Enter, Nano Fluid Technology! For decades, scientists around the world have been trying to find a more efficient fluid to improve heat transfer. Why? Because improving heat transfer, in addition to saving energy, will have a positive and dramatic impact on virtually every industry, home and business that uses energy. Nano Fluids are engineered to contain nano particles. Nano particles are 1-100 nanometers in size. It is hard to imagine the size of a nanoparticle, but there are about 25.4 million nanometers to an inch, or your fingernail grows about 1 nanometer every second!
It is well-known that metal is a more efficient conductor of heat than water. Copper, for example, conducts heat up to 600 times faster than water. So, how do we get water to behave like a metal? Suspend nano particles, such as copper, in a fluid and heat transfer will be increased. In the past, the challenge has been to keep these particles in suspension within the fluid and increase thermal conductivity with little increase in fluid viscosity. Now for the first time a successful nano fluid is available for the HVAC industry! This nano fluid, marketed under the name of Hydromx, is quite remarkable. It is organic, non-corrosive and non-flammable; it replaces water or glycol and has an operating temperature range of between -30° F. and 250° F. Even more important is that Hydromx will not burst, even at -109° F! Laboratory testing and real world applications have shown this fluid can reduce energy consumption by up to 30% while providing corrosion, scale and freeze protection!
Products using nanotechnology are being developed in many countries and for industries such as electronics, health care, pharmaceuticals, transportation, energy and more. Research is currently underway by Argonne National Labs, funded by the DOE, to develop engine oil, using nanotechnology, that will not break down and provide better lubrication. And, Caterpillar is working to develop a more efficient engine coolant using nanotechnology. More efficient coolants, among other benefits, can reduce the size of the radiator which will mean less weight and better performance. If you would like to learn more about this revolutionary heat transfer fluid, check out Green Way Solutions at www.greenwaysolutionsco.com.
Rudy Holesek is president and founder of Apollo HVAC Corp., Bay Shore, N.Y.
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