Modeling Single-Phase and Boiling Liquid Jet Impingement Cooling in Power Electronics

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/861486· OSTI ID:861486

Narumanchi, S V. J.; Hassani, V; Bharathan, D

Jet impingement has been an attractive cooling option in a number of industries over the past few decades. Over the past 15 years, jet impingement has been explored as a cooling option in microelectronics. Recently, interest has been expressed by the automotive industry in exploring jet impingement for cooling power electronics components. This technical report explores, from a modeling perspective, both single-phase and boiling jet impingement cooling in power electronics, primarily from a heat transfer viewpoint. The discussion is from the viewpoint of the cooling of IGBTs (insulated-gate bipolar transistors), which are found in hybrid automobile inverters.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 861486
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-540-38787; TRN: US200601%%872
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
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BOILING
HEAT TRANSFER
IMPINGEMENT
INVERTERS
MICROELECTRONICS
SIMULATION
TRANSISTORS
POWER ELECTRONICS COOLING
JET IMPINGEMENT COOLING
MODELING LIQUID JET IMPINGEMENT
AUTOMOTIVE POWER ELECTRONICS COOLING
HYBRID AUTOMOTIVE INVERTERS
COOLING IGBTS
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