Performance Improvement of a Power Conversion Module by Liquid Micro-Jet Impingement Cooling

• Published in: IEEE transactions on components and packaging technologies Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 309 - 316
• Main Authors: Bhunia, A., Chandrasekaran, S., Chung-Lung Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2007; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Arrays; Closed loop; Conversion; Cooling; Devices; Dielectric liquids; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Impingement; impingement cooling; insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; inverter; liquid micro-jet; Liquids; Modules; motor drive; Packaging; Power conversion; Power generation; Studies; Temperature; Thermal management; Voltage

Liquid micro-jet array impingement cooling of a power conversion module with 12 power switching devices (six insulated gate bipolar transistors and six diodes) is investigated. The 1200-V/150-A module converts dc input power to variable frequency, variable voltage three-phase ac output to drive a 50...