What is thermal simulation

Thermal simulation is the analysis of the temperature distribution of equipment with power devices, in order to guide the heat dissipation design of the equipment and avoid power failure or even burning due to high temperatures. Using thermal simulation to simulate the heating situation of electrical appliances, designing heat sinks to see if they meet the requirements, conducting experiments, and finally mass producing.

The advantages of using thermal simulation:
1. Guide equipment heat dissipation design: By simulating the heating situation of electrical appliances, thermal simulation can help design heat sinks to ensure that they meet heat dissipation requirements and avoid equipment failure or damage caused by high temperatures.

2. Optimize product design: Thermal simulation can be used to determine the efficiency of heat exchangers, thereby finding the optimal design solution faster and avoiding wasting time and money on conducting extensive experiments. This is of great significance for improving product performance and market competitiveness.

3. Wide application: Thermal simulation is not only applied in the design of electronic devices, but also extended to other fields, such as the impact of indoor air conditioning outlet layout on indoor cold air distribution, as well as the impact on human body heat dissipation. In addition, professional thermal simulation software can also simulate combustion and other heat related phenomena, providing solutions for various heat related problems

4. Dynamic simulation of metal heating and deformation process: Thermal simulation tests can dynamically simulate the heating and deformation process of metals, including rolling and forging processes, continuous casting and smelting processes, welding processes, metal heat treatment processes, mechanical thermal fatigue, and other aspects of dynamic process simulation tests. This provides reliable experimental basis for experimenters to develop and improve their production processes

5. Improve efficiency and accuracy: Through simulation, the performance and potential issues of the product can be predicted during the design phase, thereby reducing the production and testing costs of physical prototypes and improving development efficiency

25KW large size AL 6063 pin fins heatsink thermal simulation report

Design Input

Cooling method：forced convection;

Ambient temp. Ta :40°C

CPU watt loss：1250W

CPU dims：123mm*494mm

Max temp ： 70°C

Heat sink dims：L210*W514*H49mm

Fan：4.5m/s

Solution : Heat sink structure and process

Structure( Extrusion) material:AL6063-T5

Base size：514mm*210mm*13mm