Evaporative spray cooling of power electronics using high temperature coolant

2008 11th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, I-THERM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 346-351

  Turek, Louis J ^a   Rini, Daniel P ^a   Saarloos, Benjamin A ^a   Chow, Louis C ^b  

^a Rini Technologies Inc (RTI)   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

DBC boards; Hybrid vehicle propulsion; IGBT cooling; Impingement; Phase change cooling; Propylene glycol; Spray nozzles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; ATOMIZERS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; COMBUSTORS; COOLANTS; DROPS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLOW RATE; FLUID MECHANICS; FORMING; GLYCOLS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); METHOD OF MOMENTS; NOZZLES; PESTICIDES; PHASE INTERFACES; POWER ELECTRONICS; PRESSURE DROP; PROPYLENE; SPRAY STEELMAKING; SPRAYING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; THERMOMETERS;

DBC BOARDS; HYBRID VEHICLE PROPULSION; IGBT COOLING; IMPINGEMENT; PHASE CHANGE COOLING; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SPRAY NOZZLES;

COOLING;

EID: 50949084505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2008.4544290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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