초록 |
Colloidal suspensions of thermally conductive particles in carrier fluids are considered promising heat transfer fluids in various thermal energy transfer applications such as process heating, metal working, and machine cooling application. Substantial improvement of the thermal conductivity of the particle-suspended heat transfer fluids can be expected by increasing the concentration of the thermally conductive particles above a percolation threshold, which is yet limited because of the vitrification of fluids at such high particle loading. In this study, we utilize a shape-deformable liquid-state metal dispersible in a carrier oil, to produce an emulsion-type heat transfer fluid with high thermal conductivity and high fluidity. |