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USOO8444874B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8.444,874 B2 Singh et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 21, 2013 (54) HEAT TRANSFER METHODS USING HEAT (51) Int. Cl. TRANSFER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING C09K5/04 (2006.01) TRANS-1,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE (52) U.S. Cl. USPC ............................................................ 252A68 (75) Inventors: Rajiv R. Singh, Getzville, NY (US); (58) Field of Classification Search Hang T. Pham, Amherst, NY (US); USPC ...................................................... 252/67, 68 David P. Wilson, East Amherst, NY See application file for complete search history. (US); Raymond H. Thomas, Pendleton, NY (US); Mark W. Spatz, East (56) References Cited Amherst, NY (US); David A. Metcalf, Denver, CO (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Honeywell International Inc., 3.35 A 8.8 East, al. Morristown, NJ (US) 2,889,379 A 6/1959 Ruh et al. 2.917480 A 12, 1959 Bailey et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 5. A . 3. 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U.S. 6,972,271 B2 12/2005 Thomas et al. 6,991,744 B2 1/2006 Mahler et al. * cited by examiner U.S. Patent May 21, 2013 US 8,444,874 B2 US 8,444,874 B2 1. 2 HEAT TRANSFER METHODS USING HEAT like) as the working fluid in heat transfer systems, such as in TRANSFER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING refrigeration and air-conditioning systems, has become dis TRANS-1,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE favored because of the ozone-depleting properties associated with many of Such compounds. There has thus been an This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application increasing need for new fluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon Ser. No. 1 1/475,605, filed Jun. 26, 2006, which claims the compounds and compositions that are attractive alternatives benefit of Provisional U.S. Application 60/693853, filed Jun. to the compositions heretofore used in these and other appli 24, 2005. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. cations. For example, it has become desirable to retrofit chlo patent application Ser. No. 10/837,525, filed Apr. 29, 2004, rine-containing refrigeration systems by replacing chlorine now U.S. Pat. No. 7,279.451, which is a continuation-in-part 10 containing refrigerants with non-chlorine-containing of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/694,273, filed Oct. 27, refrigerant compounds that will not deplete the oZone layer, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,534,366 which claims the benefit of such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Industry in general and Provisional Applications 60/421,236 and 60/421,435, both the heat transfer industry in particular are continually seeking filed on Oct. 25, 2002. U.S. patent application Ser. No. new fluorocarbon based mixtures that offer alternatives to, 10/837,525 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applica 15 and are considered environmentally safer Substitutes for, tion Ser. No. 10/694,272, filed Oct. 27, 2003, now U.S. Pat. CFCs and HCFCs. It is generally considered important, how No. 7,230,146. ever, at least with respect to heat transfer fluids, that any potential Substitute must also possess those properties present FIELD OF THE INVENTION in many of the most widely used fluids, such as excellent heat transfer properties, chemical stability, low- or no-toxicity, This invention relates to compositions, methods and sys non-flammability and/or lubricant compatibility, among oth tems having utility in numerous applications, including par CS. ticularly heat transfer systems such as refrigeration systems. Applicants have come to appreciate that lubricant compat In preferred aspects, the present invention is directed to ibility is of particular importance in many of applications. refrigerant compositions which comprise at least one multi 25 More particularly, it is highly desirably for refrigeration fluids fluorinated olefin of the present invention. to be compatible with the lubricant utilized in the compressor unit, used in most refrigeration systems. Unfortunately, many BACKGROUND non-chlorine-containing refrigeration fluids, including HFCs, are relatively insoluble and/or immiscible in the types Fluorocarbon based fluids have found widespread use in 30 of lubricants used traditionally with CFCs and HFC's, many commercial and industrial applications, including as including, for example, mineral oils, alkylbenzenes or poly the working fluid in systems such as air conditioning, heat (alpha-olefins). In order for a refrigeration fluid-lubricant pump and refrigeration systems, as aerosol propellants, as combination to work at a desirable level of efficiently within blowing agents, as heat transfer media, and as gaseous dielec a compression refrigeration, air-conditioning and/or heat trics. Because of certain Suspected environmental problems, 35 pump system, the lubricant should be sufficiently soluble in including the relatively high global warming potentials, asso the refrigeration liquid over a wide range of operating tem ciated with the use of some of the compositions that have peratures. Such solubility lowers the viscosity of the lubricant heretofore been used in these applications, it has become and allows it to flow more easily throughout the system. In the increasingly desirable to use fluids having low or even Zero absence of such solubility, lubricants tend to become lodged oZone depletion potential.