Liquid cooling methods for power electronics in an automotive environment

Author

Baumann, Martin ; Lutz, Josef ; Wondrak, W.

Author_Institution

Chemnitz Univ. of Technol., Chemnitz, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 1 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This work compares the performance of “Liquid Pin” coolers and other advanced cooling techniques like “ShowerPower”, pin fin and microchannel. Water glycol mixture (40% v/v glycol) is used as a cooling agent at temperatures of 5 °C, 20 °C, 40 °C and 60 °C. Various characteristics of the coolers like pressure drop, thermal resistance and impedance are examined.

Keywords

automotive components; automotive electronics; cooling; liquid mixtures; microchannel flow; power electronics; thermal resistance; thermal resistance measurement; water; automotive component; cooling agent; impedance characteristics; liquid pin cooler performance; power electronics; pressure drop; temperature 20 degC; temperature 40 degC; temperature 5 degC; temperature 60 degC; thermal resistance; water glycol mixture; Cooling; Current measurement; Microchannel; Temperature; Temperature measurement; Thermal resistance; Automotive component; Cooling; Measurement; Thermal design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011), Proceedings of the 2011-14th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-167-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-90-75815-15-3

Type

conf

Filename

6020560