DocumentCode
3396710
Title
Evaluation of freon modules for power electronics designed for a locomotive traction drive
Author
Desai, Prakash H. ; Wiegner, Guenter
Author_Institution
Gen. Motors Corp., LaGrange, IL, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
2-7 Oct. 1988
Firstpage
973
Abstract
Advantages offered by the freon immersion technique, especially applications for diesel electric locomotives, are described. Experimental data pertaining to recently developed freon modules which are used for cooling high-power semiconductors is presented. A procedure based on a well-known caloric method is used to determine the component losses for high-performance converter and inverter designs with calculated efficiency values higher than 98%.<>
Keywords
cooling; diesel-electric locomotives; electric drives; semiconductor devices; traction; 98 percent; converter; diesel electric locomotives; freon immersion technique; inverter; locomotive traction drive; power semiconductor cooling; Electronics cooling; Inverters; Power electronics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1988., Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE
Conference_Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IAS.1988.25178
Filename
25178
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