Two-phase spray cooling of hybrid vehicle electronics

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 501-512

  Mudawar, Issam ^a   Bharathan, Desikan ^b   Kelly, Kenneth ^b   Narumanchi, Sreekant ^b  

^a Mudawar Thermal Systems Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Critical heat flux (CHF); Dielectric coolant; Hybrid vehicles; Phase change; Power electronics; Refrigerant; Sprays

Indexed keywords

BOILING; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX (CHF); DIELECTRIC COOLANT; HYBRID VEHICLES; PHASE CHANGE; SPRAYS;

AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; GROUND VEHICLES; HEAT FLUX; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; REFRIGERANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SPRAY STEELMAKING; TABLE LOOKUP;

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 68349141289     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2008.2006907     Document Type: Article

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