• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 벽면으로부터 균일한 열 유속 조건에서 나노유체의 층류유동에 의한 대류 열전달 향상과 관련하여 유동관 내 벽면에서의 나노입자 거동의 영향에 대한 수치해석 및 실험 연구에 대해서 논한다. $SiO_2$ 나노유체의 동적 열전도도는 스테인리스 원형 관(길이 1 m 및 직경 1.75 mm)의 외면에 부착된 T형 열전대를 활용하여 측정하였다. 실험에 사용된 나노유체는 직경이 24 nm인 구형의 $SiO_2$ 나노 입자를 초순수에 분산시켜 제조하였다. 나노 유체의 향상된 열전도도(즉, 최대 7.9 %의 증가)는 기본유체(즉, 초순수)와 나노유체 간 유동에서 벽면 온도 변화를 측정하여 비교함으로써 확인하였다. 하지만, 수치해석 결과에서는 실험으로부터 발견된 경향이 발견되지 못했는데, 이는 수치해석 모델이 기본적으로 연속체역학 및 안정된 콜로이드 용액에 나노 입자를 포함하는 유동특성에 기반을 두기 때문으로 분석된다. 이에 따라, 열교환 표면에서 나노입자와 벽면 간 상호작용(예: 나노입자의 고립된 침전)에 의한 표면특성 변화와 같은 비연속체역학 기반의 효과를 확인하기 위하여, 나노유체의 흐름 직후 정제수를 활용한 추가실험을 수행하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.1065-1073
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• 2005

The thermal conductivity of water- and ethylene glycol-based nanofluids containing alumina $(Al_2O_3)$, zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide $(TiO_2)$ nanoparticles is measured by varying the particle diameter and volume fraction. The transient hot-wire method using an anodized tantalum wire for electrical insulation is employed for the measurement. The experimental results show that nanofluids have substantially higher thermal conductivities than those of the base fluid and the ratio of thermal conductivity enhancement increases linearly with the volume fraction. It has been found that the ratio of thermal conductivity enhancement increases with decreasing particle size but no empirical or theoretical correlation can explain the particle-size dependence of the thermal conductivity. This work provides, for the first time to our knowledge, a set of consistent experimental data over a wide range of nanofluid conditions and can therefore serve as a basis for developing theoretical models to predict thermal conduction phenomena in nanofluids.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.610-616
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• 2008

Oil-based nanofluids were prepared by dispersing Ag, graphite and carbon black nanoparticles in lubricating oil. Agglomerated nanoparticles were dispersed evenly with a high-speed bead mill and/or ultrasonic homogenizer, and the surfaces of the nanoparticles were modified simultaneously with several dispersants. Their tribological behaviors were evaluated with a pin-on-disk, disk-on-disk and four-ball EP and wear tester. It is obvious that the optimal combination of nanoparticles, surfactants and surface modification process is very important for the dispersity of nanofluids, and it eventually affects the tribological properties as a controlling factor. Results indicate that a relatively larger size and higher concentration of nanoparticles lead to better load-carrying capacity. In contrast, the use of a smaller size and lower concentration of particles is recommended for reducing the friction coefficient of lubricating oil. Moreover, nanofluids with mixed nanoparticles of Ag and graphite are more suitable for the improvement of load-carrying capacity and antiwear properties.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.19
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• pp.176-177
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• 2006

Two kinds of alumina nanofluids are prepared by dispersing $Al_2O_3$ nanoparticles m transformer oil. The thermal conductivity of the nanoparticle-oil mixtures increases with particle volume fraction and thermal conductivity of the solid particle itself. The $Al_2O_3$ nanoparticles at a volume of 0.5% can increase the thermal conductivity of the transformer oil by 5.7%, and the overall heat transfer coefficient by 20%. From the natural convection test using a prototype transformer, the cooling effect of $Al_2O_3$-oil nanofluids on the heating element and oil itself is confirmed. However, excessive quantities of the surfactant have a harmful effect on viscosity, and thus it is strongly recommended to control the addition of the surfactant with great care.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.276-280
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• 2010

In the present work, ethylene glycol-based (EG) copper oxide nanofluids were synthesized by pulsed wire evaporation method. In order to explode the pure copper wire, high voltage of 23 kV was applied to the both ends of wire and argon/oxygen gas mixture was used as reactant gas. EG-based copper oxide nanofluids with different volume fraction were prepared by controlling explosion number of copper wire. From the transmission electron microscope (TEM) image, it was found that the copper oxide nanoparticles exhibited an average diameter about 100 nm with the oxide layer of 2~3 nm. The synthesized copper oxide consists of CuO/$Cu_2O$ phases and the Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) surface area was estimated to be $6.86\;m^2\;g^{-1}$. From the analyses of thermal properties, it is suggested that viscosity and thermal conductivity of EG-based copper oxide nanofluids do not show temperature-dependent behavior over the range of 20 to $90^{\circ}C$. On the other hand, the viscosity and thermal conductivity of EG-based copper oxide nanofluids increase with volume fraction due to the active Brownian motion of the nanoparticles, i.e., nanoconvection.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.256-261
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• 2005

The objective of the present study is to study the Soret effect of both nanoparticles and solute on the convective instabilities in binary nanofluids. A new stability criterion is obtained based on the linear stability theory. The results show that the Soret effect of solute(${\psi}_{bf}$) makes the binary nanofluids unstable significantly and the convective motion in a binary nanofluid sets in easily as the ratio of Soret coefficient of nanofluid to that of binary basefluid ${\delta}_4$ increases for ${\delta}_4$ > -1. It is also found that as an increase of the volume fraction of nanoparticles, nanofluid becomes stable but at a separation ratio of ${\psi}=-0.3$ the state of fluid changes from stable to unstable.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2012

본 논문은 열전달 유체로서 나노유체의 유용성을 평가하기 위한 장치를 설명한 것이다. 열선센서를 이용한 나노유체 대류성능 평가장치는 몇 가지가 제안되었으나 센서의 작동조건이 불명확한 단점이 있었다. 본 연구에서는 일정한 온도로 유지되는 가는 열선 주위를 흐르는 대류열전달계수를 측정하여 나노유체의 유용성을 평가하였다. 제시된 장치의 동작원리와 실험방법을 자세히 설명하였으며 먼저 순수유체에 대한 실험을 통하여 장치의 타당성을 검증하였다. 그래파이트 나노오일을 이용하여 대류열전달계수에 미치는 농도와 속도 그리고 온도의 영향을 종합적으로 고찰하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.587-593
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• 2007

Oil-based nanofluids were prepared by dispersing spherical and fiber shaped $Al_2O_3$ and AlN nanoparticles in transformer oil. Two hydrophobic surface modification processes using oleic acid (OA) and polyoxyethylene alkyl acid ester (PAAE) were compared in this study. The dispersion stability, viscosity and breakdown voltage of the nanofluids were also characterized. $(Al_2O_3+AlN)$ mixed nanofluid was prepared to take an advantage of the excellent thermal conductivity of AlN and a good convective heat transfer property of fiber shaped $Al_2O_3$. For $(Al_2O_3+AlN)$ particles with 1 % volume fraction in oil, the enhancement of thermal conductivity and convective heat transfer coefficient was nearly 11 % and 30 %, respectively, compared to pure transformer oil. The nanofluid, containing $Al_2O_3+AlN$, successfully lowered the temperature of the heating element and oil itself during a natural convection test using a prototype transformer.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2013

Recently, high-thermal-conductivity graphene and carbon nanotube nanoparticles have attracted particularly close attention from researchers. In the present study, the thermal conductivity and viscosity properties of two kinds of graphene and carbon nanotube nanofluids added to distilled water - two graphenes and carbon nanotubes of differing size - were compared and analyzed. The thermal conductivities of the nanofluids, formulated in the usual manner by adding graphene and carbon nanotube to distilled water and subjecting the mixture to ultrasonic dispersion, were measured by the transient hot-wire method, and the viscosities were determined using a rotational digital viscometer. As a result, we concluded that the nanofluid of small particle diameter of graphene have outstanding properties as heat transfer media, due to their excellent thermal conductivity and viscosity, compared with the other nanofluid.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.384-392
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• 2006

Reported are the heat transfer characteristics of a two-phase loop thermosyphon (TLT) with nanofluids consisted of nano-size silver particles and distilled water as the working fluid. The nanofluids used in the present study are dispersed solutions with various amount of silver nanoparticle in distilled water. It is seen from the present study that the heat transfer performance of the test TLT with nanofluids increased as much as about 2 times higher than that of a TLT with pure water as the working fluid based on same heat flux. The study also showed that there was no deterioration of the TLT performance with time, up to a period of 8 days of continuous operation which implies that there was no coagulation of nanoparticles within the working nanofluid during the operation of the test TLT.