A fast loss and temperature simulation method for power converters, part I: Electrothermal modeling and validation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 248-257

  Bryant, Angus ^a   Parker Allotey, Nii Adotei ^a   Hamilton, Dean ^a   Swan, Ian ^a   Mawby, Philip A ^a   Ueta, Takashi ^b   Nishijima, Toshifumi ^b   Hamada, Kimimori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact modeling; Mission profile; Power converter losses; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

COMPACT MODELING; CONVERTER LOSS; DEVICE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRO-THERMAL MODELING; FAST SIMULATION METHODS; LOAD CYCLE; MISSION PROFILE; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; POWER CONVERTER LOSSES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SIMULATION TIME; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE SIMULATIONS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 83655164761     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2148729     Document Type: Article

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