To enhance cooling of high temperature casting mold by porous copper foam inserted in cooling channel
an experimental system simulating the cooling process of high temperature casting mold was constructed
where porous copper foam was inserted into the cooling channel. Taking four flow rates
0.1
0.2
0.3 and 0.4 m
3
/h of cooling water
after 80 s of cooling time
the temperature at the same position of mold with insert gets 16.2
19.3
23.5 and 29.4 ℃ lower than that of mold without insert
and the heat flow rate is 414
581
659 and 660 W higher
respectively. When the flow rate increases
the temperature at the same position of the mold with insert decreases while the local temperature gradient and the heat flux increase. It is shown that the copper foam inserted in cooling channel of casting mold facilitates rapid cooling
and sequential solidification temperature controlling.
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