US Patent:
20120329689, Dec 27, 2012
Inventors:
Louis Rebrovic - New Bremen OH, US
William Bradford Boggess - Lebanon OH, US
Assignee:
EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Sidney OH
International Classification:
C10M 129/95
C10M 135/36
Abstract:
The disclosed lubricant compositions comprise a mixture of from about 1-99% by weight of the mixture of one or more ester compoundsand from about 1-99% by weight of the mixture one or more second ester compoundswherein R, R, R, R, R, R, R, and Rare each H or methyl; a+x, b+y. and c+z are integers of 1 to about 20, and m+n is an integer of 1 to about 10; and R, R, R, Rand Rare straight-chain and branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, arylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylaryl, alkylcycloalkylaryl, alkylarylcycloalkyl, arylcycloalkylalkyl, arylalkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkylaryl, or cycloalkylarylalkyl groups having 1 to about 17 carbons. The lubricant composition may be combined with a refrigerant to form a refrigerant-lubricant composition that may be used as a working fluid in a heat transfer apparatus.