A unique approach to power electronics and motor cooling in a hybrid electric vehicle environment

VPPC 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 102-106

  Ayers, Curt W ^a   Conklin, James C ^a   Hsu, John S ^a   Lowe, Kirk T ^b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct cooled electronics; Floating loop; Hybrid electric vehicle thermal management; Power electronics; Refrigerant R 134a; Two phase cooling

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTROL THEORY; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FUZZY CONTROL; POWER ELECTRONICS; PROPULSION; REFRIGERANTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

DIRECT COOLED ELECTRONICS; FLOATING LOOP; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT; REFRIGERANT R-134A; TWO-PHASE COOLING;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 51649120412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VPPC.2007.4544107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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