Graphite foam for cooling of automotive power electronics

IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 61-65

  White, Steve B ^a   Gallego, Nidia C ^b   Johnson, Daniel D ^a   Pipe, Kevin ^a   Shih, Albert J ^a   Jih, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELL VEHICLES; GRAPHITE FOAMS; MICROCHANNELS; THERMAL TRANSPORT;

AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEMS; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FOAMS; GRAPHITE; HEAT PIPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 17744398418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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