Abstract:
A power device (10) comprises at least one power semiconductor module (12) comprising a wide bandgap semiconductor element (18); and a cooling system (16) for actively cooling the wide bandgap semiconductor element (18) with a cooling medium, wherein the cooling system (16) comprises a refrigeration device (40) for lowering a temperature of the cooling medium below an ambient temperature of the power device (10); wherein the cooling system (16) is adapted for lowering the temperature of the cooling medium in such a way that a temperature of the wide bandgap semiconductor (18) element is below 100° C.
Abstract:
A two-phase heat exchanger for cooling at least one electronic and/or electric component with an evaporator and a condenser is provided. The evaporator is adapted to transfer heat from the electronic and/or electric component to a working fluid. The condenser comprises a roll-bonded panel, which has a first channel which has a first connection port and a second connection port. The evaporator has a second channel and first connection openings and second connection openings. The first connection port of the first channel is connected to one first connection opening of the evaporator and the second connection port of the first channel is connected to one second connection opening of the evaporator and the working fluid is provided in order to convey heat by means of convection from the evaporator to the condenser by flowing from the second channel through the first connection opening or the second connection opening of the evaporator towards the first channel.
Abstract:
It is proposed a cooling unit (100) for a power electronic module arrangement. The cooling unit includes a two-phase heat exchanger (101) including a plurality of tube elements (120), each of which having at least one tube extending in a width direction (301) of the cooling unit, within and communicating between an evaporator portion (121) and a condenser portion (122) of the cooling unit (100). The tube elements are arranged in a spaced-apart manner along a depth direction (303) of the cooling unit forming cooling paths (213) for allowing an external cooling medium (130) to flow through the cooling paths, the cooling paths traversing the condenser portion in a length direction (302) of the cooling unit (100). The cooling unit further includes flow guides (141; 142) for forcing an external cooling medium (130) arriving at the heat exchanger through the cooling paths and then away from the cooling unit.
Abstract:
It is proposed a two-phase heat exchanger device (100) for a power-electronic module arrangement having a semiconductor module. The two-phase heat exchanger device includes a base plate (110) configured for being in contact with a first semiconductor module (201) at a first side (123) of the base plate; and at least one tube element (120) for a first cooling medium (131) including a first portion (121) having at least one evaporator channel and a second portion (122) having at least one condenser channel. The base plate has a groove (111; 112) containing the tube element, wherein the groove is dimensioned for enabling thermal contact between the base plate and the first portion of the tube element and dimensioned to form a gap (113) between the base plate and the second portion of the tube element for thermal separation of the base plate and the second portion of the tube element.
Abstract:
A cooling device for cooling at least two power electronic devices (4) by a working fluid (61). The cooling device has a heat receiver portion of the Pulsating Heat Pipe circuit system (60) and a pair of thermo-conducting walls provided on mutually opposite sides of the heat receiver arrangement (20) and sandwiching the heat receiver portion between them. These walls are adapted for being thermally connected to a respective one of the power electronic devices. The cooling device further has a heat dissipator arrangement (40) with a heat dissipator portion of the Pulsating Heat Pipe circuit system (60) and a plurality of fins (42) thermally coupled to the heat dissipator portion for transferring heat from the heat dissipator portion to an external cooling fluid for cooling the working fluid in the heat dissipator portion. The Pulsating Heat Pipe circuit system (60) connects the heat receiver portion with the heat dissipator portion for transferring heat from the heat receiver portion to the heat dissipator portion by the Pulsating Heat Pipe action of the working fluid.
Abstract:
A cooling assembly comprising a plurality of fin elements (2) stacked in a stack direction (101), a plurality of coolant channels (4) each located between adjacent fin elements (2) and extending in a coolant channel direction (102) perpendicular to the stack direction (101), a first heat transfer surface (10) adapted to be in contact with a heat generating element (19), and a second heat transfer surface (20) spaced apart from the first heat transfer surface (10), the plurality of fin elements (2) and the plurality of coolant channels (4) being located between the first heat transfer surface (10) and the second heat transfer surface (20). Each of the fin elements (2) comprises a pulsating heat pipe (6) embedded therein, a main pulsating direction of each of the pulsating heat pipes (6) being substantially parallel to a normal of the first heat transfer surface (10).