Refrigerator oil composition and mixed composition for refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12577448-B2
Application number	US-202318726444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2023
Priority date	Feb 15, 2022
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

A refrigerator oil composition used in a refrigerant containing one or more unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compounds selected from compounds represented by the following general formula (1): C x F y H z (1), wherein x is an integer of 2 to 6, y is an integer of 1 to 11, z is an integer of 1 to 11, and there are one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds in the molecule, the refrigerator oil composition containing a base oil (A) that includes polyvinyl ether, a modified silicone compound (B), and a specific epoxy compound (C).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A mixed composition for a refrigerator, comprising:
a refrigerant comprising an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, and a refrigerator oil composition, comprising a base oil (A) that includes polyvinyl ether; a modified silicone compound (B); and an epoxy compound (C):
which has at least one ester group and has at least one divalent group represented by the following formula (2),

wherein the polyvinyl ether is a polymer (A-2) having one or more types of constitutional units represented by the following general formula (A-2),

where R 1a , R 2a , and R 3a each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R 4a represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, R 5a represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, r is a number of repeating units of OR 4a and is 0 to 10, and when a plurality of OR 4a 's exists in the constitutional unit represented by the general formula (A-2), the plurality of OR 4a 's may be the same as or different from each other,
a content of the base oil (A) is 85.0% by mass to 99.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerator oil composition,
the modified silicone compound (B) contains a side chain modified silicone (B1) in which at least a side chain of a polysiloxane skeleton is modified,
the side chain modified silicone (B1) includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a side chain modified silicone (B1a) having one or more epoxy groups in the side chain and a side chain modified silicone (B2a) having one or more polyether groups in the side chain,
a content of the modified silicone compound (B) is 0.10% to 3.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerator oil composition,
the epoxy compound (C) is one or more selected from the group consisting of an epoxidized fatty acid ester (C1) and an epoxidized vegetable oil (C2), and
a content of the epoxy compound (C) is 0.05% to 3.0% by mass, based on the total amount of the refrigerator oil composition.

2 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the modified silicone compound (B) is 0.10% to 1.0% by mass based on the total amount of the refrigerator oil composition.

3 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the epoxy compound (C) has a molecular weight of 300 or more.

4 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the epoxidized fatty acid ester (C1) is represented by the following general formula (c1),

wherein R 1 is a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, R 2 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, p is an integer of 1 to 3, n is an integer of 0 to 12, and m is an integer of 1 to 3; when m is 2 or more, a plurality of structures in brackets [ ] may be the same as or different from each other.

5 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a content ratio of the modified silicone compound (B) and the epoxy compound (C) [(B)/(C)] is 0.10 or more by mass.

6 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more additives selected from the group consisting of an antioxidant (D), a glycidyl ether compound (E), a stabilizer (F), an extreme pressure agent, and an anti-foaming agent.

7 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound includes one or more selected from the group consisting of R1234ze, R1234yf, and R1234ye.

8 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant consists of the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound.

9 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator, according to claim 1 , wherein the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound is represented by the following general formula (1):
C x F y H z   (1)
wherein x is an integer of 2 to 6, y is an integer of 1 to 11, z is an integer of 1 to 11, and there are one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds in a molecule.

10 . A method for producing a mixed composition for a refrigerator comprising a refrigerator oil composition and a refrigerant, the method comprising:
mixing a base oil (A) that includes polyvinyl ether, a modified silicone compound (B), a refrigerant comprising an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, and an epoxy compound (C) which has at least one ester group and has at least one divalent group represented by the following formula (2),

wherein the polyvinyl ether is a polymer (A-2) having one or more types of constitutional units represented by the following general formula (A-2),

where R 1a , R 2a , and R 3a each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R 4a represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, R 5a represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, r is a number of repeating units of OR 4a and is 0 to 10, and when a plurality of OR 4a 's exists in the constitutional unit represented by the general formula (A-2), the plurality of OR 4a 's may be the same as or different from each other,
a content of the base oil (A) is 85.0% by mass to 99.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerator oil composition,
the modified silicone compound (B) contains a side chain modified silicone (B1) in which at least a side chain of a polysiloxane skeleton is modified,
the side chain modified silicone (B1) includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a side chain modified silicone (B1a) having one or more epoxy groups in the side chain and a side chain modified silicone (B2a) having one or more polyether groups in the side chain,
a content of the modified silicone compound (B) is 0.10% to 3.0% by mass based on the total amount of the refrigerator oil composition,
the epoxy compound (C) is one or more selected from the group consisting of an epoxidized fatty acid ester (C1) and an epoxidized vegetable oil (C2), and
a content of the epoxy compound (C) is 0.05% to 3.0% by mass, based on the total amount of the refrigerator oil composition.

11 . The mixed composition for a refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the modified silicone compound (B) is 0.30% to 3.0% by mass based on the total amount of the refrigerator oil composition.

Assignees

• Idemitsu Kosan Co

Inventors

• Matsumoto Tomoya

Classifications

• C09K2205/126

  Unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbons · CPC title

• C09K2205/114

  Cyclic ethers · CPC title

• C10N2040/30

  Refrigerators lubricants {or compressors lubricants} · CPC title

• C09K5/045 Primary

  containing only fluorine as halogen · CPC title

• C10M107/24

  containing monomers having an unsaturated radical bound to an alcohol, aldehyde, ketonic, ether, ketal or acetal radical · CPC title