Nanofluids and a method of making nanofluids for ground source heat pumps and other applications
Abstract
This invention covers nanofluids. Nanofluids are a combination of particles between 1 and 100 nanometers, a surfactant and the base fluid. The nanoparticles for this invention are either pyrogenic nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes. These nanofluids improve the heat transfer of the base fluids. The base fluid can be ethylene glycol, or propylene glycol, or an aliphatic-hydrocarbon based heat transfer fluid. This invention also includes a method of making nanofluids. No surfactant is used to suspend the pyrogenic nanoparticles in glycols.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- ACTA Technology Inc, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176537
- Patent Number(s):
- 8580138
- Application Number:
- 13/229,737
- Assignee:
- ACTA Technology Inc (Boulder, CO)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Olson, John Melvin. Nanofluids and a method of making nanofluids for ground source heat pumps and other applications. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Olson, John Melvin. Nanofluids and a method of making nanofluids for ground source heat pumps and other applications. United States.
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"Nanofluids and a method of making nanofluids for ground source heat pumps and other applications". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176537.
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abstractNote = {This invention covers nanofluids. Nanofluids are a combination of particles between 1 and 100 nanometers, a surfactant and the base fluid. The nanoparticles for this invention are either pyrogenic nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes. These nanofluids improve the heat transfer of the base fluids. The base fluid can be ethylene glycol, or propylene glycol, or an aliphatic-hydrocarbon based heat transfer fluid. This invention also includes a method of making nanofluids. No surfactant is used to suspend the pyrogenic nanoparticles in glycols.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2013},
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