US 2014/0197354 A1 · Method of making nanaofluids for ground souce heat pumps and other applications

Abstract

A method on making a nanofluid using nanoparticles without the use of a surfactant to hold the nanoparticles in suspension.

Dependent claims

A method of increasing the heat transfer of a liquid comprising the steps of:

producing a nanofluid by adding fumed nanoparticles into the said fluid;
then sonicating the mixture;
and
checking to insure the sonication energy, pulse time, temperature, pH, and duration of sonication are producing a stable dispersion without adding a surfactant to the mixture to hold the nanoparticles in suspension.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/041,182Filed 18 Dec 2013

Priority

11 Sep 2011

Published

17 Jul 2014

Term ends

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C09K 5/10
Materials not undergoing a change of physical state when used: liquid materials
B82Y 30/00
Nanotechnology for materials or surface science
C09K
Materials for miscellaneous applications, not provided for elsewhere
B82Y
Specific uses or applications of nanostructures

A method on making a nanofluid using nanoparticles without the use of a surfactant to hold the nanoparticles in suspension.

Dependent claims

A method of increasing the heat transfer of a liquid comprising the steps of:

producing a nanofluid by adding fumed nanoparticles into the said fluid;
then sonicating the mixture;
and
checking to insure the sonication energy, pulse time, temperature, pH, and duration of sonication are producing a stable dispersion without adding a surfactant to the mixture to hold the nanoparticles in suspension.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.