiodomethane ranges from 5 to 49% by weight based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition.

5. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the content of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene to the content of the carbon dioxide based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 3 to 90.

6. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the content of the trifluoroiodomethane based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition to the content of the carbon dioxide based on the total weight of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 0.1 to 60.

7. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a critical temperature of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 95 to 110° C.

8. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a critical pressure of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 35 to 55 bar.

9. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature glide at a pressure of 1.5 bar of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 5 to 45° C.

10. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature glide at a pressure of 15 bar of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 1 to 40° C.

11. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a latent heat at −25° C. of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 100 to 200 KJ/kg.

12. The mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 , wherein a global warming potential of the mixed refrigerant composition ranges from 1 to 5.

13. A heat pump comprising the mixed refrigerant composition according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Feb 23, 2026
From: SK ENMOVE CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075360/0429 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 21, 2026
From: SK ENMOVE CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074882/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2024
From: KANG, BONG HO; KIM, HYE RI; NOH, JI SEONG; WOO, SANG GU; LEE, JAE MIN
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.; SK ENMOVE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068304/0729 →
Continuity (1)
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