• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.12
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• pp.147-156
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• 2019

Numerical study was performed to investigate the convective heat transfer of Al₂O₃/water nanofluid flowing through the concentric double pipe counterflow heat exchangers. Hot fluid flowing through the inner pipe transfers its heat to cooling fluid flowing in the outer pipe. Effects of important parameters such as hot and cold volume flow rates, fluid type in the outer and inner pipes, and nanoparticles concentration on the heat transfer and flow characteristics are investigated. The results indicated that the heat transfer performance increases with increasing the hot and cold volume flow rates, as well as the particle concentrations. When both outer and inner pipes are nanofluids with 8% nanoparticle volume concentration, nanofluids showed up to 17% better heat transfer rate than basic fluids. Also, the average heat transfer coefficient of the base fluid for annulus-side improved by 31%. Approximately 20% enhancement in the heat exchanger effectiveness can be achieved with the addition of 8% alumina particles in base fluid. But, addition of nanoparticles to the base fluid enhanced friction factor by about 196%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.383.2-383.2
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• 2016

임계 열유속 현상은 열전달 시스템에서 가열조건이나 유동조건이 변함에 따라 열전달 표면 부근의 유체상태가 액체에서 기체로 바뀌면서 열전달계수가 급격히 감소하는 현상을 말한다. 임계 열유속 발생 시 핵 비등 영역에서 순간적으로 막 비등 영역으로 넘어가면서 원전 시스템의 물리적 파괴를 일으킬 수 있게 된다. 따라서 임계 열유속 현상은 시스템 설계 및 안전해석 뿐만 아니라, 열교환 및 냉각 장치 설계에서 중요하게 고려되고 있다. 특히, 비등 열전달 시스템에서 임계 열유속 발생 시 시스템의 물리적 손상을 야기하게 된다. 따라서 원전 시스템을 보호하면서 성능을 극대화시키기 위해서는 임계 열유속 향상이 필수적이며, 임계 열유속 향상을 위한 대안 중 하나로서 열적 특성이 우수한 나노유체를 열전달 시스템에 적용하여 임계 열유속 향상을 위한 연구가 지속되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 산화 처리된 다중벽 탄소나노튜브 나노유체를 사용하여 각각 0.5 m/s, 1.0 m/s, 1.5 m/s의 유속에서 임계 열유속과 열전달 계수를 측정하였다. 그 결과 산화 처리된 다중벽 탄소나노튜브 나노유체의 유속이 증가 할수록 임계 열유속이 증가하는 것을 확인 하였으며, 순수물과 비교하여 최대 62.64% 증가함을 확인하였다. 그리고 산화 처리된 다중벽 탄소나노튜브 나노유체의 비등 열전달 계수 또한 유속이 증가 할수록 비등 열전달 계수가 증가하는 것을 확인하였며 최대 24.29% 증가함을 확인하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.293-299
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• 2011

To study the flow characteristics of water-based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids according to the shape of the nanoparticles, we measure the pressure drop in a fully developed laminar flow regime. Water-based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids of 0.3 Vol.% with sphere-, rod-, platelet-, and brick-shaped nanoparticles are manufactured by the two-step method. Zeta potential is measured to examine the suspension and dispersion characteristics, and TEM image is considered to confirm the shape characteristics of the nanoparticles. The experimental results show that the pressure drop of $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids depends on the shape of the nanoparticles although the nanofluids has same volume fraction of nanoparticles. This is explained by the surface area per unit mass of the nanoparticles and the size of the nanoparticles suspended in the base fluids.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.11
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• pp.1073-1079
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• 2012

This study aims to experimentally investigate the heat transfer characteristics of a thermosyphon using nanofluids. A thermosyphon with three individual pipes, which share the internal volume of the evaporator section, was designed, and its performance was tested for various charge amounts, input powers of the evaporator section's heater, and concentrations of working fluids. The optimized charge amount of the thermosyphon using distilled water was 30%, and the thermal resistance of the thermosyphon with $TiO_2$ nanofluid was 18.1% lower than that with Ag nanofluid. In addition, the heat transfer performance of the thermosyphon with $TiO_2-1%$ was optimized at an input power of 300 W at the evaporator section's heater and a charge amount of 30%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.37-41
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• 2003

열화학 기상합성법을 이용한 탄소나노튜브의 성장에서 촉매 금속 층의 형성 공정은 탄소나노튜브의 직경 및 길이를 제어해주는 가장 중요한 요소이다. 탄소나노튜브의 대량합성을 위해 자성유체를 이용한 촉매 금속 층의 손쉬운 형성공정을 개발하였다. 수용성 폴리비닐알코올과 마그네타이트 나노 입자들이 혼합된 자성유체를 다양한 기판에 스핀 코팅하여 촉매 금속 층을 간편하게 형성할 수 있었다. 자성유체 제조 시 혼합된 수용성 폴리비닐알코올은 자성유체용액의 점성을 증가 시켜 주었으며, 이러한 점성의 증가는 스핀 코팅 시 용액과 기판간의 접착력을 증대시켜 주었다. 또한 건조 과정 이후에도 잔류되어 탄소나노튜브 합성 공정 중에 촉매금속이 응집되는 현상을 방지 차여 균일한 입자 크기를 유지하도록 하였다. 이는 고밀도의 수직 배열된 탄소나노튜브의 성장의 직접적인 원인으로 생각된다. 또한 탄소나노 튜브의 대량 합성을 위해서 Si 기판 치에 알루미나와 금속 기판에서도 탄소나노튜브의 성장을 시도하였다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.636-639
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 준정상 상태법을 이용한 열전도도 측정장치의 불확실도를 분석하고 측정된 열전도도의 불확실도에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 요인이 온도 측정 센서의 정확도와 측정유체의 윗면과 아랫면의 온도 차임을 알아내었다. 특히 온도 측정센서의 정확도가 $0.1^{\circ}C$일 때 측정유체의 윗면과 아랫면의 온도차가 $18^{\circ}C$이상이면 준정상 상태법을 이용한 열전도도 측정장치의 불확실도가 ${\pm}1%$이내로 들어옴을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 온도 측정센서가 $0.1^{\circ}C$의 정확도를 가지며 측정유체의 윗면과 아랫면의 온도차가 $18^{\circ}C$이상이 되는 불확실도 ${\pm}1%$을 갖는 준정상 상태법을 이용한 나노유체의 열전도도 측정장치를 개발하였다. 개발된 실험장치의 검증을 위하여 DI-Water의 열전도도와 $Al_2O_3$ 나노유체의 열전도도를 각각 측정하여 기존 문헌 및 선행 연구자의 결과와 비교하여 보았고 개발된 장치가 ${\pm}1%$ 이내의 불확실도를 가지고 나노유체의 열전도도를 측정할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2012

This paper describes a measuring apparatus that can be used to appraise the effectiveness of nanofluids as new heat-transfer-enhancing fluids. A couple of apparatuses using fine hot wires as sensors have been proposed for this purpose; however, they have a technical weakness related to the uncertain working conditions of the sensor. The present method uses the convective heat transfer coefficient from a hot wire as an indication of the heat transfer effectiveness of the nanofluid, where the temperature of the wire remains constant during the experiment. The operating principle and experimental procedure are explained in detail, and the validity of the system is tested with pure base fluids. The effects of particle concentration, velocity, and temperature on the heat transfer coefficients of the nanofluids are discussed comprehensively using the experimental data for graphite nanolubrication oil.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.7
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• pp.647-653
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• 2013

The evaporation characteristics of nanofluid droplets on a heated solid surface were experimentally investigated. The experiments were conducted using pure water and a nanofluid of water mixed with CuO nanoparticles, and the solid surface was made of a copper block heated by a nine cartridge heater. The experimental results showed that the evaporation rate of the nanofluid droplet was higher than that of the pure water droplet on the heated solid surface because nanoparticles increased the thermal conductivity of the nanofluid. Furthermore, it was found that the evaporation rate of the nanofluid droplet increased with the solid surface roughness. This may be because the actual area of the liquid-solid interface increased with the solid surface roughness.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.153-156
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• 2010

The effective thermal conductivity of two-phase materials such as unbonded silica sands saturated with a nanofluid was measured at high temperature using the transient thermal probe method. The nanofluid used in this study was a water-based mixture of 0.1 vol% $Al_2O_3$ nanoparticles with a diameter of 45 nm. The convection problem for fluids was prevented with this measurement method because the fluid was confined to within very small pore spaces. Based on the prediction model for unbonded sands, the thermal conductivities of the saturating nanofluid at high temperatures could be determined with the measured effective thermal conductivities for the two-phase material. In the results, increases in the thermal conductivity ratios of the nanofluid to pure water when temperatures were varied from $30^{\circ}$ to $80^{\circ}C$ were within the range of 4.87%~5.48%.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.887-894
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• 2013

Effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids has been predicted by using generalized self-consistent model and modified Eshelby model, which have been used for analysis of material properties of composites. A nanolayer between base fluid and nanoparticle, one of key factors for abrupt enhancement of thermal conductivity of nanofluids, is included in the analysis. The effective thermal conductivities of the nanofluid predicted by the present study show good agreement with those by models in the literature for the nanolayer with a constant or linear thermal conductivity. The predicted results by the present approach have been confirmed to be consistent with experiments for representative nanofluids such as base fluids of water or ethyleneglycol and nanoparticles of $Al_2O_3$ or CuO to be validated.