Compositions comprising difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, tetrafluoropropene, and tetrafluoroethane and uses thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902888-B2
Application number	US-201415026067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2014
Priority date	Oct 10, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a composition comprising (a) from 1 to 29 weight percent difluoromethane; (b) from 1 to 19 weight percent pentafluoroethane; (c) from 9 to 42 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, or a mixture thereof; and (d) from 34 to 68 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene or mixture thereof; wherein when the composition contains 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the composition also contains at least some 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane; wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is at most 1.5:1; and wherein the ratio of component (c) to component (d) is at least 0.04:1. The compositions are useful in methods for producing cooling and heating, methods for producing air conditioning, methods for replacing HCFC-22, R-410A, R-407C, HFC-134a, CFC-12, HCFC-22 and HCFC-124 and in heat transfer systems including heat pumps and air conditioners.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A composition comprising:
a. from 1 to 29 weight percent difluoromethane;
b. from 1 to 19 weight percent pentafluoroethane;
c. from 9 to 42 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, or a mixture thereof with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane; and
d. from 34 to 68 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene or mixture thereof;
wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is at most 1.5:1; and
wherein the ratio of component (c) to component (d) is at least 0.04:1.

2. The composition of claim 1 consisting of (a) difluoromethane, (b) pentafluoroethane, (c) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and (d) E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

3. The composition of claim 1 consisting of (a) difluoromethane, (b) pentafluoroethane, (c) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and (d) 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

4. The composition of claim 1 consisting of (a) difluoromethane, (b) pentafluoroethane, (c) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and (d) 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

5. The composition of claim 1 , comprising
a. from 3 weight percent to 23 weight percent difluoromethane;
b. from 2 weight percent to 16 weight percent pentafluoroethane:
c. from 26 weight percent to 42 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane; and
d. from 34 weight percent to 53 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

6. The composition of claim 5 consisting of (a) difluoromethane, (b) pentafluoroethane, (c) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and (d) 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

7. The composition of claim 1 , comprising
a. from 10 weight percent to 28 weight percent difluoromethane;
b. from 6 weight percent to 19 weight percent pentafluoroethane:
c. from 16 weight percent to 25 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane; and
d. from 38 weight percent to 58 weight percent E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

8. The composition of claim 7 consisting of (a) difluoromethane, (b) pentafluoroethane, (c) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and (d) E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

9. The composition of claim 1 , comprising
a. 10-14 weight percent difluoromethane;
b. 13-16 weight percent pentafluoroethane;
c. 2-30 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and 0-29 weight percent 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane; and
d. 40-50 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

10. The composition of claim 9 , comprising
a. 11-13 weight percent difluoromethane;
b. 14-15 weight percent pentafluoroethane;
c. 5-28 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and 15-29 weight percent 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane; and
d. 44-46 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

11. The composition of claim 9 consisting of (a) difluoromethane, (b) pentafluoroethane, (c) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and (d) 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

12. A method for producing heating in a heat pump comprising extracting heat from a working fluid comprising a composition of claim 1 , in a working fluid cooler, thereby producing a cooled working fluid.

13. A method for producing heating in a heat pump wherein heat is exchanged between at least two cascade heating stages comprising absorbing heat in a first working fluid at a selected lower temperature in a first cascade heating stage and transferring this heat to a second working fluid of a second cascade heating stage that rejects heat at a higher working fluid temperature; wherein at least one of the first working fluid or the second working fluid comprises a composition of claim 1 .

14. 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.

15. A method for producing air conditioning in high ambient temperatures comprising evaporating a composition of claim 1 and thereafter condensing said composition.

16. A heat transfer system comprising an evaporator, compressor, condenser and an expansion device; wherein said system contains a composition of claim 1 .

17. A refrigerant composition comprising difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or mixtures of 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, wherein the composition comprises:
A. 10-14 weight percent difluoromethane;
B. 13-16 weight percent pentafluoroethane;
C. 0-29 weight percent 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane;
D. 2-30 weight percent 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane; and
E. 40-50 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and wherein said composition is used in air conditioning equipment at ambient temperature of 35° C. or higher.

18. A method of producing cooling comprising evaporating the composition of claim 17 in the vicinity of a body to be cooled and thereafter condensing said composition.

19. A method for producing heating in a heat pump comprising extracting heat from a working fluid comprising a composition of claim 17 , in a heat exchanger, thereby producing a cooled working fluid.

Assignees

• Chemours Co Fc Llc

Inventors

• Leck Thomas Joseph
• Kontomaris Konstantinos
• Naicker Pavanandan Kista

Classifications

• B60H1/323

  characterised by comprising auxiliary or multiple systems, e.g. plurality of evaporators, or by involving auxiliary cooling devices · CPC title

• B60H1/3228

  characterised by refrigerant circuit configurations · CPC title

• F28D21/0017

  Flooded core heat exchangers (in large body of fluid F28D1/0206) · CPC title

• C09K2205/22

  All components of a mixture being fluoro compounds · CPC title

• C09K2205/43

  Type R22 · CPC title