Determination of properties of PVE lubricants with HFC refrigerants[PolyVinylEther]

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20085687

Kaneko, Masato; Sakanoue, Shuichi; Tazaki, Toshihiro; Tominaga, Shoichi; Takagi, Minoru; Goodin, M

Polyalkyleneglycol (PAG) and polyol ester (POE) have been developed as refrigeration lubricants, used with HFC134a. PAG is used for automotive air conditioning systems and POE is used for domestic reciprocating refrigerators and for A/C systems. Although PAG exhibits good lubricity performance, it is difficult to use for domestic reciprocating refrigerators due to its low dielectric property. POE is difficult to use for automotive A/C systems, due to hydrolysis and poor lubricity performance. Polyvinylether (PVE) can be used in place of PAG and POE with HFC refrigerants. PVE is used for A/C systems as well as refrigerator and freezer applications. PVE is an ideal lubricant for use with HFCs.

• Research Organization: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
• OSTI ID: 20085687
• Resource Relation: Conference: ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (US), 06/18/1999--06/23/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: ASHRAE Transactions: Technical and symposium papers presented at the 1999 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.; Volume 105, Part 2, by Geshwiler, M.; Harrell, D.; Roberson, T. [eds.], 1360 pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AIR CONDITIONERS
REFRIGERATORS
REFRIGERANTS
LUBRICANTS
FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
ETHERS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
RHEOLOGY
SOLUBILITY
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES