Spray cooling of power electronics using high temperature coolant and enhanced surface

5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 609-613

  Bostanci, Huseyin ^a   Van Ee, David ^a   Saarloos, Benjamin A ^a   Rini, Daniel P ^a   Chow, Louis C ^b  

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

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid vehicle; IGBT; Power electronics; Spray cooling; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEVICE TEMPERATURE; EFFICIENT SYSTEMS; ENHANCED SURFACE; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRID VEHICLE; HYBRID VEHICLES; INVERTER MODULE; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LOW FLOW; MICRO-SCALES; OVERALL THERMAL RESISTANCE; POWER INVERTERS; SINGLE PHASE; SPRAY COOLING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVE FILTERS; AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; COOLANTS; HEAT RESISTANCE; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SPRAY STEELMAKING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VEHICLES;

COOLING;

EID: 72149126845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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