Weight optimization of a cooling system composed of fan and extruded-fin heat sink

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 509-520

  Gammeter, Christoph ^a   Krismer, Florian ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical models; electronics cooling; Pareto optimization; thermal analysis; thermal engineering thermal management; thermal management of electronics; thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT RESISTANCE; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL ENGINEERING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WIND TURBINES;

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; CONVECTION COOLING; ELECTRONICS COOLING; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PARETO OPTIMIZATION; WEIGHT OPTIMIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84921514062     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2014.2336977     Document Type: Article

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