• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2020

In this study, a numerical study was conducted to evaluate the performance improvement when CuO nanofluid was used in the plate heat exchanger. As a result, the heat transfer amount is increased by 5.45% when 2 vol% CuO nanofluid is used. The influence on the CuO nanofluid on the performance of heat exchanger is decreased by increasing the flow rate of working fluid. In addition, the overall heat transfer coefficient using 2 vol% CuO nanofluid decreased compared to the base fluid. However, the pressure drop and the consumption of the pump power is increased as the concentration of CuO nanofluid increased because the increase of the viscosity. These are increased up to 15.4% compared to those of the base fluid. Moreover, the performance index of CuO nanofluid is decreased by 12.6% compared to that of the base fluid.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.382-393
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• 2016

Flow over a bluff body is an attractive research field in thermal engineering. In the present study, laminar flow over a confined heated square cylinder using CuO-Water nanofluid is considered. Unsteady two-dimensional Navier-Stokes and energy equations are solved numerically using finite volume method (FVM). Recent correlations for the thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids, which are function of nanoparticle volume fraction, temperature and nanoparticle diameter, have been employed. The results of numerical solution are obtained for Richardson number, nanoparticle volume fractions and nanoparticle diameters ranges of 0-1, 1-5% and 30-100 nm respectively for a fixed Reynolds number of Re = 150. At a given volume concentration, the investigations reveal that the decreasing in size of nanoparticles produces an increase in heat transfer rates from the square cylinder and a decrease in amplitude of the lift coefficient. Also, the increment of Nusselt number is more pronounced at higher concentrations and higher Richardson numbers.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.647-653
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 산화구리(CuO) 나노분말과 순수 물을 혼합하여 제조한 나노유체를 이용하여 가열된 고체표면에 있어서 나노유체 액적의 증발특성에 대한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 실험결과로부터 가열된 표면에서 나노유체 액적의 증발속도는 순수 물 액적보다 증발속도가 약간 증가하는 경향이 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 이는 나노유체에 포함된 나노입자가 유체의 열전도도를 향상시켜 고체 표면에서 액적으로의 열전달이 촉진되었기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 또한 고체의 표면조도가 커질수록 액적의 증발속도가 약간 증가하였으며, 이는 고체의 표면조도가 커질수록 고체-액체의 접촉 면적이 증가하여 열전달이 촉진되었기 때문인 것으로 추정된다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2010

In the present study, a laminar natural convection flow of $H_2O$-Cu nanofluid in a two dimensional enclosure has been investigated using a thermal lattice Boltzmann approach with the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) model. The effect of suspended nanoparticles on the fluid flow and heat transfer process have been studied for different controlling parameters such as particle volume fraction ($\Phi$), Rayleigh number (Ra). For this investigation the Rayleigh number changes from 104 to 106 and volume fraction varied from 0 to 10% with three different particle diameters (dp), say 10 nm, 20 nm and 40 nm. It is shown that increasing the Rayleigh number (Ra) and the volume fraction of nanofluid causes an increase of the effective heat transfer rate in terms of average Nusselt number (Nu) as well as the thermal conductivity of nanofluid. On the other hand, increasing the particle diameter causes the decrease of the heat transfer rate and thermal conductivity. The result of the analysis are compared with experimental and numerical data both for pure and nanofluids and it is seen a relatively good agreement.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2005

Nanofluid is a novel heat transfer fluid prepared by dispersing nanometer-sized solid particles in traditional heat transfer fluid to increase thermal conductivity and heat transfer performance. In this research we have considered the rheological properties of nanofluids made of CuO particles of 10-30nm in length and ethylene glycol in conjunction with the thermal conductivity enhancement. When examined using TEM, individual CuO particles have the shape of prolate spheroid of the aspect ratio of 3 and most of the particles are under aggregated states even after sonication for a prolonged period. From the rheological property it has been found that the volume fraction at the dilute limit is 0.002, which is much smaller than the value based on the shape and size of individual particles due to aggregation of particles. At the semi-dilute regime, the zero shear viscosity follows the Doi-Edwards theory on rodlike particles. The thermal conductivity measurement shows that substantial enhancement in thermal conductivity with respect to particle concentration is attainable only when particle concentration is below the dilute limit.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2016

This article presents an experimental study on the effect of temperature and solid volume fraction of nanoparticles on the dynamic viscosity for the CuO/EG-water nanofluid. Nanoparticles with diameter of 40 nm are used in the present study to prepare nanofluid by two-step method. A "Brookfield viscometer" has been used to measure the dynamic viscosity of nanofluid with solid volume fraction up to 2% at the temperature range between 20 to $60^{\circ}C$. The findings have shown that dynamic viscosity of nanofluid increases with increasing particle volume fraction and decreasing temperature. Nine different correlations are developed on experimental data point to predict the relative dynamic viscosity of nanofluid at different temperatures. To make sure of accuracy of the proposed correlations, margin of deviation is presented at the end of this study. The results show excellent agreement between experimental data and those obtained through the correlations.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.559-566
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 고체의 표면조도가 나노유체 액적의 접촉각에 미치는 영향에 대해 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 나노유체는 산화구리(CuO) 나노분말을 순수 물과 혼합하여 제조하였으며, 고체는 한 변의 길이가 10 mm 정육면체 구리시편을 실험에 사용하였다. 나노유체 액적의 접촉각은 동일한 표면조도 조건에서 순수 물 액적의 접촉각 보다 다소 낮게 측정되었으며, 구리시편의 표면조도가 증가할수록 순수 물과 나노유체 액적의 접촉각은 모두 증가하고 있음을 실험결과로부터 알 수 있었다. 또한 가열-급냉(quench) 실험을 거친 구리시편 표면에서의 접촉각은 순수 표면에서의 접촉각보다 다소 낮게 측정되었으며, 이는 구리표면의 산화에 기인하는 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 가열-급냉 실험에 있어서 냉각 액체로서 순수 물과 나노유체를 사용한 경우의 액적 접촉각 측정결과들은 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 실험결과로부터 냉각과정에 있어서 나노입자가 액적의 접촉각에 영향을 미칠 정도로 구리시편의 표면상태를 변화시키지 못하는 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.474-478
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• 2008

It has been shown that a nanofluid consisting of nanoparticles dispersed in base fluid has much higher effective thermal conductivity than pure fluid. In this study, four kinds of nanofluids such as multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) in water, CuO in water, SiO2in water, and CuO in ethylene glycol, are produced. Their thermal conductivities are measured by a transient hot-wire method. The thermal conductivity of water-based MWCNT nanofluid is shown to be increased by up to 11.3% at a volume fraction of 0.01. The measured thermal conductivities of MWCNT nanofluids are higher than those calculated with Hamilton-Crosser's model due to neglecting solid-liquid interaction at the interface. The results show that the thermal conductivity enhancement of nanofluids depends on the thermal conductivities of both particles and the base fluid. Stability of nanofluids is estimated by UV-vis spectrum analysis. Stability of nanofluid depends on the type of base fluid and the suspended particles. Also it can be improved in addition of a surfactant.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.599-607
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 나노유체의 유동학 특성을 반영한 히트파이프 열적특성을 연구하였다. $Al_2O_3$와 CuO 나노입자를 적용한 나노유체를 작동유체로 하여 나노입자 부피비와 응집도에 대한 히트파이프 성능을 확인하였다. 나노입자의 부피비와 응집도가 증가할수록 점성과 열전도도는 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며 두 인자는 히트파이프 성능에 영향을 주었다. 나노입자응집이 없는 경우에는 나노입자의 부피비 증가가 모세관압력한계 성능을 향상시켰지만 응집도가 증가하면 입자부피비가 증가해도 모세관압력한계가 감소했다. 그리고 나노입자의 열전도도, 부피비, 응집도에 대한 히트파이프 열저항을 분석하였다. 히트파이프의 투과율이 높을수록 최대열수송량은 입자부피비에 미치는 영향이 컸으며 3차원 그래프를 통해 윅 특성에 대한 최적화된 나노입자부피비를 확인하였다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2013

A numerical study of a laminar natural convection of the CuO-water nanofluid in a square cavity using the Buongiorno's nonhomogeneous model is presented. All the governing equations including the volume fraction equation are discretized on a cell-centered, non-uniform grid employing the finite-volume method with a primitive variable formulation. Calculations are performed over a range of Rayleigh numbers and volume fractions of the nanopartile. From the computed results, it is shown that both the homogeneous and nonhomogeneous models predict the deterioration of the natural convection heat transfer well with an increase of the volume fraction of nanoparticle at the same Rayleigh number, which was observed in the previous experimental studies. It is also shown that the differences in the computed results of the average Nusselt number at the wall between the homogeneous and nonhomogeneous models are very small, and this indicates that the slip mechanism of the Brown diffusion and thermophoresis effects are negligible in the laminar natural convection of the nanofluid. The degradation of the heat transfer with an increase of the volume fraction of the nanoparticle in the natural convection of nanofluid is due to the increase of the viscosity and the decrease of the thermal expansion coefficient and the specific heat. It is clarified in the present study that the previous controversies between the numerical and experimental studies are owing to the different definitions of the Nusselt number.