MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631022013 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, on Feb. 24, for 'enhancing thermal energy storage with menthol-des/carboxylate-mwcnt nanofluids.'
Inventor(s) include Nipu Kumar Das; Dhirendra Kumar Mishra; and Tamal Banerjee.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Enhancing Thermal Energy Storage with Menthol-DES/Carboxylate-MWCNT Nanofluids Viscoelastic solvent system is provided as Deep eutectic solvent (DES), which replaces ionic liquid (IL), and considered a new class of heat transfer fluid as a potential nanofluid system for synergizing heat transfer applications. DES of the present invention comprises of Lauric acid and DL menthol as HBD and HBA for dispersing therein MWCNT and MWCNT-COOH nanoparticles enabling different volume fractions of nanofluids. The exceptional thermal characteristics of DES, encompassing elevated heat capacity and thermal conductivity, combined with the dispersion of nanoparticles within them enabled maximum enhancement of thermal conductivity of 40.93% and 108.05% at 50 DEG.C for MWCNT and MWCNT-COOH nanoparticles. The measurement of viscosity, density, and specific heat was performed in the temperature range of 30-90 DEG.C."
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