Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Agc Inc.

Sony Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Denso Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Satoshi Kawaguchi

Hidekazu Okamoto

Masato Fukushima

Hirokazu Takagi

Katsuya Ueno

Yu Takeuchi

Yoshinobu Kadowaki

Mitsugu Kasagawa

Kunio Watanabe

Shinji Terazono

Mai Tasaka

Koichi Yanase

Tetsuo Otsuka

Xu Wang

Toshiyuki Tanaka

Masahiro Kanda

Tatsuhiro Nogami

Daisuke Shirakawa

Hiroaki Mitsuoka

Tomoaki Taniguchi

Takeaki Arai

Yuji Takeuchi

Takashi Okazoe

Shin Nishida

Masaaki Tsuzaki

Toshiyuki Hiroi

Ryuji Seki

Akihiko Sugawara

Koji Kageyama

Arata Yasuda

Yusuke Tomiyori

Maki Shigematsu

Yu Onozaki

Takuya Iwase

Shingo Nomura

Kazuyoshi Kurashima

Naoki Ichinokawa

Toshio Suzuki

Takashi Akiya

Yuki Hayasaka

Mai Hashimoto

Yukio Tanaami

To produce, from a composition containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene and a substance that may cause problems in reliability and performance, 1-chloro-2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene in which the content of the substance has been reduced. This method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene comprises bringing a composition containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of water, 3,3,4,4,5,5-hexafluoro-1-pentyne, 1-chloro-3,3,4,4,5,5-hexafluoro-1-pentyne and an oxide, into contact with a solid adsorbent, to remove the substance from the composition.

Method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3,4,4,5,5-heptafluoro-1-pentene, and composition

The present invention provides a production method of &#x3b1;-fluoroacrylate ester, a composition containing a highly-pure fluorocyclopropane derivative and a composition containing highly-pure &#x3b1;-fluoroacrylate ester. The present invention relates to a method of producing a compound represented by the following formula (F), including subjecting a composition containing a compound represented by the following formula (A) to a purification treatment in the order of distillation and washing with an aqueous alkali solution to give a purified product containing a compound represented by the following formula (A), and subjecting the purified product to a thermal decomposition reaction, a composition containing a highly-pure compound represented by the following formula (A), and a composition containing a highly-pure compound represented by the following formula (F), wherein R may be the same or different and is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and X is a halogen atom: 

Method for producing &#x3b1;-fluoro acrylic acid ester, and composition containing highly-pure fluorocyclopropane derivative, and composition containing highly-pure &#x3b1;-fluoro acrylic acid ester

A working fluid for heat cycle, wherein the global warming potential is less than 300; the product of the relative coefficient of performance and the relative refrigerating capacity is at least 0.820 relative to R410A in a standard refrigerating cycle under conditions of an evaporation temperature of 0&#xb0; C., a condensing temperature of 40&#xb0; C., a supercoiling degree of 5&#xb0; C. and a degree of superheat of 5&#xb0; C.; the relative compressor discharge gas pressure is at most 1.100; the lower limit of the combustion range by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety Act is at least 5 vol %; and the pressure will not exceed 2.00 MPaG in a combustion test by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety act under 0.98 MPaG at 250&#xb0; C.

Working fluid for heat cycle, composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system

A method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin is provided. The formation of by-products of an over-reduced product having hydrogen added to a material chlorofluoroolefin and an over-reduced product having not only chlorine atoms but also fluorine atoms in the chlorofluoroolefin replaced with hydrogen atoms is suppressed in the method. The method includes reacting a specific chlorofluoroolefin with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst supported on a carrier to obtain the hydrofluoroolefin. The catalyst is a catalyst composed of an alloy containing at least one platinum group element of palladium and platinum, and at least one second element of copper, gold, lithium, potassium, silver, zinc, tin, lead, and bismuth.

Process for producing hydrofluoroolefin

There are provided an air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle providing sufficient cycle performance in practical use in an electric vehicle, in particular, sufficient cycle performance also in the heating time, while suppressing influence on global warming, and usable without greatly changing an air-conditioner device for a conventional working fluid, for example, HFC-134a or HFO-1234yf, and an air-conditioner working fluid composition for electric vehicle containing the same. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein a percentage of a total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with respect to a total amount of the working fluid is more than 90 mass % and 100 mass % or less.

Air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle and air-conditioner working fluid composition for electric vehicle

To provide a method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin, wherein formation of an over-reduced product having hydrogen added to an aimed hydrofluorolefin and an over-reduced product having some of fluorine atoms in the aimed product replaced with hydrogen atoms, as by-products, is suppressed. A method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin, which comprises reacting a specific chlorofluoroolefin with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst supported on a carrier, to obtain a specific hydrofluoroolefin, wherein the catalyst is a catalyst composed of particles of an alloy containing at least one platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of palladium and platinum, and gold, and the proportion of the gold at the surface of the alloy particles is from 5 to 30 mass % per 100 mass % in total of the platinum group metal and the gold at the surface of the alloy particles.

Method for producing hydrofluoroolefin

A working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the entire amount of the working fluid is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %. The proportion of trifluoroethylene based on the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is at least 21 mass % and at most 39 mass %. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and suppressed self-decomposition property. A composition for a heat cycle system contains the working fluid and a heat cycle system employs the composition.

To provide a working fluid which has cycle performance sufficient as an alternative to R410A while the influence over global warming is sufficiently suppressed, which does not significantly increase the load to an apparatus as compared with a case where R410A is used, and which can be stably used continuously without any special measures, a composition for a heat cycle system contains the working fluid, and a heat cycle system employs the composition. A working fluid for heat cycle, wherein the global warming potential is less than 300; the product of the relative coefficient of performance and the relative refrigerating capacity is at least 0.820 relative to R410A in a standard refrigerating cycle under conditions of an evaporation temperature of 0&#xb0; C., a condensing temperature of 40&#xb0; C., a supercoiling degree of 5&#xb0; C. and a degree of superheat of 5&#xb0; C.; the relative compressor discharge gas pressure is at most 1.100; the lower limit of the combustion range by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety Act is at least 5 vol %; and the pressure will not exceed 2.00 MPaG in a combustion test by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety act under 0.98 MPaG at 250&#xb0; C.

To provide a working fluid for heat cycle which has a small temperature glide, a sufficiently low discharge temperature, high durability and less influence over global warming, and with which a heat cycle system excellent in the system maintenance properties and the cycle performance (capacity) is achieved, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, wherein the proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid for heat cycle is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %, and the mass ratio represented by trifluoroethylene/difluoromethane in the working fluid for heat cycle is from 41/59 to 59/41, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.

To provide a working fluid for heat cycle, which has less influence over the ozone layer and has less influence over global warming, and which has favorable cycle performance. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoroethylene, wherein the proportion of the content of difluoroethylene is less than 1.5 mass % based on the working fluid.

Working fluid for heat cycle

A working fluid for heat cycle, which has less influence over the ozone layer, has less influence over global warming, and has favorable cycle performance, is provided. The working fluid contains trifluoroethylene and difluoroethylene and the proportion of the difluoroethylene is less than 1.5 mass % based on the working fluid.

A method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin is provided. The formation of by-products of an over-reduced product having hydrogen added to a material chlorofluoroolefin and an over-reduced product having not only chlorine atoms but also fluorine atoms in the chlorofluoroolefin replaced with hydrogen atoms is suppressed in the method. The method includes reacting a specific chlorofluoroolefin with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst supported on a carrier to obtain the hydrofluoroolefin. The catalyst is a catalyst composed of an alloy containing at least one platinum group element of palladium and platinum, and at least one second element of manganese, copper, aluminum, gold, lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, silver, zinc, cadmium, indium, silicon, germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth.

To provide a method for stably and efficiently producing a working fluid which has less influence over global warming and which can be stably used by a usual operation even though it contains trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123) excellent in the cycle performance. A method for producing a working fluid containing HFO-1123 in a proportion of at most 70 mol %, which comprises mixing a first component containing HFO-1123 in a proportion of higher than 70 mol % stored in a first container, and a second component having no self-decomposition property stored in a second container, by supplying the first component to the second container, by supplying the second component to the first container, or by supplying both the first component and the second component to a separate third container, respectively under the predetermined conditions.

Method for producing working fluid

A hydrofluoroolefin is produced by reacting a chlorofluoroolefin with hydrogen in the presence of a platinum group metal catalyst supported on a carbon carrier to obtain a hydrofluoroolefin. The chlorofluoroolefin is represented by formula (1): CZX&#x2550;CClY, where X is F or Cl, Y is F, Cl or H, and Z is F or CF. The hydrofluoroolefin is represented by formula (2): CZX' &#x2550;CHY&#x2032;, where X&#x2032; is F when X is F, or X&#x2032; is H when X is Cl, Y&#x2032; is F when Y is F, or Y&#x2032; is H when Y is Cl or H, and Z is the same as Z in the formula (1). The carbon carrier has acidic functional groups, and the total acidic functional group amount in the carbon carrier is at most 50 &#x3bc;mol/g.

To provide a method for purifying trifluoroethylene, by which from a fluid containing trifluoroethylene, a Calkane or alkene (excluding trifluoroethylene) in which at least one hydrogen atom may be substituted with a chlorine atom or a fluorine atom can be efficiently removed, and a method for producing trifluoroethylene by which trifluoroethylene can be efficiently produced. A fluid containing trifluoroethylene is brought into contact with at least one type of synthetic zeolite selected from synthetic zeolites 3A, 4A and 5A.

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