Two-phase cooling method using the R134a refrigerant to cool power electronic devices

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 648-656

  Campbell, Jeremy B ^a,b   Tolbert, Leon M ^b   Ayers, Curt W ^a   Ozpineci, Burak ^a   Lowe, Kirk T ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Power electronic (PE) cooling; Thermal management; Two phase cooling

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; EXTRAPOLATION; HEAT LOSSES; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER ELECTRONICS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; DETERIORATION; REFRIGERANTS;

AUTOMOTIVE AIR-CONDITIONER; HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLES; TWO-PHASE COOLING;

REFRIGERANTS; ELECTRONIC COOLING;

DATA EXTRAPOLATION; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY; HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLES; JUNCTION TEMPERATURES; POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION;

EID: 34249909511     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.895719     Document Type: Article

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