Rapid modeling of power electronics thermal management technologies : preprint / K. Bennion and K. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bennion, Kevin

Contributor:

Kelly, Kenneth J.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

Series:

Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ; NREL/CP-540-46172.

Conference paper ; NREL/CP-540-46172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power electronics--Cooling.

Power electronics.

Hybrid electric cars--Research.

Hybrid electric cars.

Fuel cell vehicles--Research.

Fuel cell vehicles.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 pages) : color illustrations, color charts

Place of Publication:

Golden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2009]

Summary:

A methodology was developed to rapidly evaluate trade-offs associated with alternative packaging configurations and thermal management technologies for power electronics packaging. The methodology includes the integration of available experimental correlations, computational fluid dynamics results, parametric 3D finite element analysis (FEA) thermal models, and established heat exchanger analysis techniques. The parametric 3D FEA model enables sensitivity studies related to the power module package configuration and cooling technologies. This paper focuses on the study of alternative cooling technologies as they are applied to a fixed power module package. The methodology is applied to a double-sided power module package for several alternative cooling technologies.

Notes:

"[Written by] Kevin Bennion and Kenneth Kelley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for Transportation Technologies and Systems ..."--Caption, p. 1

Title from title screen (viewed August 11, 2009).

"August 2009."

"Presented at the 5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, September 7-11, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (page 8).

OCLC:

430101951