Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Liquid Metal Jet

LIU Ruitao, ZHANG Hongna, LI Xiaobin, LI Fengchen

Journal of Engineering Thermophysics ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4) : 1173-1180.

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Journal of Engineering Thermophysics ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4) : 1173-1180.

Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Liquid Metal Jet

  • LIU Ruitao, ZHANG Hongna, LI Xiaobin, LI Fengchen
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Heat dissipation with high heat flux has always attracted much attention. In this paper, a heat dissipation scheme of liquid metal jet impinging cooling is proposed in order to achieve efficient heat dissipation on the surface with high heat flux density. Using Ga68ln20Sn12 and Na22K78 as working fluids, the numerical simulation of impinging heat transfer of liquid metal jet was carried out, and compared with water jet. In addition, the firing distance and inlet velocity were changed to explore their effects on the heat transfer performance of liquid metal jet. The results show that under the same working conditions, the average heat transfer coefficient of Na22K78 jet and Ga68ln20Sn12 jet is 3.7 and 6 times higher than that of water jet, respectively. And the heat transfer performance is the best when the firing distance is less than 2 times the jet aperture. Changing the firing distance in the jet core area has little effect on the heat transfer performance. While continuously increasing the firing distance beyond the core area will not be conducive to heat transfer. The inlet flow rate has a significant effect on the heat transfer performance. So increasing the flow rate can enhance the heat transfer, but the enhancement effect will gradually weaken. The research results of this paper are of reference value for the study of heat dissipation with high heat flux.

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liquid metal / jet impingement / flow and heat transfer characteristics / numerical simulation

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LIU Ruitao, ZHANG Hongna, LI Xiaobin, LI Fengchen. Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Liquid Metal Jet[J]. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 2025, 46(4): 1173-1180
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