Refrigerant for a refrigeration device (1) comprising a gas mixture, said gas mixture comprising at least carbon dioxide, 1,1,1,2-tetrafiuoroethane and difluoromethane, characterised in that carbon dioxide has a mass percentage higher than 50 % in relation to the total mixture.

Disclosed is an environmentally friendly near-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, consisting essentially of HFO-1234 yf, HFE-143a and a third component, with the mass percentage of each component being: 70%-98% of HFO-1234yf, 1%-15% of HFE-143a and 1%-15% of the third component. The refrigerant of the present invention is environmentally friendly, excellent in thermodynamic properties, can directly realize drop-in substitution in an original system using HFC-134a without changing any parts, and can be used as a long term alternative to HFC-134a.

A hydrofluoroolefin ether represented by the general Formula (I), compositions that include such compounds, and apparatuses and methods for use that include such compositions and compounds, wherein Formula (I) is represented by: R.sub.f—O—CH.sub.2CH═CHCH.sub.2—O—R.sub.f (I) wherein each Rf group is independently a linear, branched, and/or cyclic perfluoroalkyl group having 2 to 9 carbon atoms and optionally further including 1 to 3 nitrogen and/or oxygen catenary heteroatoms.
R.sub.f—O—CH.sub.2CH═CHCH.sub.2—O—R.sub.f  (I)

The present invention relates to a composition for lubricating a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, comprising at least one base oil and at least one fire retardant corresponding to formula (I)
R.sub.F-L-R.sub.H  (I) in which R.sub.F is a perfluorinated or partially fluorinated group, R.sub.H is a hydrocarbon-based group, and L is a linker. The invention also relates to the use of at least one fire retardant of formula (I), in a composition for lubricating a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, including at least one battery, to give it ignition-resistance properties. Finally, the invention relates to a process for cooling and fire-protecting a battery of a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, comprising at least one step of placing at least one battery, in particular a lithium-ion or nickel-cadmium battery, in contact with a composition according to the invention.

The present disclosure provides an immersion cooling device comprising electrical and electronic equipment, a fluorine-based insulation refrigerant, and a refrigerant tank for storing the fluorine-based insulation refrigerant, wherein the electrical and electronic equipment is at least partially immersed in the fluorine-based insulation refrigerant, and the fluorine-based insulation refrigerant has a boiling point of 50 to 60° C.

Disclosed is a thermoset, thermal insulating foams having desirable and unexpectedly low thermal conductivity, and to compositions, method and systems which use and/or are used to make such foams comprising: (a) providing thermosetting foam forming component and a blowing agent for forming predominantly closed cells in the foam, wherein the blowing agent comprises: (i) cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzzm(Z)) and cyclopentane, with the HFO-1336mzzm(Z) and cyclopentane in the blowing agent together comprising at least about 50% by weight of the total of all components in the blowing agent and (ii) the weight ratio of HFO-1336mzzm(Z) to cyclopentane in the blowing agent is from about 45:55 to less than 68:32 and (b) forming foam from said provided foamable composition.

The production of solvents for applications such as heat transfer, cleaning, and degreasing, for example. In particular, the production of solvents derived from 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-propene, such as chloro and/or fluoro substituted alkanes and chloro and/or fluoro substituted trifluoropropenyl ethers.

The present application provides stabilized compositions (e.g., stabilized heat transfer fluids) comprising methyl perfluoroheptene for use, for example, in refrigeration and heat transfer applications. The stabilized compositions of the present invention are useful in methods for producing cooling and heating, methods for replacing refrigerants and refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pump apparatuses, and as solvents or dewatering agents.

The present invention provides a composition comprising a refrigerant (mixed refrigerant) having three types of performance, i.e., a coefficient of performance (COP) and refrigerating capacity (Cap) that are equivalent to or higher than those of R410A, and a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present invention provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising CF.sub.3I, CO.sub.2 (R744), and at least one compound A selected from the group consisting of trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), trans-1,2-difluoroethylene [(E)-HFO-1132], cis-1,2-difluoroethylene [(Z)—HFO-1132], fluoroethylene (HFO-1141), and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne (TFP).

The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising 2,4,4,4-tetra-fluoro-but-1-ene and 1-methoxyheptafluoropropane as a heat transfer fluid. The invention also relates to associated units, methods and compositions.