FLUOROPROPENE COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME

• US 20110037016A1
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Williams, David J., Knopeck, Gary, Singh, Rajiv R.
• Application Number:
  US12/890,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037016A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 252/67
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 11/0203 with a supercritical fluid
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 11/0407 the supercritical fluid acting as solvent for the solute
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 11/0411 the supercritical fluid acting as solvent for the solvent and as anti-solvent for the solute, e.g. formation of particles from solutions
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2203/06 CO2, N2 or noble gases
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2203/10 Water or water-releasing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2203/12 Organic compounds only containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms, e.g. ketone or alcohol
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2203/142 Halogenated saturated hydrocarbons, e.g. H3C-CF3
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2325/06 Polystyrene
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2329/02 Homopolymers or copolymers of unsaturated alcohols C08J2329/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 2375/04 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/122 Hydrogen, oxygen, CO2, nitrogen or noble gases
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/125 Water, e.g. hydrated salts
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/127 Mixtures of organic and inorganic blowing agents
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/141 Hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/142 Compounds containing oxygen but no halogen atom
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/144 containing carbon, halogen and hydrogen only
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 9/147 containing carbon and halogen atoms only
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2205/122 Halogenated hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2205/126 Unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 23/017 Mixtures of compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 3/30 : for aerosols aerosol containers B65D83/14
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 5/044 : comprising halogenated compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 5/045 : containing only fluorine as halogen

Abstract

Various uses of fluorinated olefin having an MRI value of less than ethane, in combination with one or more other components, including other fluoroalkenes, hydrocarbons; hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), ethers, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, methyl formate, formic acid, water, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, carbon dioxide and combinations of any two or more of these, in a variety of applications, including as blowing agents, are disclosed.

Claims

1. A composition comprising:

(a) at least one fluorinated olefin having an MRI value of less than ethane; and

(b) at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), ethers, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, methyl formate, formic acid, water, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, carbon dioxide, dimethoxymethane (DME), a second fluoroalkene different than said first fluoroalkene and combinations of any two or more of these.

2. A blowing agent comprising the composition of claim 1.

3. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises from about 50% to about 85% by weight of at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of iso-pentane, normal-pentane, cyclo-pentane, butane and iso-butane and combinations of these.

4. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said fluorinated olefin comprises at least one monochlorotrifluoropropene which is provided in an amount of from about 20% by weight to about 90% by weight of the composition, and wherein said at least one additional component comprises from about 50% to about 85% by weight of at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of iso-pentane, normal-pentane, cyclo-pentane, butane and iso-butane and combinations of these.

5. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises 2-ethyl-1-hexanol.

6. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises trans-1,2 dicchloroethylene.

7. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises dimethoxymethane.

8. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said fluorinated olefin comprises at least one monochlorotrifluoropropene present in the composition in an amount of from about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight of the composition, and wherein said at least one additional component comprises from about 5% to about 95% by weight of the composition.

9. An aerosol comprising the composition of claim 1.

10. The aerosol of claim 9 wherein said at least one additional component comprises at least one fluoroalkene, or at least one HFC, or trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, or combinations of two or more of these.

11. A solvent composition comprising the composition of claim 1.

12. The solvent of claim 11 wherein said at least one additional component comprises at least one fluoroalkene, or at least one HFC, or trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, or combinations of two or more of these.

13. The solvent of claim 11 wherein said at least one additional component comprises at least trans-1,2-dichloroethylene

14. The solvent of claim 11 wherein said at least one additional component comprises at least one C1-C4 alcohol.

15. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said fluorinated olefin comprises a combination of trans-1,1,1,trifluoro,3-chloro-propene (transHFCO-1233zd) and cis-1,1,1,trifluoro,3-chloro-propene (cisHFCO-1233zd) in a cis:

trans weight ratio of from about 30;

70 to about 5;

95.

16. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises water.

17. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises CO₂.

26. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises methylformate.

27. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises from about 15% to about 85% by weight of at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of iso-pentane, normal-pentane, cyclo-pentane, butane and iso-butane and combinations of these.

28. The blowing agent of claim 27 wherein said at least one additional component further comprises water.

29. The blowing agent of claim 28 wherein said water is present in an amount of from about 1% to about 10% by weight of the composition.

30. The blowing agent of claim 2 wherein said at least one additional component comprises from about 15% to about 50% by weight of at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of iso-pentane, normal-pentane, cyclo-pentane, butane and iso-butane and combinations of these.

31. The blowing agent of claim 16 wherein said water is present in a supercritical or near supercritical state.

18. A composition comprising:

(a) at least one fluorinated olefin having an MRI value of less than ethane, and combinations of two or more of these; and

(b) at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of lubricants, stabilizers, metal passivators, corrosion inhibitors, flammability suppressants, trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12), difluoromethane (HFC-32), pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a), difluoroethane (HFC-152a), 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane (HFC-227ea), 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa),1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa), 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc), water, CO₂, and combinations of two or more of these.

19. A heat transfer fluid comprising the composition of claim 18.

20. A heat transfer fluid comprising the composition of claim 18 wherein said composition comprises at least about 50% by weight of at least one monochlorotrifluoropropene.

21. A heat transfer fluid comprising the composition of claim 18 wherein said composition comprises at least about 70% by weight of at least one monochlorotrifluoropropene.

22. A solvent extraction method comprising solvent extracting a material by contacting said material with at least one fluorinated olefin having an MRI value of less than ethane.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein said material comprises at least one alkaloid.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein said at least one alkaloid is derived from at least one plant source.

25. A method of depositing catalyst on a solid support comprising precipitating particles of said catalyst from at least one fluorinated olefin having an MRI value of less than ethane.