Compositions comprising e-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and uses thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020354538-A1
Application number	US-202016936797-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 23, 2020
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Nov 12, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising E-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and additional compounds that may be useful as refrigerants, heat transfer compositions, aerosol propellants, foaming agents, blowing agents, solvents, cleaning agents, carrier fluids, displacement drying agents, buffing abrasion agents, polymerization media, expansion agents for polyolefins and polyurethane, gaseous dielectrics, power cycle working fluids, extinguishing agents, and fire suppression agents in liquid or vapor form, and in methods for detecting leaks.

First claim

1 . A composition comprising E-HFO-1336mzz and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1243zf, HCC-40, HCFO-1223, CFC-113a, CFC-113, CFC-11, HFO-1429, HFC-449, HFO-1327, HFO-1132, HCFC-123a, chlorobutane, ethyl benzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene, wherein the composition contains less than about 1 weight percent of said additional compound, based on the total weight of the composition.

2 . The composition of claim 1 further comprising at least one tracer compound selected from the group consisting of HFC-356, HCFC-123, HCFC-133a, HFC-143a, HCFO-1122, HCFO-1122a, CFO-1316, HCFO-1335, HFO-1345, and HCFO-1326.

3 . A composition comprising at least one composition selected from the group consisting of:
E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, and HCFO-1335; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, and HFO-1345; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, and CFC-11; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, HCFO-1335, and HFO-1345; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, HCFO-1335, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, HCFO-1335, and CFC-11; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, HFO-1345, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, HFO-1345, and CFC-11; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1429, HCFO-1335, HFO-1345, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HCFO-1335, and HFO-1345; E-HFO-1336mzz, HCFO-1335, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HCFO-1335, and CFC-11; E-HFO-1336mzz, HCFO-1335, HFO-1345, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1345, and HCFC-123; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1345, and CFC-11; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFC-365, and HCFO-1326; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFC-365, and CFC-11; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1243zf, and HCFO-1122; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1243zf, and HCC-40; E-HFO-1336mzz, HCFO-1122, and HCC-40; E-HFO-1336mzz, HFO-1243zf, HCFO-1122, and HCC-40; E-HFO-1336mzz, CFC-113a, and HFC-365; and E-HFO-1336mzz, CFC-113a, and CFC-11.

4 . (canceled)

5 . The composition of claim 1 further comprising from about 1 ppm to about 1000 ppm of at least one tracer compound.

6 . The composition of claim 2 wherein HFO-356 is HFO-356mff.

7 . The composition of claim 2 wherein CFO-1316 is E-HFO-1316mxx, Z-HFO-1316mxx, or combinations thereof.

8 . The composition of claim 2 wherein HCFO-1335 is E-HCFO-1335mzz, Z-HFO-1335mzz, E-HCFO-1335mzx, Z-HFO-1335mzx, or combinations thereof.

9 . The composition of claim 2 wherein HFO-1345 is E-HFO-1345mzz, Z-HFO-1345mzz, HFO-1345 cm, or combinations thereof.

10 . The composition of claim 2 wherein HCFO-1326 is E-HFO-1326mxz, Z-HFO-1326mxz, or combinations thereof.

11 . The composition of claim 1 wherein HFO-1429 is E-HFO-1429mzy, Z-HFO-1429mzy, E-HFO-1429myz, Z-HFO-1429myz, HFO-1429cz, HFO-1429cye, or combinations thereof.

12 . The composition of claim 1 wherein HFC-449 is HFC-449mfe, HFC-449mmzf, or combinations thereof.

13 . The composition of claim 1 wherein HFC-365 is HFC-365mfc.

14 - 15 . (canceled)

16 . A method for producing cooling comprising evaporating a composition of claim 1 in the vicinity of a body to be cooled, and thereafter condensing said composition.

17 . A method for producing heat comprising condensing a composition of claim 1 in the vicinity of a body to be heated, and thereafter evaporating said compositions.

18 . A method of forming a foam comprising: (a) adding to a foamable composition a composition of claim 1 ; and (b) processing the foamable composition under conditions effective to form a foam.

19 . A process for producing aerosol products comprising the step of adding a composition of claim 1 to a formulation, including active ingredients in an aerosol container, wherein said composition functions as a propellant.

20 . A process for converting heat to mechanical energy comprising heating a working fluid comprising the composition of claim 1 and thereafter expanding the heated working fluid.

21 . A method for detecting a leak from a container comprising sampling the air in the vicinity of the container and detecting at least one additional compound or at least one tracer compound with means for detecting the leak, wherein the composition of claim 1 is contained inside the container.

Assignees

• Chemours Co Fc Llc

Inventors

• Nappa Mario Joseph
• Sun Xuehui
• Baldychev Ivan Sergeyevich
• Peng Sheng
• Kontomaris Konstantinos
• Minor Barbara Haviland
• Creazzo Joseph Anthony

Classifications

• C09K5/045 Primary

  containing only fluorine as halogen · CPC title

• C09K5/044

  comprising halogenated compounds · CPC title

• C09K3/30

  for aerosols (aerosol containers B65D83/14) · CPC title

• C08J2203/202

  of physical blowing agents · CPC title

• C08J2203/182

  of physical blowing agents, e.g. acetone and butane · CPC title