Nordita Astrophysics Seminars

Electromagnetic control of flow and heat transfer in Liquid Metal eXperiment

by Dr Mikhail Modestov (Nordita)

Europe/Stockholm
112:028

112:028

Description
Liquid metal flow behavior under magnetic field and electric current is investigated in experiment and numerical simulations. The resultant Lorentz force produced within the liquid-metal changes the flow behavior and the heat transfer characteristics of the system. The enhanced flow mixing induced by the non-uniform current density appears to be crucial for the heat transfer efficiency. Also the outflow heat flux is strongly affected by the action of the J×B force.