Analysis of Theoretical Limits of Forced-Air Cooling Using Advanced Composite Materials with High Thermal Conductivities

被引：55

作者：

Drofenik, Uwe ^{[1
]}

Stupar, Andrija ^{[1
]}

Kolar, Johann W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY | 2011年 / 1卷 / 04期

关键词：

Cooling systems; heat sink optimization; power density; power electronic systems; OPTIMIZATION;

D O I：

10.1109/TCPMT.2010.2100730

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Cooling systems take a significant portion of the total mass and/or volume of power electronic systems. In order to design a converter with high power density, it is necessary to minimize the converter's cooling system volume for a given maximum tolerable thermal resistance. This paper theoretically investigates whether the cooling system volume can be significantly reduced by employing new advanced composite materials like isotropic aluminum/diamond composites or anisotropic highly orientated pyrolytic graphite. Another strategy to improve the power density of the cooling system is to increase the rotating speed and/or the diameter of the fan, which is limited by increasing power consumption of the fan. Fan scaling laws are employed in order to describe volume and thermal resistance of an optimized cooling system (fan plus heat sink), resulting in a single compact equation dependent on just two design parameters. Based on this equation, a deep insight into different design strategies and their general potentials is possible. The theory of the design process is verified experimentally for cooling a 10 kW converter. Further experimental results showing the result of the operation of the optimized heat sink are also presented.

引用

页码：528 / 535

页数：8

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