Performance improvement of a power conversion module by liquid micro-jet impingement cooling

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-316

  Bhunia, Avijit ^a   Chandrasekaran, Sriram ^b   Chen, Chung Lung ^a  

^a TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b ColdWatt Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Closed loop; Impingement cooling; Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module; Inverter; Liquid micro jet; Motor drive

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; INDUCTION MOTORS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); JETS;

HEAT FLUX COOLING; IMPINGEMENT COOLING; LIQUID IMPINGEMENT; LIQUID MICRO-JET; POWER CONVERSION MODULE;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 34249915525     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2007.898366     Document Type: Article

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