Refrigerants containing (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9267066-B2
Application number	US-201113989437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2011
Priority date	Nov 25, 2010
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a composition comprising (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobat-2-ene as a mixture with at least one hydrocarbon, hydrofinorocarbon or fluoroolefin compound having a boiling point less than or equal to −12° C., and also to the use of this composition as a heat transfer fluid.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composition comprising (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene with at least one compound having a boiling point less than or equal to −12° C. at a pressure of 101.325 KPa selected from the group consisting of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoroethane, difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, propane and dimethyl ether, and mixtures thereof, wherein the difference between the liquid saturation pressure and the vapor saturation pressure at a temperature of −5° C. is less than or equal to 10% of the liquid saturation pressure.

2. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , consisting of a mixture of:
(E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene and a compound selected from the group consisting of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoroethane, difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and propane and mixtures thereof.

3. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising: from 10 to 50 weight % of (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene and from 50 to 90 weight % of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

4. A heat-transfer composition comprising the composition as claimed in claim 1 further comprising one or more additives selected from the group consisting of lubricants, stabilizers, surfactants, tracers, fluorescent agents, odorous agents and solubilizing agents, and mixtures thereof.

5. Heat-transfer equipment comprising a vapor compression circuit containing a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

6. The heat-transfer equipment as claimed in claim 5 , selected from mobile heat-pump heating, or stationary heat-pump heating, air conditioning, refrigeration equipment, and freezing equipment and Rankine cycles.

7. A process for heating or cooling a fluid or a body by means of a vapor compression circuit containing a heat-transfer fluid, said process successively comprising evaporation of the heat-transfer fluid, compression of the heat-transfer fluid, condensation of the heat-transfer fluid and expansion of the heat-transfer fluid, wherein the heat-transfer fluid is a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

8. The process as claimed in claim 7 , comprising a process for cooling a fluid or a body, wherein the temperature of the fluid or of the body cooled is from −15° C. to 15° C.

9. A process for reducing the environmental impact of heat-transfer equipment comprising a vapor compression circuit containing an initial heat-transfer fluid, said process comprising a step replacing the initial heat-transfer fluid in the vapor compression circuit with a final heat-transfer fluid, the final heat-transfer fluid having a GWP which is lower than the initial heat-transfer fluid, wherein the final heat-transfer fluid is a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

10. A composition consisting of a mixture of (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene and two compounds selected from the group consisting of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoroethane, difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, propane and isobutane, wherein the difference between the liquid saturation pressure and the vapor saturation pressure at a temperature of −5° C. is less than or equal to 10% of the liquid saturation pressure.

11. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising from 1% to 98% of (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene, from 1% to 98% of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from 1% to 50% of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.

12. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising from 1% to 98% of (E)-1,1,1,44,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene, from 1% to 98% of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from 1% to 40% of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.

13. The process as claimed in claim 7 , comprising a process for heating a fluid or a body, wherein the temperature of the fluid or of the body heated is from 30° C. to 90° C.

14. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the difference between the liquid saturation pressure and the vapor saturation pressure at a temperature of −5° C. is less than or equal to 5% of the liquid saturation pressure.

15. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising: from 1 to 12 weight % of (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene and from 88 to 99 weight % of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

Assignees

• Rached Wissam
• Arkema France

Inventors

• Rached Wissam

Classifications

• F25B1/00

  Compression machines, plants or systems with non-reversible cycle (F25B3/00, F25B5/00, F25B6/00, F25B7/00, F25B9/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• C09K2205/11

  Ethers · CPC title

• C09K2205/12

  Hydrocarbons · CPC title

• C09K2205/22

  All components of a mixture being fluoro compounds · CPC title

• C09K2205/126

  Unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbons · CPC title