Vaporization, Or Expansion, Refrigeration Or Heat Or Energy Exchange Patents (Class 252/67)
  • Patent number: 6666985
    Abstract: A high quality lubricant for hermetically sealed domestic air conditioner and refrigerator compressors, especially those using chlorine free hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant working fluids, is provided by mixed esters of hindered polyols, most desirably pentaerythritol, with a mixture of carboxylic acids including at least some iso-pentanoic acid along with either or both of iso-nonanoic acid and dibasic acids such as adipic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Schnur, Eugene R. Zehler
  • Patent number: 6660709
    Abstract: Compositions comprising 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane and more than 5% by weight of at least one non-flammable fluoro compound, and use thereof. No figures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Pierre Dournel, Pierre Barthelemy
  • Patent number: 6656379
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerant alternative to chlorinated freon, a conventional refrigerant, that is not inferior to chlorinated freon in refrigerant capacity, is applicable to equipment using chlorinated freon, will not be a factor causing cracking of the ozonosphere, and is well suited for maintaining the environment. The refrigerant alternative to chlorinated freon according to the present invention comprises it being obtained by mixing HFC134a (having a molecular formula of CH2FCF3) with ethyl alcohol (having a molecular formula of C2H5OH) and LPG (propane) (having a molecular formula of C2H8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nihoncontech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6656891
    Abstract: The invention provides a refrigerating machine oil composition by which a capillary tube is hardly clogged when a hydrofluorocarbon type, a hydrocarbon type, an ether type, a carbon dioxide type or an ammonia type is used as a refrigerant. It is a refrigerating machine oil composition in which base oil containing at least one oxygen-containing synthetic oil selected from a polyvinyl ether and a polyol ester is mixed with 1 to 20% by weight, based on the total amount of the composition, of a specific polyalkylene glycol alkyl ether or 1 to 40% by weight, based on the total amount of the composition, of an alkylbenzene having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sakanoue, Masahiko Takesue, Minoru Takagi
  • Patent number: 6655160
    Abstract: Refrigerant compositions are disclosed which comprise: (a) pentafluoroethane, octafluoropropane, trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluoro-cyclopropane, or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 35% based on the weight of the composition, (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane, 1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 30% by weight based on the weight of the composition and (c) n-butane or isobutane, in an amount from 1% to less than 2.3% by weight based on the weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Rhodia Limited
    Inventor: Neil Andre Roberts
  • Patent number: 6656380
    Abstract: An article according to one embodiment of the disclosures herein includes a cooling core body, a cooling member and a super-coolable composition. The cooling core body has a core cavity therein. The cooling member disposed in the core cavity. A super-coolable composition is disposed within the core cavity encapsulating at least a portion of the cooling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Supachill Technologies Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Wood, Allan J. Cassell
  • Patent number: 6656381
    Abstract: The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal halide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding to the fluid an effective additive amount of at least 2 parts per million of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic ketone or aldehyde capable of increasing the rate of water vapor absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Rocky Research
    Inventors: Travis Chandler, Uwe Rockenfeller
  • Publication number: 20030218149
    Abstract: Disclosed are azeotrope-like compositions comprising 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane, said compositions are environmentally desirable for use as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, blowing agents for polymer foam, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ
    Inventors: Rajiv R. Singh, Hang T. Pham, David P. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6652769
    Abstract: The development of a substitutable refrigerant composition that enables a conventional refrigerating circuit to maintain its performance without changing the circuit configuration has been demanded. An object of the present invention is to provide such a refrigerant composition and a refrigerating circuit using it. A refrigerant composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising R600 (n-butane: CH3CH2CH2CH3), R125 (CHF2CF3), R508A (R23/R116: 39/61), and R14 (tetrafluoromethane: CF4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiro Yuzawa
  • Patent number: 6649079
    Abstract: There is provided a composition of refrigerant mixtures for low back pressure condition, comprising isobutane, 1,1-difluoroethane and, optionally, additive selected from the group consisting of carbon oxide, trifluoromethyl iodide and mixture thereof. The composition according to the present invention is environment-friendly and can be directly drop in the conventional refrigerator system adopting CFC-12 refrigerant without any systemic change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: ACM Tech
    Inventor: Seung-Yon Cho
  • Publication number: 20030209688
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that are useful for compatibilizing a conventional, non-polar, compression refrigeration lubricant and a hydrofluorocarbon and/or hydrochlorofluorocarbon refrigerant in a compression refrigeration apparatus. Additionally, these compositions promote efficient return of lubricant from the non-compressor zones to the compressor zones of the aforesaid refrigeration apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Robert A. Lee, Walter Mahler, Leo Ernest Manzer
  • Publication number: 20030205691
    Abstract: An apparatus and method wherein ozone layer-damaging dichlorodifluoromethane is substituted with a mix of less environmentally damaging refrigerants chlorodifluoroethane and tetrafluoroethane in dichlorodifluoromethane-based air-cooling systems. While less environmentally damaging than dichlorodifluoromethane, the substitute refrigerant has a temperature-pressure relationship similar to that of dichlorodifluoromethane, making the substitute refrigerant suitable for use with dichlorodifluoromethane-based air-cooling systems. The substitute refrigerant can be used alone or in combination with dichlorodifluoromethane. In either event, it is mixed with a relatively small percentage of a hydrophobic lubricating oil which is compatible with both the substitute refrigerant and with dichlorodifluoromethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Harrison M. Weber
  • Patent number: 6641752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of compositions which include fluoroethane, 2-fluoropropane or tert-butylfluoride. These compositions are useful as pure components or with at least one of tetrafluoroethane, difluoroethane, hexafluoropropane, a hydrocarbon or dimethylether. These compositions are useful as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, cleaning agents, expansion agents for polyolefins and polyurethanes, refrigerants, heat transfer media, gaseous dielectrics, fire extinguishing agents, power cycle working fluids, polymerization media, particulate removal fluids, carrier fluids, buffing abrasive agents, and displacement drying agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Vinci Martinez Felix, Barbara Haviland Minor, Allen Capron Sievert
  • Publication number: 20030201420
    Abstract: There are disclosed refrigeration working fluid compositions comprising tetrafluoroethane refrigerants and certain polyol esters of C7-C10 branched alkanoic acids or mixtures of such branched acids with linear C7-C10 monoalkanoic acids. The polyols are mono-, di- or technical grade pentaerythritol or trimethylolpropane; the esters exhibit suitable viscosity ranges and miscibility with refrigerants over a broad compositional range. The acids have a defined average effective carbon chain length and a certain degree of methyl branching for polyols other than trimethylolpropane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Henry Schlosberg, David Wayne Turner, Shlomo Antika, Martin Anthony Krevalis
  • Patent number: 6638987
    Abstract: This invention provides azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane-245fa and water that are environmentally desirable for use as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, blowing agents for polymer foam, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary C. Bogdan, Gary M. Knopeck, Hang T. Pham, Rajiv R. Singh, David Dressel, David J. Williams
  • Patent number: 6637236
    Abstract: A refrigerating device circulating R32 in a refrigerant circuit as a refrigerant to perform a refrigerating cycle, the refrigerating device comprising a compressor in the refrigerant circuit, a first heat exchanger serving as a condenser, an expansion means and a second heat exchanger serving as an evaporator, wherein a ratio m of an internal volume (Vout) of the first heat exchanger to an internal volume (Vin) of the second heat exchanger is set to be in a range of 0.7≦m≦1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeharu Taira
  • Publication number: 20030199599
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane and water, said compositions are environmentally desirable for use as blowing agents for polymer foam, refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Mary C. Bogdan, Hang T. Pham, David J. Williams, Leslie Bement, Ronald Riegal, Rajiv R. Singh, Kane D. Cook, Gary M. Knopeck
  • Publication number: 20030198847
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to heat transfer compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for use in power-generating equipment or in engines. Such compositions are particularly useful in fuel cell assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Carol S. Jeffcoate, Aleksei V. Gershun, Peter M. Woyciesjes, Filipe J. Marinho
  • Publication number: 20030197149
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition that can be a substitute for chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) comprises: (a) a first constituent of difluoromethane, (b) a second constituent of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, (c) a third constituent of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and (d) a fourth constituent selected from the group consisting of 1,1-difluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluropropane and butane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Byung-Gwon Lee, Jong-Sung Lim, Byoung Sung Ahn, Kun You Park, Chang-Nyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 6635686
    Abstract: This invention provides azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane-245fa and 2-methylbutane that are environmentally desirable for use as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, blowing agents for polymer foam, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mary C. Bogdan, Hang T. Pham, David J. Williams, Gary M. Knopeck, Rajiv R. Singh
  • Patent number: 6635187
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing compositions including (a) a compound selected from the group consisting of CHF2CF3, CHF2CHF2, CH2FCF3, CH3CF3, CH3CHF2, CH2FCF2CHF2 and CHF2CF2CF2CHF2 and (b) at least one saturated halogenated hydrocarbon and/or ether having the formula: CnH2n+2-a-bClaFbOc wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4, a is an integer from 0 to 2n+1, b is an integer from 1 to 2n+2-a, and c is 0 or 1, provided that when c is 1 then n is an integer from 2 to 4, and provided that component (b) does not include the selected component (a) compound, wherein the molar ratio of component (b) to component (a) is between about 1:99 and a molar ratio of HF to component (a) in an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition of component (a) with HF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Barry A. Mahler, V. N. Mallikarjuna Rao, Allen Capron Sievert
  • Patent number: 6631625
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a refrigeration heat exchanger section useful in circulating a substantially non-HCFC refrigerant mixture which comprises: a compressor means, an auxiliary condenser, a first condenser, a second condenser, a third condenser, a subcooler and a liquid/gas separator, wherein a subcooled refrigerant liquid mixture taken as bottoms from the liquid/gas separator is distributed and expanded by a first expansion means and a second expansion means to form first and second expanded streams, respectively, such that the first expanded stream is returned to the auxiliary condenser and compressor in order to avoid overheating of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: GSLE Development Corporation (DE Corp)
    Inventor: Chuan Weng
  • Patent number: 6632376
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions that include at least one fluoroether and at least one hydrofluorocarbon. Included in this invention are compositions of a cyclic or acyclic hydrofluoroether of the formula CaFbH2a+2−bOc wherein a=2 or 3 and 3≦b≦8 and c=1 or 2 and a hydrofluorocarbon of the formula CnFmH2n+2−m wherein 1≦n≦4 and 1≦m≦8. Such compositions may be used as refrigerants, cleaning agents, expansion agents for polyolefins and polyurethanes, aerosol propellants, heat transfer media, gaseous dielectrics, fire extinguishing agents, power cycle working fluids, polymerization media, particulate removal fluids, carrier fluids, buffing abrasive agents, and displacement drying agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Diana Lynn Klug, Barbara Haviland Minor, Donna Marie Patron, Tuneen Chisolm-Carter, Allen Capron Sievert
  • Patent number: 6627106
    Abstract: Thermal energy in the form of heat of phase transformation can be stored in a ternary salt mixture of the formula: ANO3+LiNO3+Mg(NO3)2.6H2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Natascha Lotz, Mark Neuschütz
  • Publication number: 20030178597
    Abstract: There is provided a composition of refrigerant mixtures for low back pressure condition, comprising isobutane, 1,1-difluoroethane and, optionally, additive selected from the group consisting of carbon oxide, trifluoromethyl iodide and mixture thereof. The composition according to the present invention is environment-friendly and can be directly drop in the conventional refrigerator system adopting CFC-12 refrigerant without any systemic change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventor: Seung-Yon Cho
  • Publication number: 20030158276
    Abstract: The invention relates to the addition of &agr;-methyl styrene, isobutanol and/or isopropanol to reduce vapor pressure, improve k-factor, enhance the solubility of the blowing agent in the premix and/or improve the processing characteristics of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate closed-cell foams prepared with a blowing agent comprising a hydrofluorocarbon selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Mary Charlotte Bogdan, Leslie Bruce Bement, Barbara Ruth Decaire, Dennis Paul Konopa, Harold John Kieta, Rajiv Ratna Singh
  • Publication number: 20030141481
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising pentafluoropropane, a second component selected from the group consisting of decafluoropropane, perfluorobutyl methyl ether and combinations of these, and a third component selected from the group consisting of methanol, 1,2-trans-dichloroethylene and combinations of these. The present invention further provides for refrigerants, blowing agents, foam compositions, polyol premixes, closed-cell foams, sprayable compositions, and the like, comprising the present compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Guillermo J. Hitters, Kane D. Cook, Gary M. Knopeck, Hang T. Pham, Ian R. Shankland, Rajiv R. Singh
  • Patent number: 6592773
    Abstract: A novel refrigerant composition useful as a substitute for HCFC-22, comprising a first constituent of difluoromethane (CH2F2, HFC-32); a second constituent of pentafluoroethane (CHF2CF3, HFC-125); a third constituent of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (CH3CF3, HFC-143a); a fourth constituent selected from the group consisting of cyclopropane (C3H6, RC-270), 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (CF3CHFCF3, HFC-227ea), 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (CH3CF2CF3, HFC-245cb), isobutane (CH(CH3)2CH3, R-600a), octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8, RC-318), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (CHF2CHFCF3, HFC-236ea), butane (C4H10, R-600), bis(difluoromethyl)ether (CHF2OCHF2, HFE-134) and pentafluoroethylmethylether (CF3CF2OCH3, HFE-245).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Byung Gwon Lee, Jong Sung Lim, Kun You Park, Moon Jo Chung, Seong Joon Cho
  • Patent number: 6592774
    Abstract: A novel refrigerant composition useful as a substitute for HCFC-22, comprising a first constituent of difluoromethane (CH2F2, HFC-32); a second constituent of pentafluoroethane (CHF2CF3, HFC-125); a third constituent of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (CH3CF3, HFC-143a); a fourth constituent selected from the group consisting of cyclopropane (C3H6, RC-270), 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (CF3CHFCF3, HFC-227ea), 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (CH3CF2CF3, HFC-245cb), isobutane (CH(CH3)2CH3, R-600a), octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8, RC-318), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (CHF2CHFCF3, HFC-236ea), butane (C4H10, R-600), bis(difluoromethyl)ether (CHF2OCHF2, HFE-134) and pentafluoroethylmethylether (CF3CF2OCH3, HFE-245).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Lee Byung Gwon, Lim Jong Sung, Park Kun You, Chung Moon Jo, Cho Seong Joon
  • Publication number: 20030127622
    Abstract: A lubricating oil for compression-type refrigerator includes, as a main component, a polyoxyalkyleneglycol derivative represented by the general formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, Nobuaki Shimizu, Masato Kaneko, Hiroshi Nagakawa
  • Publication number: 20030122103
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of CF3CF═CF2 is disclosed. The process involves contacting 2,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane with at least 0.1 mole of hydrogen in a reaction vessel of titanium, nickel or iron or their alloys, which is either empty or packed with particles or formed shapes of titanium, nickel or iron or their alloys, at a temperature within the range of from about 350° C. to about 600° C. and for a time sufficient to produce hexafluoropropene. Also disclosed are compositions which comprise hydrogen fluoride in combination with an effective amount of CClF2CClFCF3 to form an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition with hydrogen fluoride. The compositions contain from about 8.7 to 33.6 mole percent CClF2CClFCF3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Allen Capron Sievert, V.N. Mallikarjuna Rao
  • Patent number: 6586488
    Abstract: Azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group n-pentane, iso-pentane, cyclopentane, n-hexane and iso-hexane are provided. The compositions of the invention are useful in the preparation of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Robert Shankland
  • Patent number: 6582621
    Abstract: A refrigerator oil for use in compressors using therein a hydrogen-containing halogenocarbon as a refrigerant, consisting essentially of as a base oil at least one kind of an ester selected from the group consisting of a specific pentaerythritol ester such as an ester of pentaerythritol with a mono- or dicarboxylic acid, a specific polyol ester such as an ester of trimethylolethane with a mono- or dicarboxylic acid, a specific ester such as an ester of ethylene glycol and a dicarboxylic acid, and a specific polyol ester synthesized from a neopentyl type polyhydric alcohol, a monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid; and further comprising at least one kind of an epoxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Umekichi Sasaki, Tatsuyuki Ishikawa, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Noboru Ishida
  • Publication number: 20030111636
    Abstract: A novel refrigerant composition useful as a substitute for HCFC-22, comprising a first constituent of difluoromethane (CH2F2, HFC-32); a second constituent of pentafluoroethane (CHF2CF3, HFC-125); a third constituent of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (CH3CF3, HFC-143a); a fourth constituent selected from the group consisting of cyclopropane (C3H6, RC-270), 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (CF3CHFCF3, HFC-227ea), 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (CH3CF2CF3, HFC-245cb), isobutane (CH(CH3)2CH3, R-600a), octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8, RC-318), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (CHF2CHFCF3, HFC-236ea), butane (C4H10, R-600), bis(difluoromethyl)ether (CHF2OCHF2, HFE-134) and pentafluoroethylmethylether (CF3CF2OCH3, HFE-245).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lee Byung Gwon, Lim Jong Sung, Park Kun You, Chung Moon Jo, Cho Seong Joon
  • Publication number: 20030111637
    Abstract: Reaction mixtures that include exothermic generating particles having a water soluble coating encasing a portion of the particles, a volatile component and, optionally an aqueous solution, and a buffer. The reaction mixtures are especially suited to generate heat in a controllable manner. In one such controlled reaction, the reaction components are mixed together and the mixture increases in temperature to a Set Temperature within a predetermined time, and the mixture remains at the Set Temperature for a longer period of time. In this manner, volatile components can be controllably released to the surrounding environment. The volatile components can be, for example, a perfume, a fragrance, an insect repellent, a fumigant, a disinfectant, a bactericide, an insecticide, a pesticide, a germicide, an acaricide, a sterilizer, a deodorizer, a fogging agent and mixtures of these. Apparatuses and methods that use these reaction mixtures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yu-jun Li, Mark Hsiang-Kuen Mao, Haruo Tamura
  • Publication number: 20030111635
    Abstract: A novel refrigerant composition useful as a substitute for HCFC-22, comprising a first constituent of difluoromethane (CH2F2, HFC-32); a second constituent of pentafluoroethane (CHF2CF3, HFC-125); a third constituent of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (CH3CF3, HFC-143a); a fourth constituent selected from the group consisting of cyclopropane (C3H6, RC-270), 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (CF3CHFCF3, HFC-227ea), 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (CH3CF2CF3, HFC-245cb), isobutane (CH(CH3)2CH3, R-600a), octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8, RC-318), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (CHF2CHFCF3, HFC-236ea), butane (C4H10, R-600), bis(difluoromethyl)ether (CHF2OCHF2, HFE-134) and pentafluoroethylmethylether (CF3CF2OCH3, HFE-245).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Byung Gwon Lee, Jong Sung Lim, Kun You Park, Moon Jo Chung, Seong Joon Cho
  • Patent number: 6576153
    Abstract: This invention relates to hydrofluorocarbons useful in refrigeration and heat pump applications. The invention provides hydrofluorocarbons selected from the group of 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane, and mixtures thereof that are environmentally suitable replacements for chlorofluorocarbons in refrigeration applications such as multi-stage centrifugal chillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: H. Michael Hughes, Mark W. Spatz, Rajiv Ratna Singh
  • Patent number: 6574973
    Abstract: Refrigerant compositions include mixtures of at least three different components, including a fluorinated ether with at least one of a second fluorinated ether, an ether and a fluorinated hydrocarbon. Also, methods for cooling a body include compressing such a refrigerant composition and bringing the body into heat transfer relation to it. The disclosed refrigerant compounds have refrigerant-significant properties similar to those of R-22, and they can be employed in place of or as drop-in substitutes in refrigeration apparatus designed for R-22 application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl D. DesMarteau, Adolph L. Beyerlein, Ismail Kul
  • Publication number: 20030102456
    Abstract: Refrigerant compositions are disclosed which comprise: (a) pentafluoroethane, octafluoropropane, trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluoro-cyclopropane, or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 35% based on the weight of the composition, (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane, 1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 30% by weight based on the weight of the composition and (c) n-butane or isobutane, in an amount from 1% to less than 2.3% by weight based on the weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Neil Andre Roberts
  • Patent number: 6565766
    Abstract: An apparatus and method wherein ozone layer-damaging dichlorodifluoromethane is substituted with a mix of less environmentally damaging refrigerants chlorodifluoroethane and tetrafluoroethane in dichlorodifluoromethane-based air-cooling systems. While less environmentally damaging than dichlorodifluoromethane, the substitute refrigerant has a temperature-pressure relationship similar to that of dichlorodifluoromethane, making the substitute refrigerant suitable for use with dichlorodifluoromethane-based air-cooling systems. The substitute refrigerant can be used alone or in combination with dichlorodifluoromethane. In either event, it is mixed with a relatively small percentage of a hydrophobic lubricating oil which is compatible with both the substitute refrigerant and with dichlorodifluoromethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Harrison M. Weber, III
  • Patent number: 6560981
    Abstract: A standard refrigeration pressure regulating valve limits the minimum temperature produced by a refrigeration process, which uses a refrigerant mixture including at least two components whose normal boiling points differ by at least 50C. Limiting the lowest temperature prevents freezout of the individual refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: IGC-Polycold Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Flynn
  • Patent number: 6557358
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for non-hydrocarbon design of ultra-low temperature refrigeration systems, which are particularly suited a non-hydrocarbon ultra-low temperature refrigeration system that can safely be transported and applied in the field as needed without the risks associated with hydrocarbon ultra-low temperature refrigeration system are disclosed. An application of the non-hydrocarbon design of ultra-low temperature refrigeration system method and apparatus to freezers and the like is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Kendro Laboratory Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuan Weng, Allan Kelly
  • Publication number: 20030083220
    Abstract: Chemical solvating, degreasing, stripping and cleaning agents. The agents are cleaning and solvating mixtures of mono brominated compounds with highly fluorinated compounds and/or other agents that improve and enhance the properties of the original mixture. The addition of these agents to the composition will modify the physical and/or cleaning characteristics of the monobrominated compound and/or monobrominated compound-fluorinated compound mixture to accomplish is desired cleaning or solvating task. These other agents are one or more of the following materials: alcohols, esters, ethers, cyclic ethers, ketones, alkanes, terpenes, dibasic esters, glycol ethers, pyrollidones, or low or non ozone depleting chlorinated and chlorinated/fluorinated hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Kyzen Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Doyel, Michael Bixenman, Scotty Sengsavang, Arthur Thompson, Valerie Porter, Patricia Overstreet, Kristie Gholson
  • Patent number: 6551524
    Abstract: A high quality lubricant for compressors operated during at least part of their compression cycle at temperatures above normal human comfort temperatures, such as most automotive air conditioners, especially those using chlorine free hydro-fluorocarbon refrigerant working fluids, is provided by mixed esters of hindered polyols, most desirably pentaerythritol, with a mixture of carboxylic acids including at least some iso-pentanoic acid along with one or more of iso-nonanoic acid, isooctanoic acid, and dibasic acids such as adipic. When the mixture includes about 7% adipic and amounts of branched C8-9 and C5 monobasic acids in a ratio of at least 0.75:1.00, the esters formed have excellent solubility for paraffinic and naphthenic mineral oils and are therefore especially well suited for lubricating vehicle air conditioners formerly containing chlorine containing heat transfer fluids and mineral oil lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas E. Schnur
  • Patent number: 6551523
    Abstract: An ester blend, including an ester having neopentylglycol and a source of 2-ethylhexanoic acid as its reactive components and an ester having pentaerythritol and a source of 2-ethylhexanoic acid as its reactive components, is especially effective as a lubricant for chlorine-free fluorocarbon refrigerant heat transfer fluids, particularly Refrigerant 134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas E. Schnur
  • Patent number: 6546740
    Abstract: Refrigerant compositions include mixtures of at least three different components, including a fluorinated sulfur-containing compound with at least one of a fluorinated ether or a fluorinated hydrocarbon. Also, methods for cooling a body include compressing such a refrigerant composition and bringing the body into heat transfer relation to it. The disclosed refrigerant compounds have refrigerant-significant properties similar to those of R-22, and they can be employed as drop-in substitutes in refrigeration apparatus designed for R-22 application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Clemson University
    Inventors: Darryl D. DesMarteau, Adolph L. Beyerlein, Ismail Kul
  • Patent number: 6548457
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricant for a compression type refrigeration system using ammonia as a refrigerant, which comprises polyether compounds and aromatic amine compounds or phenothiazine compounds, and preferably further comprises alcohol compounds such as polyhydric alcohol partial ether and/or benzotriazole compounds. Further, the present invention provides a working fluid composition comprising the lubricant and an ammonia refrigerant, and a refrigeration system which is filled with the working fluid composition. The lubricant has not only good compatibility with ammonia, but excellent stability and lubricating property, and therefore can suitably used in a compression type refrigeration system using an ammonia refrigerant that does not have the possibility of ozone layer depletion and global warming phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kaimai, Hitoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030062508
    Abstract: The present invention provides hydrofluorocarbon compositions suitable for use in a wide range of applications. The compositions of the present invention tend to be soluble in hydrocarbon lubricating oils, and thus, are especially useful in replacing CFC and HCFC compositions in refrigeration applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Rajiv R. Singh, Hang T. Pham, David P. Wilsom, David A. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 6540933
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of CF3CF═CF2 is disclosed. The process involves contacting 2,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane with at least 0.1 mole of hydrogen in a reaction vessel of titanium, nickel or iron or their alloys, which is either empty or packed with particles or formed shapes of titanium, nickel or iron or their alloys, at a temperature within the range of from about 350° C. to about 600° C. and for a time sufficient to produce hexafluoropropene. Also disclosed are compositions which comprise hydrogen fluoride in combination with an effective amount of CClF2CClFCF3 to form an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition with hydrogen fluoride. The compositions contain from about 8.7 to 33.6 mole percent CClF2CClFCF3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Allen Capron Sievert, V. N. Mallikarjuna Rao
  • Publication number: 20030057396
    Abstract: An environmentally more benign refrigerant for replacing refrigerant R410A includes a majority portion of refrigerant R32 and a minority portion of refrigerant R134a, the volumetric capacity of the replacement refrigerant permitting it to be used as a near or exact drop-in replacement for refrigerant R410A in terms of volumetric capacity at typical air conditioning system operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Richard E. Cawley