Thermal management of PQ transformer for a passively cooled power module

dc.contributor.authorDey, Anshuman
dc.contributor.authorShafiei, Navid
dc.contributor.authorKhandekar, Rahul
dc.contributor.authorLau, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorEberle, Wilson
dc.contributor.authorLi, Ri
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-08T20:38:55Z
dc.date.available2018-11-08T20:38:55Z
dc.date.issuedMay-18
dc.descriptionPaper presented at 2018 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers International Congress, 27-30 May 2018.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we study the thermal performance of a 5 kW rectifier module experimentally and numerically, with the aim of changing the cooling methodology from an active cooled (fan cooled) to a passively cooled system. Numerical model of the rectifier for fan cooled operation is developed and experimentally validated, following which the critical components in the system are identified. In this system, magnetic components like transformers were observed to have the poorest thermal performance. Given the lack of attention thermal management of magnetic components has received compared to switching components, we numerically study the thermal performance of a PQ 40/40 transformer in a passive (natural convection) scenario. Modifications to the transformer structure were studied and the heat transfer from the transformer was observed to be convection limited (large convection thermal resistance). Providing a minimum resistance conduction path from effective hot spot to ambient was observed to be the best practice. Further, providing a heat transfer path between the coil and core was observed to be crucial to transformer thermal performance.en_US
dc.identifierCSME083
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-77355-023-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35370
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/35370
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCSME-SCGMen_US
dc.rightsThe copyright for the paper content remains with the author
dc.subjectHeat Transferen_US
dc.subjectThermal managementen_US
dc.subjectCFDen_US
dc.subjectPassive coolingen_US
dc.subjectPQ 40/40 transformeren_US
dc.titleThermal management of PQ transformer for a passively cooled power moduleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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