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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1988., Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1988.25178
