Patent · US Active

Refrigerator oil, and working fluid composition for refrigerators

US10053644B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
0References
18Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 2, 2015
Grant dateAug 21, 2018
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 2, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2500/16
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a polyvinylether having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R4 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group or an ethereal oxygen-containing divalent hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a hydrocarbon group, m represents an integer of 0 or more, and in the case where m is 2 or more, a plurality of R4 may be the same or different from each other, a number average molecular weight Mn is 500 or more and 2000 or less, a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.10 or more and 1.25 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil is used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.