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Refrigeration oil composition containing a fluoroethane and an ester compound

Assignee: Kao Corp
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Filing: 1990-08-16
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Granted: 1992-03-17
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Expires: 2010-08-16
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Abstract

Abstract The refrigeration oil composition comprises (1) a hydrogenated fluoroethane and (2) an ester compound obtained from (2-a) an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having 1 to 6 primary hydroxyl groups, (2-b) a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, straight or branched, or a derivative thereof and (2-c) a saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, straight or branched, or a derivative thereof, said ester compound having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degree C. of 1 to 100 cst.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshiya Hagihara
  • 👤 Akimitsu Sakai

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M105/00; C10M105/08; C10M105/32; C10M105/42; C10M105/44; C09; C09K; C09K5/00; C09K5/02; C09K5/04; C09K5/041; C09K5/044; C09K5/045; C10M111/00; C10M171/00; C10M171/008; C09K2205/00; C09K2205/24; C10M2201/00; C10M2201/04; C10M2201/041; C10M2201/042; C10M2201/06; C10M2201/065; C10M2201/066; C10M2207/00; C10M2207/02; C10M2207/023; C10M2207/025; C10M2207/026; C10M2207/04; C10M2207/046; C10M2207/28; C10M2207/30; C10M2207/301; C10M2207/302; C10M2207/3025; C10M2209/00; C10M2209/10; C10M2209/11; C10M2209/111; C10M2211/00; C10M2211/02; C10M2211/022; C10M2211/06; C10M2213/00; C10M2213/02; C10M2213/06; C10M2213/062; C10M2215/00; C10M2215/02; C10M2215/06; C10M2215/064; C10M2215/065; C10M2219/00; C10M2219/08; C10M2219/082; C10M2219/083; C10M2219/085; C10M2219/10; C10M2219/102; C10M2219/104; C10M2219/106; C10M2219/108; C10M2223/00; C10M2223/02; C10M2223/04; C10M2223/041; C10M2223/042; C10M2223/045; C10M2227/00; C10M2227/02; C10N; C10N2010/00; C10N2010/04; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/30; C10N2040/32; C10N2040/34; C10N2040/36; C10N2040/38; C10N2040/40; C10N2040/42; C10N2040/44; C10N2040/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 98 words
A refrigeration oil composition comprising (1) fluoroethane selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2-fluoroethane, pentafluoroethane, 1,1,1 trifluoroethane, and 1,1-difluoroethane and (2) an ester compound which is a reaction product obtained from (a) an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having 1 to 6 primary hydroxyl groups, (b) a saturated aliphatic straight or branches monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, or a derivative thereof and (c) a saturated aliphatic straight or branched dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a derivative thereof, said ester compound having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degree C. of 1 to 100 cst.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 98 words
A refrigeration oil composition comprising (1) fluoroethane selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2-fluoroethane, pentafluoroethane, 1,1,1 trifluoroethane, and 1,1-difluoroethane and (2) an ester compound which is a reaction product obtained from (a) an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having 1 to 6 primary hydroxyl groups, (b) a saturated aliphatic straight or branches monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, or a derivative thereof and (c) a saturated aliphatic straight or branched dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a derivative thereof, said ester compound having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degree C. of 1 to 100 cst.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, in which a weight ratio of (1) the fluoroethane to (2) the ester compound is in the range of from 10/1 to 1/5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises an additional lubricant at a weight ratio to the ester compound of up to 95 wt. %.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ester compound has a kinematic viscosity at 100 degree C. of 1 to 20 cst.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ester compound has a kinematic viscosity at 100 degree C. of 20 to 100 cst.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 66 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, in which the ester compound is obtained from (a) an aliphatic dihydric alcohol having 1 to 2 primary hydroxyl groups, (b) a saturated straight or branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, or a derivative thereof and (c) a saturated straight or branched aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or a derivative thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 32 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, in which the ester compound is obtained from 1 mole of (2-a), 4 mole or less of (2-b) and 0.9 mole or less of (2-c).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 22 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, in which the ester compound has a saponification value of 330 mg KOH/g or larger.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 12 words
The composition as claimed in claim 1, which the fluoroethane is 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.

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